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.