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ciaran — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:59:04 +0000

This is an intro sequence I designed for a kids’ educational drama programme called Fast Forward, shot here in Bristol by production company Gauntlett & Son. Pretty heavy use of Trapcode’s Form on this one to create the strings in 3D space, along with a little Particular here & there for added flavour. Soundtrack by [...]

HDSLR, depth of field & dubstep.

ciaran — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 07:57:11 +0000

Recently picked up a basic Canon 550D with an f1.4 50mm prime and this is the first project I’ve used it on with homeslice Tim Crawley. Seems pretty nifty so far – really enjoying the obscenely narrow DOF the prime lens can achieve, making footage look like a photo. The workflow & ergonomics of using [...]

Droplets Series 2 launch night

ciaran — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:25:52 +0000

Check out this quick piece with Jam Factory design genius Gav Strange about his Droplets launch night some weeks back for which I did some motion design of epic proportions… Pretty stoked to see the animation projected on the Banksy wall opposite 50-50 that night. Props to Gav and Makinov for putting this together.

Slams, stunts & steez

ciaran — Fri, 21 May 2010 15:06:15 +0000

Eventually found some time to polish off and upload this edit I’d made back in 2005 with a ton of old footage I’d shot that productive summer skating a lot, filming a little on a rickety old trv900. Found it just the other day while packing up to move house and through a combination of [...]

Muscular and compact, like corned beef…

ciaran — Sun, 02 May 2010 16:13:00 +0000

Amidst the day to day professions I’ve got on the go, such as wearing smoking jackets, testing cognac and Cuban cigars, alongside the awesomeness of motion design, I’m also cutting together a new showreel. The best/worst part has been working out the intricacies and complications involved with multipass renders, object buffers and not using motion [...]

Check me out & chill: version 8.2 – DONE!

ciaran — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:35:24 +0000

I have a new website, check it out here today!

Droplets 2 launch

ciaran — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:29:30 +0000

So design overlord Gav Strange aka Jam Factory had a new series of his Droplets vinyl toy launch last Saturday, complete with a batch of 50 customised versions from various art & design goons from up & down the country. He sent me over an Illustrator file & this is what I did to sexify [...]

Bristol’s Finest!

ciaran — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:54:34 +0000

Bristol’s Finest available now! Out this month with the December issue of Sidewalk mag (with homeslice DW on the front cover ollieing over a dude in driving a go-kart) is another DVD I’ve been involved with, this time it’s the turn of 50-50′s DVD, Bristol’s Finest. Epic titles, opening sequence & a solid batch of [...]

The Big Push

ciaran — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:18:42 +0000

Once more I was enlisted to join the Big Push, this year with DC Shoes and what a trip it turned out to be. Tricks were landed, slams were had, record buttons weren’t hit, epic footage went down, stress was screamed, the good times they did most definitely roll. Check out our entry online at [...]

Dimensions released!

ciaran — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:20:06 +0000

Now then, another rare, but meaty, update for the masses! Motive’s DVD, Dimensions, is done and dusted. Never fun when a deadline for something like this is brought forward by a month, but everything eventually worked itself out. After too much stress, ballache & a chronic lack of sleep that is, but the whooping and [...]