Nathan Mckenna
Art Direction | Digital Matte Painter | Concept Artist
Emmy Winner | BAFTA Nominee
Mountain Dew “having a blast!”, superbowl
Digital Matte Painting & Concept Art
Paramount+ Mountain, superbowl
Digital Matte Painting
HOKA - “BIRD'S EYE”
Concept Art
SQUARESPACE - DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE - “HELLO DOWN THERE" superbowl
Concept Art & Digital Matte Painting
HONDA PROLOGUE - ZHU - “DREAM IN MOTION"
Concept Art
NIKE - MEGAN THEE STALLION - “NEW HOTTIES"
Digital Matte Painting
JOHN LEWIS & PARTNERS - CHRISTMAS AD 2021 “UNEXPECTED GUEST”
Concept Art
APPLE TV+ “SCHMIGADOON!”
Digital Matte Painting
Nissan - “thrill driver”
Digital Matte Painting
Apple - Airpods Pro “Snap”
Digital Matte Painting
Mountain Dew - Game Fuel “Underdog”
Digital Matte Painting & Motion Graphics
JAY-Z - “The Story of O.J.”
Character Design
The Chemical Brothers ft Beck - “Wide Open”
Concept Art
Bio
Nathan has risen to the top of his field as an Emmy award winning, BAFTA nominated visual artist, known best in the industry for his Matte Painting, Concept Art and Illustration.
For 20 years he has contracted for world leading visual effects studios The Mill, Framestore and MPC amongst other high profile VFX houses and studios across the globe.
Primary Skillset:
Concept art / Visual Development • Matte painting • Illustration • Stable Diffusion • Storyboards
Secondary Skillset:
AfterEffects Animator • Website Design • Graphic Design • Video Editing • Photography
Awards
Emmy Award
Television Academy
September 2013
Outstanding Main Title Design - 2013
Da Vinci's Demons
Starz and Adjacent Productions
BAFTA Nomination
British Academy of Film & Television Arts
April 2015
Television Craft | Titles in 2015
Da Vinci's Demons
Special Edi for Visual Effects
Edi
November 2012
Swiss prize for advertising, industrial and corporate films.
Exhibitions
“The Art of Ice & Fire—A Tribute to Game of Thrones” at Pop Secret Gallery, Los Angeles.
Apr 2016
A group art show exploring the epic Game of Thrones story and characters.
Sneaker Posters in The Museum of Arts and Craft in Hamburg
Mar 2016
The first exhibition of it's kind in Germany, Nathan was selected to display the illustrations he produced for the Nike Hypervenom campaign.
Illustrated 2015 in The Old Truman Brewery, London
May 2015
Showcase Cities’ all new high-end illustration and street art exhibition taking place in East London's revolutionary arts and media quarter.