Final Life Drawing

Some sketches from our last life drawing class for a while.

Slow Loris

I was working on something for the Bouldermedia Artblog for the "Animal Behaviour" theme last month. I didn't manage to get it finish at all what with being busy with deadlines and that. Only got a sketch and a colour kinda key done. I do intend to finish this little guy with a nice background and lighting and stuff so when I do I'll pop it up.

Life Drawing...Blind

Back to life drawing after a good few weeks. This time we took a different approach to what we were doing and drew blind (looking only at the figure, not at the page and trusting yourself to do the rest) . The first one I found myself cheating quite alot and looking down to the page but these four I stayed from looking at my page so I popped thme up cause I think the finished pieces are kinda interesting. I learnt alot about my approach to drawing and how I observe...really enjoyed the class.

Inky Little Birds

Stephen and Liz's Wedding

My little brother Stephen got married to the beautiful Liz at the weekend. As you can see they are pretty happy about the whole thing LOL. They asked me to do a characature of them both for the guest book. So here it is. I don't do this kinda thing that often cause I find it really hard to get likenesses but these two seemed to turn out okay. Well, the happy couple were happy with it so I am happy with it :) They are off now on Safari in South Africa...Lucky Duckers!

Life Drawing

I thought I would go a whole lot of different with some ink and water this life drawing class. Here are the originals, the ones on the right have a little bit a camera trickery to them. The drawings aren't great but I am going to stick with it and see what happens when I get a bit more familiar with the materials.

Life Drawing

1,2 & 3 minute gesture drawings

First life drawing class of 2013.

Barcelona-Quick Trip

Gaudi inspired Street Lamp

Fruit and Veg Market off Las Ramblas

I recently been to visit Barcelona. Unfortunately it was just a really quick stop but I managed to get a few nice pictures, mainly of brightly coloured fruit and veg and chocolate. I like the contrast of colour between the market and the almost dusty coloured streets!!! I could have spent another week there taking pictures of Lamps....

Eh...I'm Serious!

Christmas Doodles

My youngest godaughter Layla, drew me these over Christmas. She is just 4, pretty cool don't ya think? In the top one the cat has eaten the Christmas Tree, Santa and another Cat . The bottom one is Santa and his sleigh, an Elf and a Cat and they are all very happy because it is Christmas Eve!!!

Final Life Drawing

Here's some of my life drawings from our final class with Niall. Wasn't the strongest of classes for me but have really enjoyed getting back into life drawing after almost a 10 year gap. Hopefully we will be taking it up again early in the New Year.

Wizard of Oz: No Place Like Home

I did this up for the Boulder ArtBlog this month. The theme was "No place Like Home" and that to me sparked Wizard of Oz straight away. So there you go, Dorothy and Toto.... kinda modernised abit!

Hedgehog

Spikey the Hedgehog!

Here another one of Ryan's little drawings for his Aunty, of a Hedgehog....and a mischievious little creature he looks like too. Thank you Ryan I love him!!!

Back to Basics

Back to Life Drawing yesterday after a few weeks break and back to nude models.. Really enjoyed the class.

Skulls

Childhood Hero

Fievel Mousekewitz

This is my submission for the Boulderblog this month. The theme was "Childhood Heroes". I have been way busy with a few side projects this month so this was kinda a last minute idea. But you gotta love little Fievel, I was obsessed with an American Tail when I was little.

Fencing

We had Duke the Fencer for life drawing class again this week. Just a few quickies to post from the class.

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja Premieres in the US

Take a look at the title sequence done for Randy. This was done by Passion Pictures they did an awesome job, gotta love the theme tune too.....

Doesn't seem like the last time I posted anything about this was back in May, how time flys...seriously can't believe it.

Well for the last however long I have been working on a project called, Randy Cunningham-Ninth Grade Ninja created by Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas, for the Disney XD chanel. I am both Bouldermedia's Animation Director (along with Paul O'Flanagan, Jamie Teehan and Stephen McGann) and Animator on the show with Bouldermedia based in Dublin.



Randy Cunnigham-Ninth Grade Ninja Episode One
"Last Stall on the Left"
Artwork by Jack Cusumano

Randy got it's offical US release last week in the US and seems to be getting a great reaction. Unfortunatly we European viewers will have to wait eagerly till the 8th of November to feast our eyes on the one and only Randy Cunnigham-Ninth Grade Ninja....No Fair!
But if you wanna keep in the loop with all the Randy business come along and join the fan base on FaceBook


 

 

Randy Cunnigham Premiere in the Fonda Theatre, Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA. Shame we live in Ireland, we miss all the fun!! Hope everyone had a great time alot of hard work has gone into this project from all corners. Bouldermedia (us whoop, whoop....not biased at all me...no!) Titmouse, Passion Pictures and Windmill Lane Post Production 



Fencing

 

Life Drawing was super interesting this week we got a Fencer in called "Duke" to show us a few moves. I really enjoyed the class, kinda like Arya Stark and Serio Forel. Here's a goo at some of my work.

I Won!

I never win anything so it was a deadly Monday yesterday when I bagged first prize for my E.T re-design of a movie poster on the Bouldermedia Art Blog....yeahy me !!!

Check out the blog, the competition was really great so I am really happy to have won up against this standard of work.

http://bouldermediaart.blogspot.ie/

Jujitsu Life Drawing

We had a model wearing a Jujitsu robe last week in life drawing. I just tried something a little different with a Japenese ink pen. All this fabric was a bit of a challenge for me.

Home!

It was Re-Imagine a movie poster for the Boulder Artblog theme this month. One of my all time favourite movies...but oh boy what a weepy!

Killer Goat Monster

My picture for the "Monster in my Closet" theme for the Boulder Artblog...yeah I know, you'd have thought I was doing a different theme altogheter, like where is the Monster and where is the Closet even?!?! Rushing and being rediculously busy and I come up with a Killer Goat and some Birdyboys...

Life Drawing

Life Drawing started back yesterday...I liked these ones I did.

Mokii

Stitched, Stuffed and ready to play!

This is Mokii, my submission to the Animation Art Auction on the 29th July, in The Science Gallery.
I have got megga attached to this guy already so I hope he goes to the best home ever!

I am in the process of getting my "Freckles n' Fur" Website, Blog and Shop up and running so I have a place for these guys...
so coming soon will be
www.frecklesnfur.com
www.frecklesnfur.esty.com
www.frecklesnfur.blogspot.com

Stay tuned
Gill.

Animation Art Show

Check this out, Estrela, Simon and Bianca from work have organised on a greater scale, due to the sucess of the last Bouldermedia Art Auction another bigger and better Art Auction. Opening it up to any Animators interested in submitting. Go have a look at the amazing submissions that are coming in fast. And if your free on the day pop down to the Science gallery with your purse, it is for a great cause. Hopefully I'll get my submission done on time...EEEK!

All info on The Animation Art Aution here the Blog and here The Facebook Page

King Of The Jungle

This is a drawing I did a while ago with pencils...yes, them long things with lead in em. The next theme for the Bouldermedia Art Blog is "Power Animal", so I thought it might be fitting to post this up as my submission seen as the King of the Jungle, in my opinion, is pretty damn powerful...I have a few other ideas so I might hold off on posting this and see what else I come up with by the end of the month...Ah!!! what to do?

Life Drawing



Here's a couple of life drawings from class on Tuesday's class.