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May 25, 2011#

Magners Leage Final: Munster vs Leinster

Spent a few of hours putting this together in Painter and photoshop, after being given a very short deadline.
There wass some concern that O’Connell’s two fingers up behind O’Driscoll’s head might be seen by some as taking the piss out of him. I would congratulate those people on their ability to read into the bleeding obvious… and to point out that if O’Driscoll was any shorter, O’Connell would’ve been getting it in the goolies rather than the stomach, but that as it stands rugby will win on the day *wretch*.

However, i’m happy that it passed through the design committee successfully and that the tea lady was able to voice her opinions as well. Thank you Beryl.

The use of the text has probably helped everyone along, so credit out to Mrs Brown for the lines!

Appears on the front of this saturdays Limerick Post to celebrate the Magners League final: Munster Vs Leinster, held in Thomond Park, Limerick.
May 19, 2011#

Commission: Wedding Invitation


Now that the invitation has been sent out, i can upload the latest commission: a wedding invitation for my brother in-law and his fiance.
They asked for a superman theme, and this is the finished result.
I was trying to capture a bi of the Eamon’s goofy fun nature, and Lois’ kinda loving amusement by it. 

 

My initial sketch i had Lois holding Eamon, as it let me have a bit more fun making him look the part, but was asked to do the alternative one for comparison, which is the one they went with. I probably would have preferred the first one, but i’m still happy with how it turned out.
I manage to slip in a subtle play at them by flipping the ‘S’ on Eamons outfit, in honour if the dislexia that he wears proudly. I’ll add that it wan’t picked up until it was basically on it’s way to the printer. Make of that what you will.
December 8, 2010#

Bring Me The Head Of Brian Cowen

Brian Cowen

A man can dream, can’t he?

50 x 45 cm prints available, and, this year, would make the perfect Christmas gift!

November 28, 2010#

Process Diary: Commission (part 2)

The continuing saga….

November 21, 2010#

Process Diary: Commission

Thought I’d upload some of the bits for the commission I’m working on at the moment – November has been a very slow month for blog updates! The image has a pile of animals, and getting the particular coats “correct” has proven to be a challenge, as has getting the personality of the critter too… great fun though. 
I’m having to split the job into different parts, as the required resolution and the size of the final output is giving my computer a nervous breakdown, and it’s already teetering on the edge. 
For now, however, time is ticking…. 


October 22, 2010#

Interview for Limerick Post

A screen shot of my interview with the Limerick Post digital edition. The paper copy is out this weekend, 23 Oct.

Pretty happy all in all – hopefully it’ll drum up some business!

Thanks again to Rose Rushe at the ‘Post for making me sound life i might be fun to be around…. sorta.

October 19, 2010#

Still Life With Jeans

muffin top A second to add to the Still Life Series. This had some challenges – the crusty muffin look, and the denim were a bit of a pain. Which is to say the whole thing was tricky, but started with a good sketch, and it made it bearable at least…

I have a screen capture recording that i’ll have to edit and speed up, to let any one interested to look at the process that was gone through to get this done. Could be anther couple of days…

Update: Video uploaded! Was a bit of a churn – 10.5 hours reduced to just under 9 minutes, speed increased by 8000% (for god’s sake….). 

October 1, 2010#

Process Diary: Cowen

Starting off some of the process diary stuff. This is a work in progress of the leader of Ireland, Brian Cowen. I’ve done a quick one of him before, but wasn’t completely happy with the likeness, so i’m having another stab at it.

Getting the jowls right is more of a challenge than i’d thought possible, in particular getting the to hang properly off those mammoth lips, but at the same time kinda prop them up…

Well see how this develops over time. Hope to keep going with it, but have to juggle a couple of other jobs at the moment too. Maybe it’ll be ready for Halloween…

August 5, 2010#

Still Life With Frock

I once hear a man lovingly refer to his annoying wife as pear shaped woman. It was at my wedding i think, and no, it wasn’t me….

Alternate titles for this might have been:
“A pear, even in satin, is still a pear”
“Yes, but it looks good on“
“Satin 1. Pear 0.”
There’s something about this shape, and it’s need to be draped in satin, that has a similar allure as a flame might for a moth.
Why? I have no idea.
A study of reflective cloth, and fruit skin. That being said, i didn’t actually dress up a pear in a delightful lavender number, rather the scars on my brain, from witnessing outfits such as this, on nights out in Limerick, provided all the reference i needed.
Submitted for Illustration Friday topic Artificial –
“Sick of the artificial women in the media? Behold: the real shape of things to come.”

Used in local rag’s New Year’s Resolution article.

July 20, 2010#

Breakfast: Ten Week Old Perspective

For Illustration Friday topic ‘Breakfast’.

I have a 10 week old, and this weeks topic triggered the thought that this must be what she’s looking at fairly regularly…..
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