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 <title>Time to fly .</title>
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<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.sim-r.com/displayimage.php?album=12&amp;pos=15"><img src="http://sim-r.com/blog/media/1/20080903-Flys.jpg" width="750" height="194" alt="" title="" /></a><br />
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This is  a panel from the comic book .<br />
That project and the other one have been slow to materialize over the last year as work was BUSY .<br />
I am still just as busy with WORK work , but now my commute is just ever so slightly shorter .<br />
I have had the good fortune to have worked with some of the best people in the industry at Sony animation over the last 2 years .<br />
I worked on a very fun project with the best crew one could have hoped for .<br />
It was a great experience and I want to thank each and every person who inspired me .<br />
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So . What now ?<br />
Well......as i said I now have a shorter commute . That means I am supposed to have more time . <br />
Now  - maybe , just maybe , I might get one of these projects of mine finished .<br />
Here's hoping .<br />
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Cheers all .<br />
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 <pubDate>Wed, 3 Sep 2008 00:48:19 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Across the way .</title>
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Near Mullagh  - back home .<br />
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Next ? - something more imaginative .<br />
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Cheers .<br />
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 <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:35:21 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Warm .</title>
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Strong heat near the trees .<br />
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 <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:31:03 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Mountain .</title>
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Mountain view looking back from the strand  .<br />
Ireland .<br />
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 <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:29:10 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Misty .</title>
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Misty rainy day in Ireland  . <br />
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Cheers .                                                ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 9 Jul 2008 02:26:31 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>A bit messed up lately .</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Well - you have probably noticed that between the gallery and the blog things have been screwy lately .<br />
That's because someone compromised the coppermine code so I had to update before i got hacked .<br />
Along with that the nucleus blog code had to be updated . Now that's screwy too and keeps asking for peoples emails and stuff .<br />
Rest assured things will be back to normal in the next few days  . .. .On top of that I'm  building a new rig to paint on as the old one is not feeling the best .<br />
Despite me slapping it silly a few times and complimenting it with appropriate metaphors it's having trouble coming to it's senses .<br />
While building the new rig I found that I need more power . So a call to the electrician is in order .  More amps!!!!!More watts!!!<br />
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Also work is busy . Very busy .<br />
If you want to know what I'm working on read <a href="http://animatedfilms.suite101.com/article.cfm/cloudy_with_a_chance_of_meatballs">this </a><br />
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That article was written  nearly three years ago . I've been on this project nearly 1.5 years and it's  been a BLAST .<br />
It's stylish , epic , and ......  tasty .<br />
So much talent  at this studio .... a great experience !<br />
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Oh - and I am getting a new roof on my house  -  right above the art room .<br />
Throw in guests from outta town visiting in stages and you have the perfect formula for  lunacy .<br />
SOoooooooooo - back soon with my usual self and the usual blog.<br />
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Until then it's back to quake for the ds .  <br />
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YEEEEHHHHAAAAAAAAA!                                                                                                                     ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 01:32:47 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Bee keeper .</title>
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Mmmmmm ..... red wine and ketchup . Delicious .<br />
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 <pubDate>Thu, 8 May 2008 22:39:11 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Hornets nest .</title>
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Yup - been a while since I posted . Why ? - well simply just   tooooo  much going on .<br />
None of which I'm going to talk about here . <br />
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But in the mean time  I can tell you this : I'm plugging away at the childrens book<br />
and progress is being made . I really, really want to get this finished sooner rather than later . <br />
It's an ultra simple idea and if I don't get it finished my daughter will be old enough to<br />
realise it sucks .<br />
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This image , needless to say is NOT from the kids book .<br />
It's from the other project . I was going for creepy and moody .<br />
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More soon .  Really .  I swear .                                ]]></description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:18:17 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>Outpost .</title>
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Something a little more man made for a change . The universe I have created for the story is pretty large  .<br />
This location  - an outpost near a destination point .<br />
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Pretty vague , I know . Sorry . More to come .<br />
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Cheers  .                                   ]]></description>
 <category>Illustration</category>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:35:18 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>ImagineFX</title>
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I got a message from home today that a sampling of my artwork appears in  Imaginefx  .<br />
It's in issue 27 - there's also a mug shot for those who may be interested . I believe  stateside <br />
it should arrive in about two weeks . It's quite a good magazine with some very cool tutorials from<br />
many people in the industry - and this issue has an interview with Dave Gibbons of  "watchmen"  fame .<br />
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That has to be one of my all time favourite comic books .<br />
Classic writing by Alan Moore .<br />
Great visual storytelling by Dave Gibbons .<br />
Stellar color styling by John Higgins .<br />
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Anyway  - here's another doodle .<br />
Something more man made next week .<br />
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Cheers .<br />
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 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:19:18 -0600</pubDate>
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