Millions of people worldwide have viewed the quirky cartoon shorts on You Tube, which features smart-talking animals with Cork and other Irish accents. They can be viewed on youtube. Cork's essential reads in local news and sport, straight to your inbox every week. Enter email address This field is required Sign Up. This is a talent agency that also represents Ricky Gervais, Richard Attenborough, David Dimbleby and Clive James - so they are certainly qualified to recognise his original talent and great potential," added Manus.
I have loads of material ready to go, and loads of ideas for TV shows. It seems to be working. And if it works, it works. He told the Irish Examiner that he taught himself how to animate and created the cartoons in his bedroom about three months ago. Having posted his creations on Facebook and YouTube they became an instant hit.
There are now 11 videos online which have racked up over 3. They can get a bit annoying after a while. Toggle navigation. Petition to end puppy farming in Ireland gains nearly 10k signatures. International Stout Day: It's official, Guinness is good for you! Sections History Genealogy The Kennedys. Although Sullivan has been creating comic material privately for some years — before he returned to college he worked as a graphic designer — he says the short animations were meant only as teasers, and his goal is a cartoon series, much of which he has already written.
The accents and phrases are very Irish, but his animations are connecting with international audiences. My brother said that more people in Vienna have seen them than in my hometown of Kanturk. This clip has been viewed more than , times. Enrolling at Cork Institute of Technology gave Sullivan the impetus he needed to format his comic thoughts and part-time creations. He benefited from the animation module on the course. His animations usually start with a phrase or scenario, and rely heavily on the vernacular.
I do all the voices and make them here in my apartment, recording the voices in my room. Does he feel under pressure to create more material now or to adapt what he has for other audiences or television executives? The stuff I have released is only the tip of what I have already created. That has been put on the long finger now, as everyone wants more of these shorts. He now has to get to grips with copyright issues to prevent people taking his content and passing it off as their own.
He also needs to be wary of signing away any rights in a broadcast or merchandise deal. With the London agency now on board, he expects to make more informed commercial decisions. How has his mother reacted to his sudden fame?
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