1Up backgrounds update

Uploading revised designs for the backgrounds that will be featured in the short so far; adding more polish and detail at the next stage.

homeworld

iceworld

volcanoworld

1Up background design

A background design for the first scene in my upcoming animated short, 1Up. All done in Illustrator.

Ghoulish Gilbert

Who's that lurking in the shadows? it's Ghoulish Gilbert!

sphinx

A new sculpt of a colourful sphinx that popped out of my head

Larry Longarms

A new figure preparing for the baking process; hopefully his flimsy arms survive

1Up concept art

Some preliminary concept art for my end of year video game themed film: 1Up

New Sculptris sculpt

Had another go at Sculptris. This time to see how I'd handle limbs on a character...

Sculptris test

I've had a go experimenting with the tools in Pixlogic's Sculptris, and here's the result, a lil' 3D monster.
I found it gets a little awkward when you try to extrude, limbs etc from the main body;
the polygons have trouble keeping up, but I'm sure with practice, I'll be a pro

Lizard Tech

A wee sculpt of a lizard and his smartphone

Cultural Event

Kicking off the new college year with an assignment: a visual response to a cultural event. I decided to come up with an illustration connected to the tallships festival in Dublin's docklands;
Two versions of a Mexican tall ship, where the crew have formed a sail with different representations of the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl on top.

plasticine doodling

Bit of sculpting practice below with plasticine. My sculpting tool of choice: a paperclip

1 hideous mutant

Hello blog dog, I know I've been neglecting you lately, so I've made you a new friend to play with... it's a hideous mutant, assembled from discarded polymer clay pieces! Your favourite!! JOY!

Sal

This is Sal, and I'd imagine he's saying something along the lines of... "Ya call dis a frickin cookie?! huh?"

Wedding illustration

Illustration I did for a friend's wedding invite; it's not often you see a robot marrying a dinosaur

cowboy

Sketch of a cowboy eating a plate of beans; will be adding a cleaned up version in colour soon

Lollipop Man

A quick iPad sketch using 'Sketch Book'

Bomb Bear

Created using custom brushes in Photoshop (as easy as creating a new blank window, scribbling in it, and then selecting Edit in your menu bar: choosing Define Brush Preset)

Concept sketch

Quick concept sketch of a futuristic vehicle

Gnarled Ned

Looking a little like something from the mind of Theodor Seuss Geisel, here's another nature/fantasy inspired clay creature

Lumbering Lenny

Well if it isn't Lumbering Lenny! and what's this?... oh dear, it looks like he's unwittingly flattened a munchkin on his travels :(

Achill dog

Crazy Achill dog doodle

Annecy sting

Check out the sting I worked on with class mates in BCFE, to be shown at the Annecy Animation Festival this year

Annecy 2012 Forty Frames of Green Sting from Pied Production on Vimeo.

Necromancer

Don't have a name for this guy, but he has a kind of a dark necromancer feel to him; any suggestions?

Cheery Chuck

With mask and rodent sidekick accessories

Frozen clay

Enduring the elements on Aonach Mór

Life drawing

Some recent life drawing samples

 

 

New clay creation

Have been in crafty mode recently; check out the latest...
I'll call him Bottletop Bob the Beer swilling Bug

Gargoyle

More clay creations; check out this Gargoyle. (after a few filters and photo fx)

Conjuring Cave Troll

Another polymer clay creation, with emphasis on oversized expressive hands