40 Foot Restaurant Menus

I just did some illustrations for the 40 Foot Restaurant in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. I was really pleased they went for them as they could have easily turned down my slightly dark humour in favour of something safer (see the cow's bum, pig's side and chicken's stumpy wing)...

Here's the original pic...



...and here's how it'll look on the menu



The menus themselves were designed by my brother Mark - check out his amazing design and photography on www.markjgriffin.net

Sheeshuns Greetings

I'm going to do a set of Christmas cards this year, all with the inscription 'Sheeshuns Greetings'. This is one of the sketches for them, but I may well make him slightly less offensive...

Damn you Henry

RTE Radio 1 Ads

These ads were made by the brilliant Caboom (www.caboom.ie).. They give me a list of things to draw, and then they animate them. A perfect match.









And thanks to Caboom what gave me the mp4's for the blog!

iPhone Sketchbook App Fun

The sketchbook App for iPhone is the dog's. These are the first few doodles I've done. And doodles they most certainly are - but thought I'd post them here as I do them, sure why not?

Mi Ferst Afftar Effex Filim

At long last I'm learning how to make pictures move! I now officially love After Effects.. BUT I have only just started learning, so I suck at it.

This is the first thing I've ever made. It's a top or tail sting for use on our Media Coop videos. I play the chicken.

New Site Soon

My website (www.matthewjgriffin.com) is going under the knife, so a brand new look, new work and new blog will all be coming soon.