Who needs a comfort zone, really?

This one may come as a surprise to some. It's fairly common knowledge that i'm not the biggest football fan out there, i mean, i've tried, but i fail to see the attraction. That's just how it is.

So, when Sam Noone came to me looking for help shooting this short piece for his former football club, i was ever so briefly hesitant, but then i thought "what the hell, why not?". The revelation came quickly that, subject matter be damned, i just really love to film things. I actually had a great time working on this one, trying to make the best out of something i knew little about, and i think it turned out quite well in the end. I co-shot this with Dean Douglas Evans manning a second camera, then edited together the finished piece.

A Beat-Down

This, i'm rather happy with. This piece is a small part of a longer film that, sufficed to say, didn't pan out. Shooting this was one of those nightmare shoots you hear about in documentaries about Terry Gilliam, and I gotta say, I'm kinda glad it was. I learned so much from this shoot that i can't help but look back on it fondly. Also, on it's own, i think this scene works pretty well. I won't give context, figure out for yourself what's happening here, it'll be more satisfying that way. I co-directed this with David Fryar.

A special thanks goes out to the main actor (the one that steals the bag), Simon Fogarty, for being so helpful and patient, and just a bit of an aul' legend.

Sunsets and Lens-Flares

After a recent trip to Swords Estuary armed with my camcorder and a Micheal Bay-style sunset, i decided to edit together the footage i got from it into a kind of mini showreel. So, here it is, with some nice background music by Fleet Foxes

Oh Yeah, I Draw Too

I love to draw, always have done. For years, people knew me as "that guy who draws alot". But since i finished studying Animation 2 and a half years ago, i haven't had the same output as i once did. In fact, for a while, i just stopped drawing altogether. Then, over the last 2 weeks, i've had the urge to scribble some things down.

So to that end, below is the first drawing i've done in months that i'm in any way happy with
not much, i know, but it's a start.

Halloween

Here are a few images of what i did to myself for Halloween. Unfortunately, i only have photos of the initial makeup stage, as i forgot/was too drunk to get more after i was in my full costume (which was pretty awesome, by the way).

But i digress, i'm really happy with how this turned out, as it was my first experiment with liquid latex.