Wednesday 28 August 2013

One Hour Daily Challenge No.9 Indiana Simpson

One Hour Bart Simpson/Indiana Jones morph, struggling to keep his hat on. Inspired by     The Simpsons parody of the chase sequence from Raiders Of The Lost Ark. Thankfully had enough time to provide shading on this one. Purposelly made the whip very long for a more comedic look.

Time: 1:10

Tuesday 27 August 2013

One Hour Daily Challenge No.8 Gromit Lightyear

Slacked off with the daily challenge lately, so I thought I'd update with something extra special, Gromit Lightyear. Inspired by Gromit Unleashed (specifically Pixar's sculpture), I've decided to take the one hour challenge on a different route by merging two characters together. I really enjoyed doing this one, the fact that he's talking into his communicator is ironic. I also like his giant helmet.

Time: 1:20

Gromit Unleashed Exhibition (Part 2)

MORE Gromits:

Sir Quentin Blake - Gizmo


Katy Christianson - Canis Major


Dan Collings - Malago

Cheba - Grosmos
Sir Paul Smith - Lancelot


The Beano - Gnashional Gromit

Hannah Cumming - Collarfull
Andy O' Rourke - A Grand Day Out

Natalie Guy - May Contain Nuts (& Bolts)
Tim Miness - Isambark Kingdog Brunel
Carys Tait - Blazing Saddles
Paula Bowles - Bunty
Martin Hanford - Where's Wallace


Joanna Lumley - Poetry in Motion
Bristol Catholic Church Choir
Dale Evans - TutanGromit I

Nick Park - Newshound
Julie Vernon - Golden Gromit



David Inshaw - Bushed
Jools Holland - Bumble Boogie
Laura Cramer - Vincent Van Gromit


Ian Marlow - Sir Gromit of Bristol


Definitely a great day for public art. I'd highly recommend seeing it while you can. I can now FINALLY create my Gromit (Gamarada) as well, with my mini sculpture set:


Here's a picture if you can't remember:



If you want to learn more about Gromit Unleashed, go to www.gromitunleashed.org.uk/‎

Gromit Unleashed Art Exhibition (Part 1)

If you're wondering why I haven't updated the One Hour Daily Challenge recently, I've been in Bristol for the last couple of days to see the Gromit Unleashed Exhibition. It was my first time here, so I was really interested in seeing the whole city.



This building is the University of Bristol (aka Hogwarts) which I hope does Post Graduate degrees in animation. Studying at this uni would be immense.

I took an awful lot of photos of the Gromit Unleashed sculptures on my visit. I didn't manage to find all 80 of them, but the ones that I did find the vast majority were really well thought out designs. Some of them I couldn't imagine how painstaking it must have been to create them.

Here they are in no particular order:


Leigh Flurry- Bark at Ee
Stephen Mckay - The King
Giuliano Carapia - Carosello


Joseph Dunmore - Nezahualcoyotl 


Tom Deams - Hero
Harry Hill - A Close Shave
Ignition DG - Astro

Dan Shearn - Steam Dog

Jeremy Wade - Fish Tales


Sir Peter Blake - Hound Dog

Inkie - Zodiac

Gerald Scarfe - Watch Out Gromit!

Thomas Dowdeswell - Being Gromit Malkovich


One Red Shoe - NewFoundLand


Royal Mint - National Treasure


Simon Tofield - Doodles





Pixar - Gromit Lightyear