Illustration Update

I finally got around to updating my illustration section on my website. It was on the longest finger for over a year. It's a good way to review your work and edit out bits and peices.

I've also updated my IGI portfolio with all the same images.

Random Dream System

The very talented Jay Roche will be closing his Random Dream System exhibition tomorrow night in The LAB on Foley Street in Dublin. The event will start with a discussion about RandomDreamSystem between Jay and the artist Fergus Feehily.

A little bit about the show:

‘Random Dream System’ is a project that I have set up to create a group of paintings; in all, 36 small canvas works. These paintings, which have been created by 36 separate people, form the elements of an overall work of which I am the author. Rather than being a curatorial project, Randomdreamsystem is a process artwork using the consciousness of individuals as a conduit to form a unique but unplanned result.

For more info about how the whole project developed and the artists involved click here.

Thursday 29th January at 6 pm
The LAB, Foley Street, Dublin 1

Cheap as Chips Exhibition

The lovely shop Circus in the Powerscourt center are hosting a great new exhibition called Cheap as Chips. All artworks will be €99.99 or less so anyone can grab a bargain. I'll have a bunch of small paintings in the show for sale.

More details below:

A mixed-media exhibition of affordable art and installation. All artwork for sale instore and online for the duration of the show at a maximum cost of €99.99

Launch event at Circus Store Thursday 29 January, 5pm—8pm and will run until Feb 28th

Contributors include:
Henrik Vibskov, Celestine Cooney, David Kitt, Conor & David, Rich Gilligan, Gavin Murphy, Harry Malt, Steve Ryan, Cliona O’Flaherty, John O’Reilly, Colm Mac Athlaoich, Eoghan Kidney, Swollen Design, Arms, George Brennan, Fergal Brennan, Mono.Kultur, Reality Studio, JP Keating, Dublin Streets, David Timmons, Chris Judge, Rob Benson

Circus Store
Powerscourt Townhouse
Centre, Dublin 2
+353 1 672 4736
www.circusstore.net

Blog Awards 2009

Thanks to whoever nominated this blog for the Irish Blog Awards this year! Very exciting.

Monster Cafe!

These two are graphics for the T-Shirts





Just before Christmas I worked with Maire Claire McKenna in Sligo who has just started a lovely little coffee company called Monster Cafe. She's using a great little van called The Megavan which is rechargeable and fitted out with a fancy coffee machine. Very green.

She approached me to come up with the graphics and character designs for the van and t-shirts and whatnot. It was great fun to work on. Here's a selection of photos she took of the van. Thanks Marie Claire!

If you're in Sligo or the general area keep an eye out for the Van and buy a coffee!

Dublin Bus Opening Doors

I recently worked on a poster with Cawley Nea for the new Dublin Bus Travel Assist Scheme. The brief for the illustration was to show a compact version of our fair city and how accessible it really is with the new improved public transport system.

I've just completed some other nice work with Dublin Bus that I'll post here when it's all out and about.

New Years Resolutions

Hi!

First post of 2009. Still getting over a gruesome cold and cough and trying to get back into work mode. Here's a few editorial illustrations I did just before Christmas for a UK magazine. Based on Barbara Nice from Pheonix Nights breaking all her new year resolutions.

Dystopia January

Next months Dystopia which will feature in the January issue of Totally Dublin.

Poor Charlie really has a terrible time...

25,000 Mice to Africa

I recently worked on a project with a fantastic Irish Charity called Camara who are based here in Dublin. In they're own words:

Did you know that businesses and individuals in Ireland will throw out over 1 million working computers over the next 5 years? One of the goals of Camara is to stop these computers being dumped in Irish landfill sites and send them instead to schools and colleges in Africa.

I worked on illustrations to be used online and for posters for their 25,000 Mice to Africa campaign which aims to supply 276 schools, 7 countries, 4 hubs, with 25,000 mice. But enough babble from me, check out their great site and shop for more information and find out how to make use of your old computers.

Die Welt Von Morgen, Gestern

I was delighted to be one of four artists including Bren B, Maser and Hugo Thompson asked to interpret the Audi tag line Vorsprung durch Technik for their Audi Experience exhibition that's currently running in the Old Harcourt Building on Hatch Street. I believe it's the same building where the train ploughed through the wall in 1900.

My painting is titled 'Die Welt von morgen, gestern' which translates in English to "The World of tomorrow, yesterday." Here's the blurb that went with mine:

My piece is inspired by the type of aspirational 1950's artwork and advertising you'd find in vintage magazines. There's something magical about their vision of the future. Audi's Vorsprung durch Technik tag line always seemed very futuristic in a similar way so i decided to mix it all up. My painting is a vision of the future in the 50's with Beatniks (obviously the coolest people in the 50's), big bubble homes and, naturally, everyone zooming around in flying Audi's.

You can see the rest of the artworks on Scamp. The show runs until the 21st of December.

Glitch in the System

I recently did a really fun editorial illustration for The Official Xbox Magazine based on glitches in games and how gamers exploit and make use of these.

I'm not a big gamer myself but having done a bit of research and looked at videos of games on YouTube I was amazed at the quality of games these days. I'm intrigued.

I focused on some of the more bizarre glitches like invisible rifles and medieval fellas with big light beams bursting out of them.

Photo of it in the this months issue along side the original up above there.

December Dystopia

This months topical Dystopia. Just in Time for Christmas.

Andrew's working on a whole new issue that we'll get start in January. Right Andrew?

Alleviate Self Doubt Opening

Lovely prints.

Cliona's beautiful photo




Coupla shots from Candy's Alleviate Self Doubt opening in Versus last night. Lovely work all round and a great big crowd even on such a cold night.

MASTODON!

Myself and Gav Beattie collaborated on a poster for the Mastodon gig last Wednesday. Gav had the great idea of a mermaid being torn to peices by a Great White shark. I drew up the mermaid and shark and Gav did the ace text and background and then screen printed it to sell at the show. Amazing job he did on the final image. I was really looking forward to the gig but of course came down with a crappy cold and missed it.

Click the pic to see a bigger version.

There's lots of beautiful original screen prints on the TLH site check them out when you have a moment.

Alleviate Self Doubt

Candy are launching a brilliant new set of postcards on the theme Alleviate Self Doubt in Versus tonight at 7pm. I was going to try and describe what it's all about but the lads have done a very good job here.

I was delighted to be asked to be one of the eleven artist involved which includes one of my favourite Irish illustrators Alan Clarke, Aidan Kelly, Keith Walsh, Cliona O'Flaherty, Rich Gilligan and lots more talented people.

That's mine up there.

There's also a limited edition posters of the artwork also so get there early I says.