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My little Honda 50 illustration

Illustrators Ireland member Eoin Coveney was recently approached by Sony Ireland to produce an illustration to accompany the new single by Christy Moore- “My little Honda 50″ - the Client’s concept was to film a time-lapse video of an illustration to accompany the song instead of the usual route of showing stills or other arbitrary imagery…

I first listened to the song several times over and was immediately struck by how clever the lyrics were. This was something with a knowing Irish whimsy- the typical “big fish” story you just know can’t be true and yet, part of you wants to believe it as it’s so charmingly told.I concluded that I wanted to show something (hopefully) of the real rural Ireland rather than the more clichéd urban view of what the country is like. I dispensed early on with the idea of showing Gombeens on scooters or indeed any people (unusually for me) and decided to just go with the bike itself, nestled in a typical country backyard jumble of objects that might build up over years.

The old petrol pump recalled for me a link to old Ireland- plus I’ve always found them to have a very nostalgic tug to them.Once the concept and rough had been okayed by the Client, it was time to figure out how it might work in time lapse. I decided to break it down into 3 parts- first, to draw a rough pencil, then a scanned and printed version of the finished pencil was inked over. Finally, a scan of the finished ink was printed onto bristol board which I then coloured in real-time.The great guys behind the filming and editing them blended the 3 versions seamlessly into the finshed video.

 

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11 Responses to “My little Honda 50 illustration”

  1. nerosunero
    October 12th, 2011 23:31
    1

    MAGIC!

  2. rodge
    October 14th, 2011 09:23
    2

    Beautiful! great job Eoin. Lovely little composition.

  3. Eoin
    October 14th, 2011 11:24
    3

    Thank you, Guys!

  4. Scalder
    October 14th, 2011 11:45
    4

    Nifty!

  5. peter donnelly
    October 14th, 2011 13:28
    5

    nifty!

  6. Brian Gallagher
    October 14th, 2011 16:45
    6

    Terrific stuff Eoin, well done

  7. Eoin
    October 14th, 2011 17:04
    7

    Really appreciate you taking a look, Lads!

  8. Tom
    October 17th, 2011 22:30
    8

    this is fantastic!

  9. Davog
    October 21st, 2011 10:39
    9

    Ha!Love the green paint…nice one!

  10. Robert Sullivan
    October 24th, 2011 10:11
    10

    First off well done Eoin, Great work and very clever. Its a real work of art and terrific addition to a catchy tune!

    I am friends with the original song writer and have been plugging this song since the summer of 2009 when I posted the first youtube video and we released the first of the records into local shops in Kildare. The song itself was written in the mid 90s and this was due to me and my friends including Tom Tuohy(composer) driving Honda 50s as they were cheap to run and fun to drive. Tom came off his bike one wet night on the way home from work and drove the little thing into the canal. After it was pulled out the bike started on the first kick and thus became legend in our eyes!! Christy came upon the song in late 2009 and has been in the process of release since then.

    The work you have done really catches the beauty of this terrific machine.

    Keep up the good work

    Bob

  11. Eoin
    October 24th, 2011 12:04
    11

    Hello, Bob and sincere thanks for your comment and the story behind the song. I found it so clever and charming on first hearing. It’s funny, witty and paints a vivid picture of rural Ireland before the Celtic Tiger came along and convinced lots of people they were living in Florida. Hopefully now that Christy has released this it will become the hit it so dearly deserves to be. Thank you for looking!