One Giant Step One Giant Leap - Final

Sallins

This Flash Animation for "One Giant Step" project  is the template for a children's Animation piece for St. Laurence’s National School, Sallins Co. Kildare.
The School has a great project in there corridor  which is based on the Eadweard Muybridge motion photographs  the project was part of the Percent for Art Commission.

The main piece is created by Paris based artists CLEARY CONNOLLY  

I was invited by Kildare County Council  Library and Arts Services as part of Childrens book Festival to get involved with a series of Illustration and animation workshops for the project.

.The schools website can be visited here sallinsns.scoilnet.ie/index.html

The Final animation coloured in by the children will be uploaded and posted to Youtube when finished.

The individual frames can be downloaded and viewed here.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5m9t8jxwc0c7oev/YG-q7qwaMP 

Illustrator Workshops - Childrens Book Fest 2012.

I will be facilitating a number of Children's Illustration Workshops for "Childrens Book Fest 2012"

CHILDREN’S BOOK FESTIVAL 2012- FÉILE LEABHAR NA bPÁISTÍ 2012

Let your Imagination Run Wild during the Month of October!

http://www.childrensbooksireland.ie/childrens-book-festival/

I will be giving a number of workshops in the following libraries in late October.

Thursday 25^th October: 

9.45am Celbridge library, 

11.30am Maynooth library, 

1.30pm Leixlip library

Friday 26^th October:  

11.30am  Kilmeade National school

1.30pm Kildare town library

Sallins St. Lawrence school on Friday 9th November  I will now be involved in the One Giant Step project with Paris based Artists Cleary Connolly 

Per Cent For Art Scheme for St. Laurence’s School, Sallins, Naas, Co.Kildare

Mario Corrigan will also be touring at different times "Do Fish wear Pyjamas?"

My notes from my presentation and workshop are here

https://www.dropbox.com/s/adn43l00ufldt12/David%20Butler_%20Illustration%20Workshop.pdf?dl=0

We've Got Balls FB header

WE'VE GOT BALLS 

The New Irish Feature Film I'm working on has just released this Teaser Facebook Header.

What's The Story?

Misguided, and a little selfish, could best describe Robert’s reasons to win back his ex-girlfriend Emma. But with the aid of his best mate, Stephen he ends up in his local – the refuge of the heartbroken Irish male, so it would seem. So amidst the booze and the girls, a plan is hatched among his friends to win Emma back.

With Emma working as a sports journalist, covering an American Football tournament in Ireland, it is the perfect vehicle for the lads to get Robert back in with Emma. However, they do not realise that this might be more work than they realise. And worse still, the quarterback from the American team has set his sights on the lovely Emma too. The race is on, get a team together, beat the Americans at their own game and win Emma back. As Robert comments “It’s like Rugby, but with pads! How hard can it be, right?”

You can follow the films progress on

http://www.we-gotballs.com/

https://www.facebook.com/We'veGotBalls

 

It is Directed by my good friend Pauric Brennan for 50 lb Films

https://vimeo.com/50lbfilms

www.50lbfilms.com

 

Do Fish Wear Pyjamas? -now available on I-Tunes

DO FISH WEAR PYJAMAS? has just been published on I-tunes  and is now available for I-phones, I-Pads and I-pod touch from the Apple I-store.


Visit this link
.http://itunes.apple.com/us/book/do-fish-wear-pyjamas/id531357715?mt=11

Do Fish Wear Pyjamas now available on Amazon and Kindle

DO FISH WEAR PYJAMAS? has just been published on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Now available Wordwide as an ebook for Kindle and all other e-readers and mobile phones!!! 

 Ireland and UK please Click this link
www.amazon.co.uk/dofishwearpyjamas

America and USA please Click this link
www.amazon.com/Do-Fish-Wear-Pyjamas-ebook

DIRTY OLD TOWNS Series 2 RTÉ One Wed 4th April

Here is the big weekend footage from the show. The Welcome Wall stuff is from 9 mins onwards.


DIRTY OLD TOWNS Series 2 RTÉ One Wed 4th April @8pm

Here is my latest additition to "The Welcome Wall" 

a tribute to Portarlington Filmmaker Ken Wardrop and Michael Lavelle's amazing multi-award winning film "His and Hers".
http://www.hisandhers.ie/

The Progress of the Dirty Old Towns TV show can be followed on the net after TV transmissions.

http://www.rte.ie/tv/dirtyoldtowns/

http://www.rte.ie/tv/dirtyoldtowns/Portarlington.html

From the Pub to the Himalayas

NEW BOOK ALERT.
I am pleased to announce my latest Book Illustration project  

"From the Pub to the Himalayas" 

is only a few weeks away from being Published.
The book is the remarkable life story of Nurney based Physic Dennis Curran 

who also runs the Meditation classes in The Centre Athy, Co. Kildare

www.thecentreathy.com

and is written by multi-award winning novelist Martin Malone. 

www.martinthomasmalone.com
The book is due to launch in May.

 

Portarlington DIRTY OLD TOWNS Mural

Hi there I was recently asked to get involved in RTE's DIRTY OLD TOWNS Project.
I was working with fellow artists Sarah Delany Cathe Nolan, Pat Brennan and Cathal McAlister 

The project was conceived and overseen by Kevin Hoey from the Portarlington Tidy Towns.

We would like to thank local Award winning phototographer Con Murphy for letting us depict his photographs in the paintings.www.conmurphyphotography.ie

Special thanks to McMahons  especially Sean, Rory and Anthony  for looking after us and supplying the paint and materials.

Unit 1 Riverside Com Pk, PORTARLINGTON, LAOIS  0578623107

www.mcmahons.ie

Here was my "Into the West" painting from concept to final piece.

 Inked in Pen Sketch

 Colour Concept Coloured in Photoshop.

 Final Mural painted in Exterior Masonry paint.

 Here is my second picture of the French Church in Portarlington.

Above all the D.O.T. Crew busy at work!!!
David Butler, Erin Butler, Pat Brennan, Cathal McAlistar, Cathe Nolan and Sarah Delany.

From the Pub to the Himalayas

REEL TV ANIMATED INTRO

I recently animated this Animated intro for REEL TV a web Tv show for Independant and Low budget Film Production. Presented by the Voice of Ireland contestant Fauve Chapman

Music in the intro Written and performed by dego http://www.degomusic.net
The animated Intro can be viewed on its own here

Music dego- All that Jazz. http://www.degomusic.net/
Copyright dego Music 2010. Used with kind permission.

Produced for 50lb Films http://www.50lbfilms.com
Dunsany Productions http://vimeo.com/user922094

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