In the last few months I have been frantically rushing around in my job, but have also still been looking at competitions to enter. In December I stumbled upon the Gromit competition for the Grand appeal charity. I was so excited to see this competition as the charity is one close to my heart and I love Aardman animations especially Wallace and Gromit. So I applied to have my designs on a Bristol Gromit that would have been displayed around the city.
It would have been one of seventy creations, that will be displayed around Bristol this summer and would have been bigger than me. So it would have been interesting to decorate. However sadly I was unsuccessful with my design that I have shown above.
I called it 'New Year' and it was based on the Mayan calender. I was inspired about the recent events that were happening and thought about how I could make a positive twist on it. So I wanted to show Gromit in a style of a Mayan warrior to symbolise the Aztecs but named the design 'New year' because it was the end of their calender and the start of a new year.
In neck dress and even the war paint I wanted to add as much pattern as I could, which would have made the piece very intricate for me and a lot of hard work as well, but I think the finished result would have looked very impressive. I was unsure whether i wanted to keep the design black and white if I wanted to add colours like red, blue, yellow and greens. These would have been similar colours that we see on Aztec pieces such as their wall art.
Although I did not get the opportunity this year to decorate a wild art figure I will hopefully try again next year. But for now I will look forward to seeing the amazing designs that will be on the Bristol Gromit's, and continue looking for more competitions.
What do you guys think? any comments would be gratefully received.
