auto portrait in german.

yo. heres a quick squibbly portrait in artrage- 1 hr, wicked wicked programme. of course i see my mistakes now but heh, whats done is done and this was fun. painting eggs and practicing graysvale really really helps you assess value and hue in erm, reverse order. nice. some lovely lovely boobs next i promise.(id hate to continue putting you off your noodles)

need a model, pref female, 20- 35, can pay in green tea, biccies and a lil 'dig it all immortality? any takers, eh, eh?

High praise for "The Secret of kells" by Disney Imagineer

Pam Koller to Director Tomm Moore...

"My friend Ramsey Avery, a former Imagineer at Disney, world wide theme park designer and innovator said this about the screening today, ' Just saw The Secret of Kells. Unbelievably beautifull, audacious and compelling. If you care one iota for design or world building-- and how
they make a well told story soar--there has been nothing better in years"

I'm very proud to have been part of the team.

You can read the rest at http://www.theblogofkells.blogspot.com/

and you can follow links to the right if you would like to check out the work of the artists, designers, animators involved and a fistfull of others too.
feast yer eyeballs.

some new year news

Heh folks, happy new year. I had a lovely quiet time back in the welcoming, though frosty bosom of my native Mayo. I had been hoping for a wild time to make up for the quietude of Stafford in T'ingland but 2 inches of snow, -13 degree temperatures put pay to that. It would'nt happen in the Schtates boys, ill tell ya.

I did get time to hang with my family and "twang away the first two chords to da do ron ron on my ratty geetar" though, which was nice.

During the break some of my more intellectual mates who listen to the radio ( not just pop hour on Mid West havin a plethora of pints and a scrap on dole day out the back of Mellets) and such gave me the heads up on a broad cast of Pat "the plank" kenny's radio show where Ross Stewart, Marie Thorhague and myself recieved praise for our illustration work on the "Bridges" series For O'Brien Press. Nice.
Thanks also to the writers of the series and the mighty Cartoon Saloon.

you can view the article here..

www.rte.ie/radio1/todaywithpatkenny/2009-12-15.html

You can order your copy now at...

www.obrien.ie/Series.cfm?series/ID=28