tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-254686482024-03-07T13:54:50.682-10:00Ian Benjamin KennyA comprehensive portfolio website of professional multi media designer Ian Benjamin Kenny.Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-28894827178195642722017-06-09T00:09:00.000-10:002012-10-09T01:02:33.481-10:00Welcometo a comprehensive portfolio website of professional multi media designer Ian Benjamin Kenny.<br />
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Here you will find examples of <a href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/p/animation.html">animation</a>, <a href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/p/illustration.html">illustration</a> and <a href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/p/filmtv.html">film</a> as well as new ventures in motion-graphics and <a href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/p/3d-animation.html">3D animation</a>. As the site is still in development some sections may not yet be complete but these issues will be corrected very soon. Please take a look around and check out the blog below for latest updates.
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Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-76430796367549804512014-01-10T01:35:00.000-10:002014-01-15T07:24:51.661-10:00Brain Freeze<div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Brain Freeze is a 13 part comedy science show for kids; it's an updated version of our previous children's program <a href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/p/science-fiction.html" target="_blank">Science Fiction</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Developed for CBBC by myself, Colm Tobin, Aidan O'Donovan and Paul Madden, it's a project that has been over a year in the making and will air from 22 January 2014 <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">17.55 Wednesdays and Thursdays.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The big difference from </span>Science<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Fiction is the format of the show. We thought it would be great to see what it was like to have the characters interact backstage. Larry Sanders for kids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The show stars Doctor Sorcha Knowles, a bright young scientist who somehow manages to keep the show running. A rock of sense in an otherwise chaotic work place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With a longer running time and much higher production value, it was quite an undertaking to get all 13 episodes finished on time. </span>We gave the look of the show a makeover, without losing its original charm. Using puppetry alongside both 2D and 3D animation, has achieved a depth and rounded quality to the show, a believable dimension where the characters come to work, and occasionally act the maggot. <br />
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Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-8013102136256975412013-05-23T12:14:00.001-10:002013-05-23T12:14:36.202-10:00Irish Sketch Society<div>Somebody came up with a great idea of setting up a facebook page and picking a random topic every couple of weeks and letting everyone and anyone contribute their sketches, doodles, sculptures and in my case totally overly rendered illustrations that take way too long to produce.
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<div>And here is the one I did for the 'Celtic Warrior' topic. Cormac Mac Airt was a crazy bastard altogether, seemingly.</div>
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<br />Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-62561506613879102072011-04-25T08:16:00.000-10:002012-08-16T08:17:37.280-10:00Survivor Paddy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-8473646545613167662011-04-13T08:11:00.000-10:002012-08-16T08:15:14.278-10:00Charlie Bird on the trail of Tom Crean - TitlesThis was an interesting little project I got to work on last week. Once again created for Crossing the Line, (who, at this stage, are keeping my fridge stocked full of beer) these titles and maps were designed for a Charlie Bird programme where he retraces the journeys of famous Irish legend and explorer Tom Crean.<br />
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Clara Bog has, to my suprise, a huge variety of plants and animals and it was a lot of fun coming up with character designs for all the different creatures that live there. I tried to push myself to come up with original designs whilst at the same time trying to keep the personality of the characters. It was also a challenge to keep the charm of the rough illustrations and translate this to the cleaner versions of the 3D renders. Here in this <a href="http://bennypix.blogspot.ie/p/clara-bog.html">slideshow</a> you can view larger images of the sketches and test renders. </div>
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The animations are part of an interactive presentation where kids click on different buttons of the animal names. Here are all the sections put together into one clip.<br />
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I also put together a short making of - always wanted to do a making of after years of watching DVD extras and shows like <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEmXA0Itv6A">Movie Magic</a>!
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<br />Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-1264088730348782262011-01-02T08:05:00.000-10:002012-08-16T08:08:56.110-10:00CROSSING THE LINE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the past few months I've been working with a television production company called <a href="http://www.ctlfilms.com/">Crossing the Line</a>. They specialise in nature, travel and historical documentaries which are amazingly produced and are really high quality, world class television shows.<br />
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I originally got my first job with them to design a <a href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/picture/rte_wildjourneys_final.jpg?pictureId=8118068">poster</a> for schools which was in conjunction with the Wild Journeys series. They where so happy with this that they asked me to <span class="J-JK9eJ-PJVNOc">rebrand</span> their logo, and completely redo their <a href="http://www.ctlfilms.com/">website</a> and also create the Wild Journeys DVD which I was delighted to see in <span class="J-JK9eJ-PJVNOc">HMV</span> over Christmas, they had put it on the 'best of BBC' stand though!<br />
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They are a great company to work for and I am thankfully starting a new project with them in the new year which I am pretty excited about as it is a 3D animation for an interpretative center in Clara Bog.Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-7177282802788617442010-11-17T08:03:00.000-10:002012-08-16T08:04:55.987-10:00THE SAUCY MEWS HAMPERS 2010<div>
Anyone looking for delicious Christmas pressie ideas need look no further than a <a href="http://thesaucymews.blogspot.com/">The Saucy Mews Hamper</a>. Your Mammy will love it!<br />
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After much success last year and many a happy tastebud to tell the tale, The Saucy Mews Christmas Hampers are back! </div>
The Saucy Mews is a small business I started last year, based in my home in Dun Laoghaire; It's homemade jams, chutneys and sundry delectables all made by me with the finest ingredients.<br />
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Where possible, I use ingredients growing wild and organically in the locality, such as Wild Blackberries, Wild Crabapples, Organic Zucchini...For the rest I use the best ingredients I can lay my hands on.<br />
Beautifully presented Boxed Hampers start at 30euros, making ideal corporate or personal gifts.<br />
Please see attached flyer for further information on the products and how to place an order.<br />
You can also view The Saucy Mews Blog <a href="http://thesaucymews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">here</a> at <a href="http://thesaucymews.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://thesaucymews.blogspot.com</a>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-75686438422239972342010-11-04T08:01:00.000-10:002012-08-16T08:02:30.921-10:00LITTLE PUDDING FACE<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KrhKI9epGDA/UC01b1UrrfI/AAAAAAAAA70/UeLJzgY0dqU/s1600/iphone-20101104104230-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-KrhKI9epGDA/UC01b1UrrfI/AAAAAAAAA70/UeLJzgY0dqU/s400/iphone-20101104104230-1.jpg" width="298" /></a><br />
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After a very long tough labour the brave, now knackered Isobel gave birth to this lovely little lady. As you can imagine I'm a very happy daddy! </div>
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Update - Little pudding has a name - Matilda Margaret Kenny</div>
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Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-75838870653212213782010-10-12T07:57:00.000-10:002012-08-16T08:00:12.602-10:00SCIENCE FICTIONThe new puppet/animation series Science Fiction that I've been working on with <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/colmtobin">Colm Tobin</a> and Paul Madden airs today at 4.40pm on RTE. I worked on all the puppet/live action bits which we did on green screen. We shot the puppets' heads on a separate plate and composited them with a real person's body (my body!) It was fairly experimental and we weren't sure if it was going to work and it turned out well, I think?<br />
I also got to create my first (paid) 3D job on it, there is a northside robot character called BudE (bring the universe down to earth) I also did up the sets.<br />
So check it out if you get a chance, it's pretty damn funny even if you're not 8 years old!<br />
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<span class="full-image-block ssNonEditable"></span>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-5039578211232390242010-09-17T08:14:00.002-10:002012-08-08T11:41:07.755-10:00BRAND NEW WEBSITE<div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">
<span class="mceItemHidden" style="background-color: white;">Yet another redesign, but this one will hopefully be around for a while.</span></div>
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<span class="mceItemHidden" style="background-color: white;">I wanted to have a proper <span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord" style="background-image: url(http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/universal/tiny_mce/plugins/spellchecker/img/wline.gif); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; cursor: default;">html</span> site as apposed to a flash one, one that I could <span class="mceItemHiddenSpellWord" style="background-image: url(http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/universal/tiny_mce/plugins/spellchecker/img/wline.gif); background-position: 0% 100%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; cursor: default;">integrate</span> my blog and one that would be easily updateable. So at the start of the summer I set about learning Dreamweaver and it wasn't long before I realised that life is too short. Then after having a chat to my brother about the horrors of programing he sent me in the direction of <a class="" href="http://www.squarespace.com/" mce_href="http://www.squarespace.com/" title="">Squarespace</a>. I highly recommend this site it does all the programing for you all you have to do is design, perfect! I mean I spent the best part of a week working out how to load my blog onto my site, they have an 'import blog button'! There not free but they are worth it or at least save you from the hours of programing hell.</span></div>
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<span class="mceItemHidden" style="background-color: white;">So now that I have a shiny new <a class="" href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/" mce_href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/" title="">site</a> I also will have a new <a class="" href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/blog/rss.xml" mce_href="http://www.ianbenjaminkenny.com/blog/rss.xml" title="">rss</a> feed (sorry blogger it was good while it lasted) and I promise to keep it updated I swear.</span></div>
<br />Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-45931481486289940342010-09-15T01:52:00.000-10:002012-08-27T01:53:13.935-10:00Fresh Today<iframe frameborder="0" height="365" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10607457?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff5900" width="648"></iframe>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-52770997778576698742010-09-12T01:55:00.000-10:002012-08-27T01:55:47.013-10:00Sol Sunshine Revolution Party 2009<iframe frameborder="0" height="365" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10950384?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff5900" width="648"></iframe>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-73516471702801225082010-09-12T01:53:00.000-10:002012-08-27T01:54:35.162-10:00Coors Light Peak<iframe frameborder="0" height="365" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/10950034?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff5900" width="648"></iframe>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-11241775951588068182010-09-08T01:50:00.000-10:002012-08-27T01:51:51.236-10:00Crossing The Line - Ident<iframe frameborder="0" height="365" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15081488?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff5900" width="648"></iframe>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-10865880022170305672010-04-07T04:56:00.000-10:002012-08-12T04:57:08.722-10:00The Saturday Night Show<iframe frameborder="0" height="365" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/15081533?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&color=ff5900" width="648"></iframe>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-70676530986475965082010-03-01T03:18:00.006-10:002012-08-12T04:01:17.583-10:00Paul Clancy R.I.P<div><div>Got some very sad and shocking news last week, my good friend Paul Clancy died suddenly of a heart attack or what's known as 'sudden adult death syndrome'.</div><div>He was a really great guy, one of the nicest you could ever meet, really funny too - he had fairly unique sense of humor and was also a talented musician. </div><div>It was so sad because he had so much to look forward to, he was to get married in September to his lovely fiancee Isa and was also due to release his new album this week (I helped him out with the art work). If anyone is interested in buying the album you can get it on download <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/clancysongs">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's still hard to believe he's gone, I'll really miss Paul he was a really cool guy, one of the best!</div></div><div><br /></div><object width="648" height="365"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/EwEz2aVRqrw&hl=en_US&fs=1&"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/EwEz2aVRqrw&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="648" height="365"></embed></object>Ian Benjamin Kennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01769401917591654216noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25468648.post-9962631318505892772010-02-04T08:04:00.005-10:002012-08-12T03:55:55.049-10:00Eco BoyMyself and Derek made this last year for another competition for a group called <a href="http://www.greenme.ie/directory/">Greenme.ie</a>. The first prize was to win a car but the comp was a complete sham, in the end I don't think anybody won but we had fun making it.<br />
We slapped it together over a couple of days (as you will see with the dodgy green screen, sound etc) but with the help of Aran, Derek's little nephew (who did an amazing job in the lead role) and our make-up and costumes department (Isobel) it turned out pretty well.<br />
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It was great fun working with the lads because we were pretty free with what we could do for the programme and it was cool coming up with ideas and having the boys put their amazing voice-overs onto my animations.<br />
I have two other sketches done but I'm not sure if they were shown yet.<br />
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