Rosebud gets her picture...

Finally, it only took me a year to get the finger out and paint a picture for my niece, Rose. She is over a year old now. Better late than never!!! I have included my sketches here and some photos of the various stages in the process.

Heads Video Nominated...

Video that I did concepts, art direction, set design & animation is nominated for award!! The video was also shot in the studio.

MOST ORIGINAL CONCEPT FOR VIDEO – HERM - HEADS
link to awArds http://irishmusictelevision.com/?p=793

HERM heads video


Heads

HERM | MySpace Music Videos

YAY!! Well done to all involved!!

Credits: Ian Benjamin Kenny (Director etc.), Anita Corcoran and Simone Crowley at Paper Lantern Studios (Art Direction / Production Design, Animation), DerekO'Rourke (Lighting etc.), Isobel Henihan (Assistant Producer), Sean Power (Cameraman), Rachel Quinn (Choreography), and also Hugh, Arunas, Keith, Cathal, Shane, Jackie and the 2 Pauls.

Graphic Design...

I let my friend Sharon from Organic Productions, use Paper Lantern Studios as a rehearsal space for her upcoming production of Stoker. I also design two posters and the programme, see below!

Studio news...

Go over to the Paper Lantern Studios blog to see all the hard work I have been doing recently. Below is what the studio is all about - tea parties!! And art, of course!

Business Cards...

I finialised the design work on my business cards and they have gone to print! Myself and Anita wanted one side to have the details about the studio and the other a piece of our individual work. See mine below, also the original painting.

Busy bee...

I have been a very busy bee recently. Hence the lack of blog. So what have I been up to?

Well number one, I set-up an artists design studio with my good friend Anita Corcoran. It's a great building on Mill Street, Dublin 8. We have named it Paper Lantern Studios, there will be a full web journal from day one at our blog. Just waiting on the keys!

I have also gotten a two week internship working for CIRCA Art Magazine. I will be helping them out with the next issue of the magazine. All for free, but good experience for me, as I am trying to get back into the design world. That starts on 21st July.

So until then I am temping in office jobs and generally just waiting to get into the studio. I can't wait to dust off my canvases and take my sewing machine out of the box and get stuck in!