Life Drawing

Some more life drawing from a couple of Tuesdays ago. Enjoying it but damn am I RUSTAY!!!

Concept Models

Here are some concept designs I did for a project but they never got picked up but I had alot of fun doing them.

Orchids

My Orchid and the first blooms of this year...so pretty!

Art Auction

My Birdy Pieces

Estrela and Bianca from work set up a very sucessful charity Art Auction in work for the Somaly Mam Foundation. We all submitted art work that would go up for auction in Bouldermedia . The outcome was a whopping 2000 euro in total for the charity. I submitted some little inked birdy drawings that went down pretty well...I have to say I was delighted with how they were received. Thanks everyone who bought them, made my day!

The Shining

I purchased this painting of Jack Nicholson from one very talented Paul O'Flanagan

Some of the other pieces up for Auction

Here is just a taster of some of the othere artwork that was up for auction, you can see more on the Bouldermedia Art Show Facebook Page. Well done girls for such a sucessful event. May we do it again really soon, it was great fun!

Me, Myself and Birdy?

I like to sit and think with birds on my head all the time....

As I mentioned in a previous post I have re-opened the Bouldermedia artblog for the staff to get involved with a monthly theme and post up their artwork. The first months theme was "How you see yourself", so here is my ...How I see me!

Gill.

Life Drawing

one and two minute gestures

I used to adore life drawing back in college and it has been about a million years since then. My boss organised a few weeks of life drawing here in Boulder, so here we go...a few drawings from the session. They are nowhere near amazing but I enjoyed it !

The Bouldermedia Art Blog

For anybody who is interested, I have set up an Art Blog for the people at Boulder. Where we can go and have a bit of fun with monthly art themes and the likes.
There isn't much up at the moment but if I am right there is gonna be some shit-hot artwork going up there in the coming months. There is some class talent in the Studio!!

Bouldermedia Art Blog

OvER aND OuT!
Gill

Happy Easter

Heellllooo!
Happy Easter, rabbits, chicks, eggs and stuff!

Gumball wins 3 Awards at Kidscreen 2012

Rob, Anne and Pete were away at Kidscreen lastweek and what do you know?!?!?
Gumball sweeps the board once again in the following catagories!

PROGRAMMING—KIDS CATEGORY
Best Animated Series 2012The Amazing World of GumballCartoon Network Studios Europe/Dandelion Studios/Boulder Media/Studio Soi

CREATIVE TALENT CATEGORY
Best Animation 2012The Amazing World of GumballCartoon Network Studios Europe/Dandelion Studios/Boulder Media/Studio Soi

VIEWER’S CHOICE CATEGORY
Best Kids Program 2012The Amazing World of GumballCartoon Network Studios Europe/Dandelion Studios/Boulder Media/Studio Soi

This is just fantastic to see the show doing so incredibly well after all the really hard work everybody put into it.
Read more here

IFTAs 2012

Bouldermedia looking rather Dapper on arrival

The Boys

On leaving the event....all a little on the wobbly side!!!

Bouldermedia attended the 2012 IFTAs on Saturday night in The Convention Centre, Dublin. We were nominated for "The Amazing World of Gumball" in the Best Childrens TV Programme Catagory...Unfortuantly, we didn't win but it was a fantastic night and it was great to have been nominated.

Gumball picks Up An Annie

Thanks goodness Gumball is doing so incredibly well on the Awards circuit or this blog would fall flat on its face(bar Ryans awesome pictures of course!)
Saturday night The Amazing World of Gumball picked up An Annie for Best Animation Production. Congradulations again to the creator Ben Broquelet, Mic Graves and the rest of The Dandelion Crew and Studio Soi....
But an even bigger congradulations to the wonderful, the amazing BOULDERMEDIA who did all the 2D and 3D animation on the show.

Next up is the IFTAS on Saturday night so fingers crossed for this one....some of us from Boulder will be gracing the red carpet for this one...so I'll post some pictures  next week.

Slan,
Gill

Introducing the talented Mr.Ryan Comerford

"Grandad"

                                                         

Ryan, Helen and Isabelle

These were made by my little nephew Ryan in Australia . He made "Grandad" for my Dads birthday in December, so cute!

Awards, Awards, Awards

What an incredible start to 2012. Gumball has been nominated for an IFTA in the catagory of Best Childrens/Youth Series. The awards won't be held till February so fingers crossed for the Boulder Crew!

                                                                   

Christmas 2011

What a year it has been...busy is an understatement. This goes down in the records for the worst year for posting ever but a really good year for Boulder. 2012 is going to be pretty busy too by the looks of things. Which I am not complaining about by no means but maybe I can manage my time better so as to keep myself doing at least a doodle a month for the blog. Amonst other creative things I have been working on and slowly but surely hope to share early in the New Year.

Happy Christmas to everybody who stops by and I look forward to what the New Year has to hold.
I have so much up me sleeve....

ToodlePip
Gillbo
x

The 2012 Annies

Well what d'ya know, "The Amazing World of Gumball" is up for another 4 awards.
The Annies-Animations Highest Honour.
The catagories Gumball is up for are.....

Best Animated Television Production – Children
Best Directing in a Television Production
Best Music in a Television Production
Best Voice Acting in a Television Production

Fingers, Toes and Everything else you like to cross crossed again!!!!

Gumball bags not one but two BAFTAS

"The Amazing World of Gumball" lastnight won two BAFTAS. One for best animation and the other for best writing. Congradulations to all involved, Ben Bocquelet and Mic Graves at Dandelion Studios, Studio Soi and of course the one, the only Bouldermedia. Great for everybody!!!
Just a couple of links to the great news on IFTN and the BAFTA website.

Warwick Davies presented the award, how cool is that?!?!

Banana Joe

This is some fan art my godaughter Isabelle did in school of Banana Joe from "Gumball".
Love it!!!

Gumball nominated for a BAFTA!!!

Yeahy!
"The Amazing World of Gumball" has been nominated in the 2011 BAFTA Awards.
Check it out here BAFTA nomination

Fingers crossed for Gumball everybody!!!!

Some of my Gumball Animation

I was cruisin around You Tube and found this Gumball clip. Turns out I Animated the majority of the sequence(bar Rocky, the Orange guy in the Red Y-Fronts!!) Thought I would just stick it up here let you see some of what I did.

A quoi ça sert l'amour ?

Here is a beautiful piece of Animation called "A quoi ça sert l'amour ?" by Louise Clichy.

Is there anybody out there ?!?!



 Hello...hello...hello......hello
Is there anybody still out there?!?
Well, I wouldn't be suprised if there wasn't after the absence of posts over the last 3 months or longer. So I am going to try incredibly hard to post more artwork and in the meantime distract you with some megga cute pictures I took of my best pal Ben. Isn't he too cute :)

Why the absence? Well Boulder finished up on Gumball and has been preparing for a new "Big Project" that will be starting very soon. All very exciting with alot of new staff starting in the next few months and a newly renovated studio. All very exciting indeed. Time just seems to be passing too quickly and mulitasking has become a bit of a talent for quite a few of us here!

So hope to post something soon and keep up with more regular artwork. I always said I wouldn't let the blog go...and I ment it.

Introducing Mr David O'Sullivan

Just to let people know a very good friend of mine Dave O'Sullivan has his own website up and running. So go check out his drawings and paintings, they are FAB! He uses his little nieces as subjects for his paintings and has had an exhibition in the Oisin Gallery recently. I went to college with Dave and then worked along side him in Boulder for about 10 years. He is now growing a rather large beard and spends his days drawing and painting, doing a mighty fine job too by the looks of things.

Cartoon Network UK - The Amazing World of Gumball Promos

Only a week to go now...exciting!!!

The Amazing World Of Gumball - Meet Gumball

And here's another trailer for Gumball!!!

Spamalot

More Spam more Spammers...enough said!

Belated Paddy's Day Greeting

Just a little belated Paddy's Day picture(don't have the net at home to post things, living in a cave I am). Not very Paddy's day themed but you do get bored looking at the stereotypical red haired drunkards, holding a pint of Guinness dancing about with a leprechauns hat on.

Happy Paddy's Day Yesterday!
:)

More Gumball News

Just a little bit more Gumball news here and here
:)

Cartoon Network's The Amazing World Of Gumball Sneek Peak

Here's a clip from one of the Episodes of Gumball that Cartoon Network have released. The release date is apparently in April. So sit tight. Hope you enjoy the clip.

Two Little Birds, One Little Girl

Bull Terrier Sketches

Finally some drawings :)

It's a Wrap

It is well overdue I know but here's a quick update on "The Amazing World of Gumball". On the 15th January at 5pm Bouldermedia finished work on the first series of Gumball, for Cartoon Network. I would like to say a big gigantic NICE ONE to all of the people especially at Boulder who worked their asses off to get this show completed. When I said before the show looks amazing....it's seriously looks amazing. I can't wait for the airing to see how it is received, very exciting stuff. I have been lucky enough to have seen the final fully finished episodes one by one and each one gets better and better. That's all I can really say about that. So sit tight (till September, I am told) and look forward to "The Amazing World of Gumball".
Here is an article that was writen on the Animation Ireland website about the show if your interested.

Oh No!

I had promised myself I would post more and more this year and sure would you look, not a dicky bird or not a "yellow bird" as the case may be at all since last year...disgraceful carry on. I have lots of excuses but whats the point in wafflin on about them, it still doesn't change the fact there is no new art here!!!

So instead I am going to tell you, visitor, about this...
Last year I decided to do a little bit of good for some animals and became a volunteer at the Dogs Trust rehoming centre. They are a great bunch of people, who work very hard to make better lives for all the dogs that walk through their doors and let me tell you it is far more dogs then people would believe. Some of the dogs have been very badly mistreated, abandoned or have lost their owners through old age etc. The Dogs Trust tries to rehome as many dogs as they can possibly squeeze in to good loving new homes. It is a very tough but a rewarding job. I thought I would just mention them and all the good work they do. So if you know anyone looking for a new dog, maybe try the nearest animal shelter/dog pound and give these guys a second chance. Here is just one of the fellas Dogs Trust have up for rehoming at the moment and if I could, I would take him myself in a heartbeat. Luah is a 4 month old Bull Terrier and probably one of the cutest Bull Terriers I have ever seen.

                                               
So there you go, until next time....with some drawings and maybe, just maybe, a sneek peek at a new little project I have up my sleeve.

Fa,La,La,La,La-La,La,La,La!!!!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Funky Faery Lights....



Happy Christmas to everybody kind enough to leave some feedback on my bloggywotsit over the past year. All the comments really are much appreciated. Hope to see some of you back for a visit in the New Year. Until then get drunk, be merry or do whatever you do for a laugh but enjoy the holidays.

Uooh, check out the snow from my apartment....Christmassy or what?!?!

Tis the season to be Jolly :)

Just some Jewellery I made for a friend for his present to his Mam this year. Hope she likes it!
There is all Freshwater Pearls and Swarovski crystals and little spakly things like that on a Jade pendant.
Haven't had much time to draw anything for the blog of late but at least this is something creative.

Hope to get a Christmasy post up though....

Sorry

Wow it's been ages since I have posted anything decent!! Wrapping up on Gumball has taken most of my time. I am hopin that over the Christmas holidays I'll be able to catch up and get some bloggin goin again.

But until then a very quick doodle from the vaults.

Halloween at Bouldermedia

I thought I would just stick some piccys up of lastweeks Halloween Fancy Dress in Boulder. People made such a brill effort with their costumes. There was a Satan, a Hobbit, a Giant Dracula Legoman, Robots, ComicBook Characters, a Clown, a few Wearwolves and manys an insect buzzin about.

I took the more sinister approach, Samara from "The Ring"

The winner for best costume, Dracula LegoMan takes it all and well deserved ..... BORJA! BORJA! He made the whole thing from scratch with his bare hands.

Stairs: A LegoMans Worst Nightmare

Check this out, hilarious!

Borja getting a helping hand off Fran getting up the stairs in the Studio.

Grumpy Bum!

Darwin

Just a little sketch for Mr.Darwin who passed away yesterday. I'll miss you Buddy *sniff, sniff* You where the life and soul of The Tank.

Odd One Out ?

Zoinked

Enough said!

Boulder V's Brown Bag

Well it all kicked off last Friday evening in UCD for the game of the year. Bouldermedia versus Brown Bag Films in a game of soccer. The atmosphere was excellent between Paddy's dodgy belly at lunch(nerves) and all the game tactics being discussed throughout Friday in work. Allan and Jamie mustn't have got any work done at all(he,he,he). I must admit I am no soccer fan but I was well excited to get out there and cheer for the Boulder boys and Bianca!

Boulder Team: Finbar Coyle, Stephen Mooney, Peter Slattery, Jamie Teehan, Fran Johnston, Mick O' Sullivan, Bianca Beneduci, Chris (The Guns) O'Hara, Mick Plummer, Allan White, Paddy Gamble, Stephen Kelly and Tom Galvin in goals and Brendan "The Legend" Harris

Unfortunatly, Brown Bag took home the trophy, with a score of 4-2 but Boulder put up one hell of a fight. With Brendan scoring a super goal in the last few seconds for Boulder. So it was out in town for beers and dancin afterwards. Everybody had such a great time :)

Bring on the next challenge!

Thanks to Allan White, Ste O' Connor and Estrela Lourenco for the photos I stole!!!