Daniel Spencer
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Giant Creative’s The Last Train’ has been nominated for an IFTA Award for Best Animation.
Check out all of Giant’s animation here – http://vimeo.com/giantcreative/videos
Pegbar returns to Science Gallery with inspiring talks from a number of leaders in the animation industry, including Joel Simon Creative Director at Flickerpix Animations, Gary Reynolds Art Director with HMH Publishing, and Chris Dicker Creative Director at Warner Brothers/ Tt animation.
On arrival you will be greeted with a mulled wine and mince pie reception, compliments of Enterprise Ireland & Animation Ireland. Then, we will be kicking off the evening with a number of short animations from Flickerpix Animation, followed by talks from Gary Reynolds and Chris Dicker.
After our series of talks, ticketholders can head to the Lombard for a few drinks and social networking.
Watch Pegbar on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/pegbar ) and Facebook where they will be having an internet giveaway. Tickets are €6 and can be bought below. Entry is at 5:30. Grab some food, beers & wine downstairs in the cafe beforehand if you’re hungry!
Buy your tickets here! – http://www.sciencegallery.com/events…mation-network
Admission:
€6
Finishing up several projects at once can sometimes cause major brain melt down. A quick scribble, and additional corruption software can sometimes help as therapy.
Updates
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@spaceavalanche @nicholakehoe definitely sweet listening
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Ella Fitzgerald on vinyl #treatOfTheEvening
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@BarKeegan with a smoke machine you could do this at parties - http://t.co/vnA0OU9l
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@BarKeegan solution equals http://t.co/2MThxawq , you'll never need to use your voice again ;-)
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@eamonn_o_neill when is its next screening in Dublin, all at @giant_creative are really looking forward to seeing it
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New ‘waterworld’ planet revealed by Hubble (via @thejournal_ie) http://t.co/2Zt8pxW2
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back to the grind.......not the sassy type of grind either
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Home and knocking up some cowboy hotpot before I go mowsying to the home studio to finish these boards
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Video: great opening titles(by Hyde5376) http://t.co/7bchD7Nk
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@PiratePivo grand, just waffled the ear off him and talked about aspirations
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Why are moon rocks going missing? http://t.co/Jwy1xicR
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slow start earlier, but getting form and picking up rhythm now, Francis Glebas' book Directing the Story, is my current life line
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@Keaneye take that back
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@PiratePivo ready as I'll ever be. How about you?
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I need some energetic music to be productive to
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Spurs are really going to have to knock it up a gear if they want a win
Profile
Summary
I am co-founder & Director of Pegbar, the Irish Animation Networking Event and website http://pegbar.ie
I have also returned to education to take some time out to question the nature of storytelling, the relationship of virtual and visual storytelling, as well as, the increasing mediation of culture in animation and art.
Experience
- Nov 2011 - PresentProducer / Giant Creative
- Feb 2010 - PresentAnimation Researcher / Screen Directors Guild of IrelandAnimation Researcher and Blogger for the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland http://sdgi.ie
- Oct 2008 - PresentFounder and Director / Pegbarof 'Pegbar'. Pegbar is a popular networking event and resource tool for animation artists in Ireland. Within Pegbar I conduct a number of youth workshops around the country. I also write articles and conduct interviews with famous animation artists, for Pegbar's popular blog.
- Sept 2011 - Jan 2012Associate Lecturer / Dublin City UniversityLecturing Cinema 4d modeling and Animation Skills
- Sept 2010 - Jan 2012Animation Moderator / Pivot DublinAnimation Moderator for Pivot Dublin, a bid to make Dublin a Design capital of the world by 2010
- Sept 2011 - Dec 2011Guest Lecturer / Trinity College Dublin Film SocietyLecturing animation history, principles and theory for semester 1
- Jun 2011 - Nov 2011Asset Creation & Animation / Cellplay Networks Ltd.Creating Assets & Design for Cellplay
- Oct 2011 - Oct 2011Character Illustrator / CrowdscannerCreating Multiple characters for Crowdscanner Apps
- Oct 2010 - May 2011Assets Creation and Animation / Cellplay Networks Ltd.Creating Assets and Animation for Games at Cellplay Networks Ltd
- Apr 2011 - Apr 2011Character Illustrator / Crowd ScannerCreating Character Illustrations for the Mindfield People Hunt App - http://mindfield.ie/2011/04/mindfield-people-hunt/
- Jan 2011 - Apr 2011Guest Lecturer / Trinity College DublinGuest lecturing Animation Theory 1 hour a week Jan 2011 - Apr 2011
- Jan 2011 - Feb 2011Artistic Direction / Toon Brothers I.P. LimitedTo revamp characters, interpret story, create storyboards and lead a small team of animators to create a 90sec trailer. http://toon.ie
- Aug 2010 - Dec 2010part time 3d Lecturer, / Dublin City UniversityLecturing 3rd year students on the Multimedia Degree course. To teach them a useful understanding of 3d modeling and animation with Cinema 4d.
- Sept 2010 - Oct 2010Flash Animator / Client:Brent PopeCreating a Flash Animated Promotional Video for the client's project.
- Sept 2010 - Sept 2010Animation Moderator / Pivot DublinAnimation Moderator for Pivot Dublin, a bid to make Dublin a Design capital of the world by 2010
- Aug 2009 - Aug 2010Freelance work / Toon Bros I.P. Limitedto design Toon Bros concepts as multilevel products ready for marketing.
- Mar 2006 - Aug 2010Design and Lab Technician / KadunaIn and out of part time and full time work within Kaduna's 'Magners Photolab'
Poster & Leaflet Design, Photo Restoration Work and Lab Tech work. - Mar 2010 - Jun 2010Freelance Interactive Flash Review and Edit / Kavaleer ProductionsFreelance Interactive Flash Review and Edit
- Jan 2010 - Apr 2010Freelance Director & Production Manager / All My KitI lead a small team of animation artists to create an advert & animation for the launch presentation of allmykit.com, as well as online content. Other duties involved, animation, film making, editing, effects and photography.
- Feb 2010 - Mar 2010Freelance Animation Effects / El Zorrero FilmsAnimated Effects for Filmed Sequences. I lead a small team of 3 animation artists to complete this project.
- Jan 2010 - Mar 2010Part Time Lecturer / Bonnybrook Youthreach VECPart Time Lecturer in Bonnybrook Youthreach VEC, conductiong Animation and Visual Storytelling workshops.
- Sept 2009 - Feb 2010part time lecturer / Dublin City UniversityPart time lecturing in 3d Modelling and Animation.
- Feb 2009 - May 2009Supervisor / Irish School of AnimationSupervising for students in the Irish School of Animation, Ballyfermot College of Further Education. Duties included supervising and assisting students with their project.
- Dec 2008 - Dec 2008Clean Up Artist / Team DADDYclean up artist on Change.ie's ad's
- Dec 2008 - Dec 2008Flash Developer and Animator / MedMediaTo develop and animate flash e-cards.
- Feb 2006 - Mar 2008Animation Artist / FreelanceJust email me for full details of my freelance work
Education
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2010 - 2012National College of Art and DesignMA in Art in the Digital WorldActivities: ADW
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2006 - 2008The University of DundeeBA Hons in AnimationActivities: Animation and Film Society, Unofficial Hurling Society
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2003 - 2006Colaiste DhulaighHND BA Hons; 2008 Advanced Diploma in Animation
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Boulder Media are looking for animators.
They’re looking for people to join our crew on what’s going to be a high profile series they’re currently working on.
Any takers can apply to ali@bouldermedia.tv .
- 23 Degrees 5 Minutes
Darragh O’Connell, Brown Bag FilmsAn old Explorer close to freezing in the North Pole ponders what brought him there in the first place. He recalls his student days at Trinity College in Dublin when he studied under the enigmatic Professor Orit. Years later the student, who is now an old man, travels to the top of the world in search of his old professor and finds something more magical than he could have bargained for.
- Origin
James Stacey, SouljackerA young man is on the brink of emigration, but as he races through the streets of Dublin he comes to realise the spirit he’s leaving behind.
- The Boy in the Bubble
Kealan O’ Rourke, Igloo FilmsRupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever.
- The Last Train
Alex Sherwood, Giant CreativeIn the dead of night an unsuspecting passenger on a train is chased by an unrelenting force.
For more detail go to http://ifta.ie
Animators (2D/Flash) Location: Dublin 2
Contact: Gerard O’Rourke
Address: 7 Mount Streest Crescent, Dublin 2
Phone: 016034980
Website: http://www.monsteranimation.ie/
Monster’s new series “Cosmo” 15×13′ is underway and they require animators with good drawing skills who can work in Flash. They will start in March through December and the period will cover pre-production and production.
They will also be looking for storyboard, background artists and people with experince in compositing.
Please send a link to your showreel and your CV for Gerard’s attention by email. Gerard (at) monsteranimation (dot) ie
Gerard O’Rourke, Producer.
Deadline: 10th February 2012
For all of those people inquiring about Gary Reynolds’ digital concept class in BCFE/ISA after his lecture at the last Pegbar event. All the info available at the moment is here on the BCFE website.
NEW Concept Art and Digital Illustration with Photoshop
SEMESTER 2
This is an ideal course for people who want to unlock the power of Adobe Photoshop as an advanced drawing and digital painting software package as a means to enter the Computer games and/or film/animation industry.
Classes will cover
- industry standard workflows
- professional techniques
- traditional drawing
- intermediate to advanced digital painting to create a Concept Art portfolio
Wednesday 7.00-9.00pm Duration 10 weeks Cost €160
You can contact BCFE about booking your place in the class via this link http://www.bcfe.ie/adulteducation.php
Thanks for all that came down! A really enjoyable event all round! Also big thanks to Chris Dicker, Gary Reynolds & Joel Simon for the great talks. As well as the Science Gallery, Enterprise Ireland and Animation Ireland for supporting the event.
Thank you to all our retweeters, facebook sharers, rebloggers and anyone who helped us promote the event! We had loads of support that we really appreciate!
Here are the pics!
Pegbar returns to Science Gallery with inspiring talks from a number of leaders in the animation industry, including Joel Simon Creative Director at Flickerpix Animations, Gary Reynolds Art Director with HMH Publishing, and Chris Dicker Creative Director at Warner Brothers/ Tt animation.
On arrival you will be greeted with a mulled wine and mince pie reception, compliments of Enterprise Ireland & Animation Ireland. Then, we will be kicking off the evening with a number of short animations from Flickerpix Animation, followed by talks from Gary Reynolds and Chris Dicker.
After our series of talks, ticketholders can head to the Lombard for a few drinks and social networking.
Watch Pegbar on Twitter ( http://twitter.com/pegbar ) and Facebook where they will be having an internet giveaway. Tickets are €6 and can be bought below. Entry is at 5:30. Grab some food, beers & wine downstairs in the cafe beforehand if you’re hungry!
Buy your tickets here! – http://www.sciencegallery.com/events/2011/12/pegbar-dublins-animation-network
Admission:
€6
JAM Media are currently looking for an Assistant Director (Animation) to work on a new animated television series ‘Tilly and Friends.’
Responsibilities:
*Storyboard Supervision, Revision and Approvals
*Inspection of Animatics
*Work closely with the animation supervisor to help with scene assignment and animation direction
*Expected to work closely with the Series Director, Episodic Director, Art Department and the Animation Department to help translate their vision and the narrative accurately to the screen
*Ensuring that clear visual communication, information and direction is being presented to the Service Provider and other relevant stakeholders
Required Skills:
* Minimum 2-3 years of Production Level experience on episodic animated series.
*Review of Dailies, assigning scenes, following up on directorial comments and providing guidance to team.
* Must have experience with tools such as; Photoshop, Flash and After Effects.
* Accustomed to working within tight production schedules and be able to highlight any areas of concern in good time to the production team.
Submission Requirements:
Qualified candidates should email their cover letter, resume, and showreel to jobs@jammedia.ie
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