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

One Hour Daily Challenge No.7 Chihiro (Spirited Away)

Haven't drawn any female characters yet, so I thought I'd start with a character from one of my favourite Studio Ghibli films, Spirited Away. Think I did okay, but I could have made her lines a bit more cleaner, particularly around the arms and legs (had quite a lot of difficulty drawing them).

Time: 1:20

One Hour Daily Challenge No.6 Spyro the Dragon

Inspired by my sister who bought a Spyro Onesie on ebay yesterday, it was only appropriate for my next daily challenge to feature him. I found him a bit difficult to draw, as the head to body relationship was difficult to figure out. He's a bit more scribbly than past drawings, but I think I did okay overall.

One Hour Daily Challenge No. 5 Hiccup (How To Train Your Dragon)

Haven't drawn a human character yet, so I thought I'd start with Hiccup from one of my favourite films, How To Train Your Dragon. Think I nailed the pose; went slightly over an hour just adding detail to Hiccups jacket, but other than that I think I did alright.

Time: 1:10

One Hour Daily Challenge No. 4 Bad Piggy (Angry Birds)

Took me less time than usual (ftw), so I had more time to add shading and highlights. Think I nailed the expression, thought it was appropriate to add a few bruises here and there to avoid it looking too simple.

Time: 45 mins

One Hour Daily Challenge No. 3 Scar

Here's my next character, Scar, from Disney's The Lion King. I particularly enjoyed this one, and think I nailed his personality. He could probably have a bit more muscle mass, but other than I think I did okay on this one. Gonna try and work faster to be closer to an hour, but I think 20 minutes extra isn't too bad.

Time: 1.20

One Hour Challenge, No.1 Sonic and No. 2 Shifu

Simply drawing for the fun for it, this time with a target of close to an hour of drawing and colouring time. I wanna try and draw a character once a day, and I aim to improve my time with each one I create. Both of these were drawn in Illustrator and then coloured in Photoshop.

Time: 1:20

This one of Sonic the Hedgehog I created at about 12 o'clock last night, partly because I couldn't get to sleep. Overall I think I did alright, but his legs could be a tad thicker as well as more detail on the hands and shading.

Time: 1:25

I created this one of Shifu (Kung Fu Panda) this morning. Could do with more shading, but out of the two I prefer this one the most, I think his Shifu's characterisation is better than in the Sonic one.

These were both created in slightly over than an hour (oops), but I think with practice I can create characters quicker. I should have another character ready for tomorrow, and will try and keep you posted daily.

My Animation Showreel

Looking back at my blog, I've realised that there's very little animation on my blog. I've decided to edit together what I consider the best pieces of animation over the last two years of my university. Enjoy the video, opinions much appreciated. :)