Niki Kehoe's Doodles

Gary Reynolds Concept Design Class #1

2012-01-26T11:40:00.001Z

Just some rough sketches from Gary's class last night.Version 1

Version 2

of my Victorian detective girly!

Animation Mentor; Week 3

2012-01-15T18:04:00.001Z

So this week I had to draw some EXCITED poses, pick a pose I liked and recreate that pose in 3D with STU. I also had to plan a timing chart and animate a bouncing ball. Here's what I submitted

Pegbar! The Christmas Animation Party!

2011-12-20T13:18:00.000Z

Come one, come all! It's going to be a great way to kick of the Christmas season!

Beauty and the Business Men

2011-12-08T23:15:00.001Z

My brother, Keith, asked me to do a poster for a documentary he is doing for his Masters in Bournemouth College in the UK. His documentary is about the sugar daddy dating culture in the UK.

Bert has Brains

2011-11-28T16:23:00.001Z

Here's a low quality render of the flash animation I produced for Meetings in the Jungle. I did the pre-production, and post-production. The asset building and animation was done by myself, Brian O Shea and Joe Maher. Sound and music was created by Robert Spencer and Brian Boylan. Opening and Closer screens were designed by Eamon Cassidy

Nichola Kehoe’s Showreel Takes All The Right Steps

2011-10-20T12:11:00.000+01:00

Nichola Kehoe’s Showreel Takes All The Right Steps

So surprised and delighted with Charles Kenny's review of my new showreel that it gets a post on my blog!

Showreel Oct 2011

2011-10-18T15:02:00.000+01:00

This is my latest showreel. It is predominantly Flash animation with some After Effects and 2D as well. Hope you like it ;)

Athena, Goddess of War

2011-08-27T00:31:00.000+01:00

This months monthly theme for collective thinking was to pick a myth and modernise it, so I chose Athena, Goddess of War. It didnt turn out quite how I planned, but Im still happy with it

Not just a one trick pony! ;) I make masks too!

2011-08-10T11:19:00.008+01:00

Just finished making Danusa's mask and my mask for her masquerade party. The black and blue one is for Danusa and the peach and pink one is mine

Childhood Heroes; Roald Dahl & Quentin Blake

2011-07-30T22:43:00.001+01:00

This months theme for the monthly post is Childhood Heroes. I chose Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake. The BFG was one of my all time favourite books.

Curious Dino!

2011-07-01T17:17:00.000+01:00

This months theme for the Collective Thinking was 'Dinosaurs' so I this is my work for it :) Lotsa fun!

Velvet Soldiers

2011-06-15T13:58:00.003+01:00

Just finished working on an album cover for Velvet Soldiers, who have their first EP coming out. Check them out at http://www.myspace.com/redmusic11

Femme Fatale for Toon Bro's

2011-06-06T21:53:00.004+01:00

I had to design a femme fatale character for a pitch for the Toon Brothers. I used a previous design as a guide

Steve the Hig

2011-05-20T21:13:00.005+01:00

I went to the Greg McGuire Cinemagic animation workshop. We were put into groups, I was with Maureen and Shahed. We had to design a creature and either draw it or model it with play-doh. We designed Steve the Hig (a hamster-pig). He was then scanned into the computer. It was a fantastic class. I had a lot of fun!

Collective Thinking; Self Portraits

2011-02-28T23:26:00.003Z

I love Blackrock!

2010-12-27T12:06:00.003Z

iloveblackrock.ie from Daniel Spencer on Vimeo.

Ben – Designs and story boards

Niki- Modeling and Animation

Niall – Modelling and Animation

Anna – Background Colours and Textures

Myself – Modeling and Animation

Brian Boylan and Rob Spencer – Music

This was part of our submission to the 'I Love Blackrock' competition. I worked on this part. We won the competition so 2011 is off to a great start and Im very excited :)
We won a space in the media cube for a year, rent free
http://www.mediacube.ie

Horror Coloured

2010-12-14T21:50:00.002Z

Meant to post this up ages ago, but totally forgot. Just the coloured version of my October post for the Collective Thinking.

Jungle XFactor

2010-11-11T23:35:00.004Z

Untitled from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

I've been working on 'Jungle XFactor' with Ben Hennessy (bennessy.blogspot.com) Dan Spencer (danielspencer.ie/blog) and Anna O Sullivan (sunnysully.blogspot.com)
Ben was director and designer.
Dan was animator, sound/music engineer and compositor.
Anna worked on the backgrounds.
I was an animator on the project.

I animated these scenes and some more that were edited out in the final edit:

Collective Thinking

2010-11-08T10:52:00.004Z

A few of us have gotten together to do a project where every month we pick a theme and do something artistic in response.
Here's the new blog

http://collectivethinkingblog.blogspot.com

Horror

2010-11-01T23:38:00.000Z

Doodle

2010-10-14T17:43:00.002+01:00

Just a doodle I did when it was quiet in work. It from a Polish film poster called Reverse

Gru & Dave

2010-10-13T01:06:00.004+01:00

Getting into Despicable Me mode! Its out on Friday and I cant wait!!! :D

Jungle XFactor

2010-10-08T22:29:00.002+01:00

Jungle X-Factor from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

This is a short flash animation for Brent Pope, who will hopefully be showing a clip on RTE next month. It's by Ben Hennessy, director and designer (bennessy.blogspot.com), Dan Spencer, modeller, animator, sound engineer and compositor (http://danielspencer.ie/blog/, Anna O Sullivan, background artist and modeller (http://sunnysully.blogspot.com/) and myself (modeller and animator). We did the whole thing in 3weeks. We still have a few minor fixes to make, but this is pretty much it!

2010-10-01T14:08:00.002+01:00

This is a still image of the animations I've been working on this month!! Ben Hennessy (http://bennessy.blogspot.com/) designed the character and drew up the background. I built the character and animated it. Deadline is looming, but I think it will look great when its done :)

Lost In Space

2010-10-01T11:08:00.001+01:00

Just a quick sketch for the monthly post this month :) It was fun!

Showreel August 2010

2010-09-10T13:23:00.000+01:00

Showreel August 2010 from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

Newest showreel with 2D and Flash animation. Let me know what you think

Zoo Studies

2010-08-16T18:08:00.001+01:00

I went to the zoo today and drew some animals

Parnell Square Quick Sketch

2010-08-15T22:57:00.000+01:00

Quick sketch with brush pen

Girl with teddy

2010-07-29T18:32:00.001+01:00

Playing with lighting in Photoshop

Witchy Witch coloured

2010-07-28T15:01:00.000+01:00

Rough colour draft

Witchy Witch!

2010-07-22T19:12:00.000+01:00

Was just sketching when I got back to Wexford. I'll colour it later

Washing (by J. Drinkwater!)

2010-07-19T20:06:00.001+01:00

I have a book of children's poems which I read through for some inspiration. I found 'Washing' by John Drinkwater (alias I presume!)

Leaflet design

2010-07-11T18:19:00.000+01:00

This is an informational leaflet I worked on a few months ago for Soroptimist Wexford

Toy Story 3

2010-07-11T00:11:00.000+01:00

I got to go to a premiere screening of Toy Story 3 today with a Q&A after by directer Lee Unkrich and producer Darla K Anderson. Writer Michael Arndt was also there. All three signed my Toy Story 3 poster! The film is A-MAZING. The Toy Story trilogy is arguably the best trilogy there is. LOVE IT

What's New!

2010-06-28T11:04:00.001+01:00

I finished up in Kavaleer, http://www.kavaleer.com/, on Friday. I had a brilliant time working there, so hopefully there will be more projects I can work on in the future. Everyone there was amazing and I learned tonnes.

Now I have tonnes of free time, so what to do! Well, aside from my long weekend to Kerry for a hol, I will be doing a new business card, sprucing up my blog and doing some more flash projects. I might even try figure out how to do my website. I bought my domain name before Christmas and I still haven't done a thing with it!

Watch this space anyway, because it should be getting shinier over the next few weeks!!

Article!

2010-06-25T08:47:00.000+01:00

I was asked did I want to work in the states for a while, so obviously I said 'yes please!!' so now my name, and a few other Ballyfermot heads, are mentioned in this online article. Its a really interesting site and worth a look.

http://us-irelandalliance.org/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1135

Life Drawing

2010-06-24T08:51:00.000+01:00

More life drawing. Martin was our model this week.

New Life Drawings

2010-06-19T22:14:00.001+01:00

A little better than the last day I think, but still very rusty

Pin-up girl

2010-06-14T23:50:00.000+01:00

Sadly it was a total rush getting this finished, what with moving house and all. But hopefully you can see where I was going with it. Will prob finish it up better when Ive finished moving!

Gris Grimly inspired me today

2010-06-08T23:38:00.000+01:00

I was looking at some Gris Grimly work today and I just had to draw some of his stuff and learn from him!

Life Drawing

2010-06-06T23:49:00.000+01:00

Some life drawing from a recent session

Life Update!

2010-06-03T11:24:00.000+01:00

CS5 has finally arrived...now all I have to do is reformat my laptop so I can use it!!! Back to work in Kavaleer on Tuesday, after 2 very sunny weeks off! :) All good

Adobe CS FIVE!!!!

2010-04-21T20:48:00.000+01:00

Got word today that my copy of Adobe CS5 is on route to my house (from Studica). I cant wait to get it! Gonna be amazing!!!

Meeting with RTE today went really well. Me and Dan are officially on their books! Only a teeny tiny project, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere!! :D

Working on a Flash animation for GAMMA. Givin that socks at the moment. Hopefully have a really nice production package for them by Friday.

Lots to keep me going, but no new images to post! But hooray for CS5. Cant wait to get it!!!

Hip Hop short animation

2010-04-19T22:49:00.000+01:00

Untitled from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

The Full finished 10sec.

Hip Hop 10seconds

2010-04-19T19:36:00.000+01:00

Untitled from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

Ben Hennessy, Dan Spencer, Fiona Curran, Grace Chan and myself worked on this ten second animation for Brent Pope's book tour

Inspector Throrou

2010-04-18T16:06:00.001+01:00

Myself and Dan Spencer (http://zero-capital.blogspot.com/) are working on a little project for RTE for a new series they are putting together. This is out initial proposal for the characters. They were happy with them, so lets hope we get a little further on the project than just concept work! :D

More refined colour

2010-04-11T13:26:00.000+01:00

More refined colour work for hip hop. Any favourties?

Colour Concept Work

2010-04-07T09:22:00.000+01:00

Ben gave me some designs to colour for a character that we (Ben, Dan, Fiona, Grace and myself) are working on for Brent Pope. These are my 1st few concepts

All My Kit

2010-04-06T10:24:00.001+01:00

All My Kit from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

I worked with Dan Spencer, Ben Hennessy, Grace Chan, Billy Shing and Graham Holbrook on this flash animation for All My Kit (allmykit.com). I did the close up on the rugby player.

Epson on it's way!

2010-01-21T10:44:00.000Z

Wuuuu, you shall not hear me complain about printers for a while. My shiny new Epson (NOT HP, which are total rubbish) is on its way. Thank you Pixmania!

Scanners Conspire Against

2010-01-21T10:12:00.001Z

So I have tried to post my showreel to my blog, but I cant watch any video's, on my blog or anyone elses, so I have no idea if its working (let me know!) and my scanner, which has always been a useless piece of junk, has just died, and I cant even scan onto the product software! Technology is conspiring against me.

Showreel

2010-01-20T23:58:00.000Z

Showreel from niki-kehoe on Vimeo.

This is my animation showreel

Dora close-ups

2009-10-21T20:17:00.000+01:00

Close ups of the mural. The colours are a little washed out because I only had my phone to take photo's with. I'll be getting my camera back in a few days though, and hope to take better pictures then.

Dora the Explorer Mural

2009-10-21T20:14:00.000+01:00

Dora the Explorer finished mural (i wasnt allowed to take the masking tape off from around the edges yet, so it looks a little bit unfinished at the moment). The people I did the mural for were very easy going, and left me to my own thing, so I tightened up the composition from the concept piece I did in Photoshop, and I also played around with the colours because when I was mixing the acrylics I found some really pretty colours that suited the piece a lot more, especially the blue fairy which is now a plum/purple colour (though it doesnt show up that well in the photo)

Girls

2009-10-21T19:17:00.000+01:00

Been sketching d ladies recently. Next...d guys!

Invitation Commission

2009-10-13T20:52:00.001+01:00

I was commissioned to do a poster & invitation for a ladies charity lunch in wexford. I edited out the date and phone numbers for the blog. Dont want to be blamed for any gatecrashers or prank phone calls!!!

Dora the Explorer Wall Mural (concept)

2009-10-03T17:09:00.001+01:00

Have been commissioned to do a mural of Dora the Exploerer with fairies for a little girl's bedroom wall. This is my finished concept piece. Will be starting on the wall tomorrow morning.

more figure studies

2009-09-13T23:27:00.000+01:00

Ive had loads of fun doing figure studies over the last week. Great excuse to get out into the sun too!!!

More (slightly better) figure studies!

2009-09-13T23:23:00.000+01:00

(yes, the guy actually sat like that!!!!)

some newer figure studies

Melancholy

2009-09-10T16:11:00.001+01:00

still playing away with drawing, colouring & textures

Figure Studies

2009-09-09T22:00:00.001+01:00

Did figure studies for the first time in years today. Needless to say i'll be doing a lot more, a lot more often. Good time to get back into it though, cuz there is lots going on in the city over the weekend

Girl on couch

2009-08-14T18:23:00.001+01:00

Still working away in Photoshop while I spend a few days in Wexford. Im still trying out the shading thing. Mostly focusing on colour palattes.

Photoshop Girl

2009-08-13T18:29:00.001+01:00

Trying out lots of new things with blending and dodge in Photoshop

Lil Red

2009-08-12T22:20:00.001+01:00

I was just messing around on Photoshop. Did a lil doodle

Pegbar Aug 09

2009-08-09T22:55:00.000+01:00

The crowd in Murrays Bar

Tomm Moore talking about the Secret of Kells

Anna & Ben selling tickets to the talks

Dan doing his presentation on Pegbar

Declan Shalveys comic workshop

So I went to Pegbar in Dublin yesterday. Its really the first time Ive had a great kick of animation since finishing college in May. It was brilliant day. Went to declan shalveys comic workshop which was really fun, and then some of the talks. Gotta say that Tomm Moore's talk on The Secret of Kells was the highlight of the Film Base part of the day. Then I went to the night time event and caught up with loads of people I havent seen in ages, and saw lots of showreels and films that were really inspirational. The buzz was great and I am feeling really enthuasiastic and inspired! A great day out.

Update

2009-07-13T22:42:00.000+01:00

Been a while since Ive been on blog. Ive been drawing away, but my scanner is bust so it'll be another few weeks until I can post some new work. Bear with me!

Showreel May 2009

2009-05-24T23:27:00.000+01:00

My latest reel.

Film Poster

2009-05-23T21:59:00.001+01:00

Film Stills Start

2009-05-23T21:53:00.001+01:00

Film Stills End

2009-05-23T21:49:00.001+01:00

Colour Palates

2009-05-23T21:47:00.001+01:00

finished look

2009-04-08T15:06:00.000+01:00

this is a short clip of what my final film will look like

scene3 animation

2009-04-08T14:32:00.000+01:00

This is my finished animation for scene 3

1st approved rough animation scene

2009-03-16T16:18:00.000Z

The critter comes out of Isabelle (critter not animated yet) and Isabelle is dragged forward. Still very rough. Needs clothes and hair

Isabelle; revised character design & colour palate

2009-03-10T22:42:00.001Z

There have been a few changes in the style of my film in the last few days. Let me know what you think of this compared to the previous style.

Isabelle colour

2009-02-26T22:15:00.001Z

I changed Isabelle's colour palatte to more muted tones than the original concept colours

Layouts

2009-02-26T22:04:00.001Z

These are two finished backgrounds for my film.

character colour draft 1

2009-02-21T22:29:00.000Z

These are the characters coloured. Still tweeking the designs, but i'd love some feedback on the colours. Let me know what you think.

Background Concept 1

2009-02-09T17:00:00.001Z

Working on my background and colour style for the film. I quite like where this is going.

More Isabelle concpets

2009-01-20T23:47:00.001Z

I like this Isabelle better. I think she suits my edgier story, but I like my original designs best. I might go back to them.

Isabelle in progress1

2009-01-20T23:43:00.001Z

Working on my isabelle design for my new concept. Not totally happy with it

Fairy designs

2009-01-20T23:41:00.001Z

Newest fairy designs

My Showreel

2009-01-20T16:34:00.000Z

This is my showreel to date. Hopefully I'll have more work to put on it soon.

ISA website icons 2

2009-01-19T15:58:00.000Z

Welcome

News

Movies

Links

CCHND

ISA website icons

2009-01-19T15:52:00.000Z

Gallery

Contact

ADS

ADA

About

I worked with Billy, Ben, Cormac and Alex on the ISA website icons. Ben designed the characters, I desgined the 'contact' and 'about' icons. We each got two icons to deisgn. Then I was given all the designs and re-drew them so they would all look the same. I gave Billy the finished drawings and he finished them off in Illustrator.

2008-12-03T11:55:00.001Z

Character design development. The bottom image of Isabelle is really where I want to go with it.

2008-12-03T11:51:00.001Z

More Isabelle concepts. Some colour work this time. Isabelle with blonde hair and a red dress (both done in watercolour, watercolour crayon and charcoal pencil) and Emily in the purple dress and brunette hair

'Isabelle': film conceptual work

2008-12-03T11:47:00.001Z

Quick sktech of Isabelle making daisy chains. 'Isabelle' was a short film pitch about a primary school girl who was being bullied because she was so tall

Baby Ahoy!

2008-11-23T22:03:00.000Z

I compressed this to nothingness! But you get the gist!!!! Last years film.

Life update!

2008-10-04T17:32:00.001+01:00

Havent been on blogger in months. Now in my final year in college. Just at the conceptual stage of my film. Also writing a dissertation at the same time. Its all go!

Oscar in his fish

2008-05-05T18:37:00.000+01:00

Finished scene i animated in my college short film

Baby Ahoy test screening

2008-04-16T22:24:00.000+01:00

This is the film I am directing in college at the moment. My team mambers are Bruno & Brian. This clip was a team effort. ......Films are hard work!!!!!!!!!!

Its just a quick cycle of Oscar, the baby, in his imagaination, riding on the back of his toy caterpillar across a tree trunk in a forest. It has mistakes in the animation and colour, but you get the idea!!!

oscar and frog

2008-03-13T17:37:00.001Z

This is Oscar and frog. They are my characters for the film this year, which I am working on with Bruno and Brian. Well under way with production at this stage. Only 7 weeks left!

characters-work in progress

2008-03-13T17:33:00.000Z

Just working on a film idea for my degree next year. Starting to work on character designs now too. A LOT of work still needed, but definately a start.

portrait

2008-02-19T22:14:00.000Z

portrait using a palete knife and black & white acrylic paint

hands

2008-02-19T21:42:00.001Z

Black & white oil pastel, black oil bar and black & white acrylic

feet

2008-02-19T21:36:00.001Z

black & white feet using acrylic paints, black & white oil pastel and black oil bar

Another abstract experimentation

2008-01-28T22:37:00.000Z

Lying down pose. Using black & white acrylic paint and a palate knife.

Abstract painting

2008-01-28T22:13:00.000Z

This is the biggest painting I've ever done! Its over five feet tall! Anatomically its not accurate but I'm still proud of it!

Gesture in oil bars

2008-01-26T11:10:00.000Z

Quick gestures in oil bar