ILLUSTRATION

ANIMATION, ART DIRECTION, & INDEPENDENT WORK


Demo reel
2018 to 2024





The Pleasure-Dome

Independent short film
Role: Director
in progress







Yoodle: Musical Theater

Client: YouTube
Role: Animation
Credits: Illustrated by Pedro Nekoi; produced by May Azcue
2025






How to Engage Introverted Learners

Client: Edutopia
Role: Animation
2025






How AI Vaporizes Long-Term Learning

Client: Edutopia
Role: Animation
2025






Is it easy to steal an election?

Client: Howtown
Role: Animation
Additional motion graphics by Adam Cole
2024






Maine Families

Client: Armadillo Collective
Role: Animation
2024






Old Lesbians

Client: Compostudio
Role: Art direction and animation

[More...]

2023







Explained, Season 3

Client: Vox/Netflix
Role: Motion graphics designer
2020-21


[More coming soon!]





Logo animation (two versions)

Client: Chase Bliss Audio
Role: Animation direction
2022







Invisible Monsters and Tomato Soup

Co-created with Meghan McDonough and Stevie Borrello
Role: Co-director, co-writer, animation direction
2021







Coxswain’s Chicken Kitchen

Independent short film
Role: Director
2020







Summer of Love

Independent short film
Role: Director
2018





MARCIE LACERTE

Marcie LaCerte is a mixed Chinese-American 2D animator, illustrator, and independent filmmaker based in Minneapolis, MN. She is represented by Jacky Winter Studio and teaches illustration at the University of Minnesota. 

She enjoys creating surreal, humorous, and collage-inspired work. In her free time, she edits & produces the podcast Melting Into Air, watches lots of movies, and plays piano.






CONTACT
marcie@marslizard.net
Linkedin
Instagram
YouTube
Etsy
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SELECTED CLIENTS
YouTube
Vox/Netflix
Quartz
NPR
Edutopia
Atlanta Journal Constitution
PBS
Great Big Story
Giphy





SELECTED AWARDSADC Young Guns Finalist (2024)
COLORFUL Finalist (2024)
Jerome Hill Alternate Artist Fellow (2023)
Creative Culture Fellow (2022)
The New Yorker Documentary Selection (2021)
Vimeo Staff Pick (2018)





PRESS & TALKS
Coming soon








Reportage illustration inspired by the Minnesota Renaissance Festival

Independent illustration
Medium: Digital

[More...]
2025






Mock-up editorial illustration for New Scientist’s “How to nurture the right mindset for living to 100

Independent illustration
Medium: Digital
2025






Independent illustration
Mediums: Watercolor & digital

Buy a print of this!
2025





Summer stickers

Client: Jacky Winter
Medium: Digital
2025





Cover art, logo assets, and editorial illustrations

Client: Melting Into Air
Medium: Digital
2025






Independent illustration
Medium: Digital

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2025





Independent illustration
Medium: Watercolor
2024





Independent illustration (my wedding invitations )
Mediums: Ink & digital color
2023






Dragon Well Tea

Client: Great Big Story
Medium: Digital

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2021





Sketchbook
Mediums: Pencil, ink, watercolor
2025


© Marcie LaCerte 2025