Ian Benjamin Kenny is a Dublin based freelance Visual Effects Artist, Animation Director, Illustrator, and experienced Artist with a demonstrated history of working in the media production industry. A strong arts and design professional, Ian has a broad skill set including 2D and 3D animation, Motion Graphics, Illustration, Visual Effects, Compositing even Puppet Building.
With an impressive track record his original animated CGI visuals for Emmy-award winning documentary The Farthest saw him personally nominated for the Best VFX award at IFTA in 2017. That same year he won the ‘Kids Choice Award’ for his work on Brain Freeze (RTE) at the Irish Animation Awards. Most recently he was nominated in three categories (Best Art Direction, Best Animation and Best Visual Effects) at the Irish Animation Awards 2019.
With an impressive track record his original animated CGI visuals for Emmy-award winning documentary The Farthest saw him personally nominated for the Best VFX award at IFTA in 2017. That same year he won the ‘Kids Choice Award’ for his work on Brain Freeze (RTE) at the Irish Animation Awards. Most recently he was nominated in three categories (Best Art Direction, Best Animation and Best Visual Effects) at the Irish Animation Awards 2019.
A short showreel of his latest visual effects work.
A gallery of some of his illustrations
Animation work can be viewed here...
...and print work here.
