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Seán Hogan

@seanohogain.bsky.social

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🇮🇪 Storyboard Artist & Cartoonist, He/Him ✍️ Brotherhood Part 1, an Irish Time Graphic Novel of the Year 2024 👨‍🎨 prev @ Gigglebug Ent. on Super Duper Bunny League, Lighthouse Studios, Cartoon Saloon

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello to all my new mutuals & followers!
If you don't know me, I'm Seán, a cartoonist and story artist!
I'm releasing my new book at the end of the month, Brotherhood Part 1, after a successful Kickstarter!
You can still grab a pre-order copy if you'd like: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sea...

Cover for Brotherhood Part 1; cheery bright image of an Irish landscape as the members of the brotherhood joyfully run forward

Up shot image of the members of the Brotherhood discussing plans!

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · 5d

Loved loved loved Tsushima, looking forward to getting around to this! Looks stunning

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · 12d

Life has been over-whelming to say the least for the past few months! Feels hard to keep up with everything, not to mention friends and family 🫠
But a lot of things are going very well so no complaints, just sometimes it would be great to have a pause button for life 😅

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The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · 12d

In spite of yesterday’s rain, the creators behind ‘Run Home, Little Fox’ braved Dublin’s chilly streets to sign copies of their wonderful new picture book.

Signed copies will now definitely warm the hearts and spirits of many readers, grown or young 🦊

@erikamcgann.bsky.social

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · 12d

How is it, btw? =D

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Shen Comix @shenanigansen.bsky.social · 12d

Panel 1: A girl with poofy dark brown hair, brown skin, and yellow beads holding the hair in a "space buns" hairstyle, is looking back at you while sitting in a computer chair in front of a drawing tablet. She wears a purple sweatshirt with a yellow "stitch" pattern going down the sleeves, and has apparently drawn a golden-armored knight standing on a cliff with billowing clouds and night stars in the background. She is labeled "illustrator" and says "It took me 10 hours to draw this!"

Panel 2: Shen points at her with his right hand, a manically smug expression on his face and the other hand on his hip. He is labeled "comic artist" and says "HAH!! Just ONE drawing in 10 hours??"

Panel 3: Shen continues speaking, pointing at himself with his thumb. He says "I'D have to get like TWENTY drawing done in that time."

Panel 4: Behind the still-smug shen is a slouched, deformed, horrible beast of a man with a drawing tablet in one hand and the other hand holding the pen, and also strapped to a plank of wood for wrist stabilization. It wears only a ragged loin cloth. The neck is long and extends far forward, and the hair is wild, going in all directions. In the darkness of the face two small eyes glint. This creature is labeled "animator"

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 13d

You see everything is okay if you say it's rural. Even the most barbaric sport of the gentry

Virgin Media News @virginmedianews.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️ “If a fox is being ripped limb from limb and is dying a slow and agonising death - how can you say you abhor animal cruelty?”

🗣️ “These are rural pursuits and have been for many, many years.”

Heather Humphreys discusses her support for fox hunting and hare coursing.

#TheBigInterview

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · 20d

"calls into question, why are the Government not doing something about it?"
Unfortunately the answer is easy. Managing floods like this would need landscape scale action including rewilding rivers and rewetting land and the government are fundamentally opposed to anything positive for nature

RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 20d

Farmers along the Shannon Callows have said their livelihoods are being destroyed by rising water levels in the area, which takes in large stretches of land in counties Galway, Offaly, Roscommon and Westmeath

Farmers along Shannon say lives 'destroyed by flooding'

www.rte.ie

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · 24d

Proud to be the 4th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Not Home Yet Short Animated Film! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/a...

Not Home Yet Short Animated Film

Short animated sitcom about the big family in endless emigration and delayed life syndrome. A cup of drama and a few drops of humour.

www.backerkit.com

Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Sep 30

Either an AI or written by someone young and trying to do their best but showing their lack of experience; their reliance on repeating facts and important sounding language make me wonder

Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Sep 23

Irish living in Finland; In the broader culture there seems to be quite a fear of young Finns preferring to speak in English. You can hear quite a bit of Finn-glish walking around. But I would assume any increase in books is a positive, with immigrants such as myself skewing numbers

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Sep 22

Secondly, I'll be giving in-depth Storyboard Masterclass. This will cover the basics of storytelling in animation, with lots to learn for both students, enthusiasts, and film buffs alike!
I lectured in 2 universities this year and I'll try get as much of that info into the hour as possible!

Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Sep 22

The 2 events I'm taking part in are both on Saturday 11th of October:
1st I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion on “Breaking Into The Industry” with 2 incredible animation professionals, Roísín Sinai Kelly and Nicky Gogan. It'll be moderated by the National Talent Academy's Ronan O'Toole!

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Sep 22

Super happy to announce I’ll be taking part in 2 events for this year’s Offline Film Festival! ✨

If you're unaware, Offaly has an incredible film festival based in the town I went to school in, Birr, and it's been bringing incredible films and creators to the midlands for the past 16 years!

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Dublin Comic Arts Festival @dublincomicarts.bsky.social · Sep 21

**DCAF FUNDRAISER!!!** Our very talented committee members have donated their time for a 5-min portrait fundraiser to help cover the costs of running DCAF in 2026. Prices from €5 (or donate what you can).

How it works below!

An image announcing a 5-min portrait fundraiser for DCAF, with two examples of portraits, both are rendered with black out lines on a white background.

Text reads "Support DCAF and get a custom drawing by one of our talented committee members"

An explanation of the fundraiser reads

"We are committed to keeping costs down for our artists. But our expenses are ever increasing. Your donations will help cover the costs of our venue, tables, insurance, posters, poster artists, workshops and more.

*Plus you get some custom art*

A further description of the fundraiser. Text reads "A 5-min, head and shoulders. Styles and colour will vary." There is another drawing similar to the two in the first image.
Text reads "You will receive an A5 PDF file via email which you can print yourself, and a jpg which you can use to post online (please tag DCAF and your artist).

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Sep 4

I got an iPad for digital drawing 2 years ago. Absolutely rubbish device for anything else, but drawing on Procreate is a breeze. I'm android through and through but for this I think it's worth considering

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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Aug 26

The new tariffs are going to hit artists particularly hard if it means losing customers in the US, so I'd ask Irish people to please consider buying local, from Irish makers, where at all possible. Support that means little to a huge business makes a massive difference to small creators. We need ye.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Aug 26

ℹ️ Information from An Post relevant to Irish artists selling to the US - still no clarity elsewhere about what the charges will be, time will tell.

What is the new process for sending eCommerce goods and gifts over $100 dollars to the USA and its territories?
The recipient customer in the USA must pay the taxes before the item can be delivered.

An Post now asks that for these items, the recipient email is provided as a mandatory field.

An Post International Logistics Partner will contact the USA recipient and request payment of taxes, along with an administration fee.

A time frame of 5 calendar days applies for the customer to pay.

Once paid, the eCommerce parcel will be delivered to the USA.

If not paid, the item will be returned to the sending customer.

No credit will be due to the sending customer in this instance.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #SpéirGorm

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · Aug 15

Um. Oh.

Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · Aug 15

The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Aug 7

This looks fabulous!

The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social · Aug 7

A beautiful retelling of a beloved Irish legend - out this September!

Thank you to the Arts Council for their help in making this publication possible.

@erikamcgann.bsky.social
Illustrated by Conor Busuttil

Light blue background with cover of new picture book in orange tones with a horse and white font

Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Aug 7

Spent some time putting together a fresh Storyboard Showreel!

Featuring my work for companies like Nickelodeon, Disney, AppleTV+ and more, it's quite exciting to see it all put together =]

#storyboards #animation #storyboarder

youtu.be/qk9gE3OUkQs

Seán Hogan - Storyboard Showreel

YouTube video by Seán Hogan

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Aug 7

That's a good line up B)

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Oisín McGann @oisinmcgann.bsky.social · Jul 30

This. You are helping to promote technology whose purpose is to rob everything of its individuality and artists of their incomes, to serve the purposes of the very people you’re probably protesting against. Please stop.

Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · Jul 30

Saying this with as much love as possible, but please stop using AI generated graphics for activism. Plenty of artists willingly donate their time and work designing for activists, and always have. It's not necessary to step on an increasingly struggling group in order to promote worthy causes.

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Limit Break Comics @limitbreakcomics.bsky.social · Jul 30

We've got a busy Dublin Comic Con ahead of us! Three new books and a host of talks and panels.

limitbreakcomics.com/limit-break-...

Limit Break Comics at Dublin Comic Con Summer 2025 - Limit Break Comics

The biggest Irish convention of the summer opens its doors on August 9th and 10th: Dublin Comic Con Summer 2025!

limitbreakcomics.com

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Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Jul 30

It looks soooo good; the texture in everything! Also such a stark contrast against most film sets which are just green screens these days

Seán Hogan @seanohogain.bsky.social · Jul 23

I saw #Superman last night!

Really enjoyed it, especially the general tone of the movie and its focus on kindness and trying to be a good person. i had a few quibbles with the pacing but Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner was fantastic.

Anyways, you'll never guess what's on the drawing board..!

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Rudy Hellzapoppin' @rudyhellzapop.bsky.social · Jul 22

And people can't quite understand why Irish people support Palestine.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jul 22

this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility

One million starved children and no shortage of food

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