Ronan Kelly
"A Splash of Colour"
As you might note from the navigation header at the top of every page on this site, this piece holds a special place in my heart. The image is of a large splat of white, resembling ink, with two circles set into it. The circles swirl with a dark inkey colour which darkens to pitch black towards the middle.
While the piece isn't the highest quality and could do with some work, I believe that it most embodies my love for the high contrast monochrome style.
"Blind Eclipse"
This is a snapshot of the centre of a much larger piece. The image resembles an eclipse with a nebula blooming the background, forming the image of an iris. A flash of light resets at the peak of the eclipse with a roaring amber sun hidden behind the shadowed moon.
Originally this began as a colour test, but I grew attached to it and extended it to fit as the background for my desktop
-No Name-
The image shows 3 distinct images — a moon, a planet and sun icon — begin overlaid and connected to form a simple image of a planet and it's celestial partners. Lacking colour, the images instead uses soft edges and fading contrast to portray shape and space.
My preference for the motifs of celestial bodies and monochrome colouring is shown well in this image. There was no purpose in making this image, beyond simple experimentation with Adobe Illustrator when I first acquired it.
"Blooming in a Vacuum"
The image shows a multi-coloured sun with spiralling trails flow off of it. The colour of the sun itself follows the colour of a sunset — moving from a yellow, to a red, and finally a dark purple. In the background of the image stars can be seen as small drops of white.
This is a digitised version of an art piece I made several years ago, when I first stuided art in school. The background was made by flicking white acrylic paint across a layer of dark purple. The central sun was made from oil paint, which was allowed to dry before I used a wet brush to pull a small amount of paint outwards from it. A similar effect was used when I attempted to digitally recreate it.
-No Name-
This piece shows a raging fire behind a shiny metal phoniex shape.
One of my earliest attempts at logo design from 2014. The prompt for this was "Dark Phoenix", which was the name of a group from an online game I was a part of at the time. The logo was accepted and used for some time, but in retrospect, the quality was not particularly high, with an overuse of the emboss layer style function on the phoenix model.
These pieces are from a project called "The Phoenix Series".
I created the original image for a client who wanted to enhance their Twitch channel's appearance. After they expressed interest in customizing it further for specific occasions, I proposed creating a series of styled pieces based on games they had planned to stream in the future. The resulting set features designs inspired by Gunfire Reborn, Valheim, Monster Hunter: World, and Cyberpunk 2077 (from left to right).
This collection showcases a variety of social media graphics, flash pieces, and other miscellaneous images.
Some images incorporate assets sourced online or from existing archives. As you see, I enjoy exploring a range of styles, drawing from available resources, and using creative problem solving to craft unique visuals. I particularly enjoy taking unconventional approaches to achieve a result — especially when the theme resonates with my own creative tendencies.
