Painting the most beloved Aardman icon for the “Gromit Unleashed Trail”

We were over the moon to have been officially selected to paint the iconic Gromit sculpture in its second trail around Bristol, UK. Organised by the Grand Appeal and Aardman Animations, the “Gromit Unleashed 2” trail featured over 60 sculptures designed by various artists, and later auctioned for charity. Take a look at all the marvelous trail designs here.

Having studied in Bower Ashton campus that year, we could not help but get inspired by the deer and wonderful greenery that surrounds this area. We depicted this marvelous scenery through Gromit, posing him to contemplate the wonderful view.

Coming from Egypt, we used Arabic Calligraphy in the design to reflect Bristol’s diversity. We chose the Arabic letters of the word “ Bristol” to make patterns of the grass and trees surrounding the deer, hence the title “Deerest Gromit”.

We chose a colour palette of different shades of green and blue, and used POSCA markers for the patterns and calligraphy designs. Our “Deerest Gromit” was located in front of Bower Ashton Campus in Bristol during the trail for 2 months, and was later auctioned off for £15,000.