Day of the Egg Art Ninja

I'm Ricky!

I live in Bristol.

I work as an animator, which is lucky cos I love art.

Goal!

I live for art, I even dream of art.

I draw, I paint, I make things!

Nailed it!

I hang out with my mates - Gavin, Michelle, Rich and Sarah.

It's me!

Most importantly, I make ninja moves.

Some people call me the...

Today, I'll show you how to make a ROARsome Jurassic mask.

We'll be fossilising some weird objects.

And I've laid on a delicious spread, if you're feeling a bit peckish.

Because today it's...

It's a new day.

I better get my ninja on...

..and my clothes!

Time for breakfast. I'm so hungry.

Empty?

Sausages.

Not a sausage.

Eggs!

Oh, what? Not one measly egg?!

I'll have to go shopping.

SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS

What is that noise?

No-one's there. That's weird.

Well, I did say I wanted an egg.

But this is a whopper!

It's big enough to be something...

..Jurassic.

But that's just crazy, right?

The giant egg has given me a cracking idea for some art, though.

It's the Art Ninja dinosaur mask!

So, I've got myself a large cereal box,

but I'm going to need two of these, so I'll ninja another one.

Ninja skills.

I painted over the graphics with some red paint,

leaving the inside lovely and white.

I'm going to cut off this strip here on both boxes,

but I'm going to keep them cos I'll need them later.

Now I'm going to do a really cool paint technique by mixing together

washing up liquid and some paint to make bubbly paint.

Mix those together with a straw.

I'm going to blow into it to create the bubbles.

Don't suck! It'll taste nasty!

Now I'm going to slowly press my card down on top of the bubbles

to pick up the paint.

Look at that! I need to keep doing this technique until my card

is completely covered.

Looking great! Just like dinosaur skin.

I need to do the same thing on the other one.

There we are. Look at that.

I'll leave this piece down here to dry.

Now I'm going to use this piece to start making the main part

of the dinosaur's head and I'm going to draw a line

from this corner to that corner on one of these panels.

And then the same this side, from that corner to this corner.

Straight line along there.

The same the other side.

Like that. Now I'm going to cut along those lines.

I need to keep these bits as I'll need those later.

I'm just going to score a line down the centre of this piece

all the way to the point.

I'm using the blunt side of the scissors here.

One to there. And then the same the other side.

Let's turn those scores into folds

to make the main shape of the dinosaur's head.

And these two here pinch and come together

to make the front of the dino's nose.

Now I'm going to add a little bit of double-sided sticky tape in there to

hold it together.

And then just snip off the excess.

Now I'm going to cross over these two flaps at the back

and, with a little bit of double-sided sticky tape,

hold them together. Just put that to one side.

The two bits I left at the side earlier,

I'm going to stick them together with a bit of sticky tape.

I'm going to grab a bowl, put it in the middle and draw around it.

There we go.

I'm going to draw some lines from the circle to the edge of the box,

which will make the curved shape of the dinosaur's jaw.

Don't need this any more.

Pinch these pieces to make the fold for the underside of the jaw.

Add a little bit of double-sided sticky tape in there

to hold it together.

Now I'm going to stick this to the inside of the head.

The other one there.

Makes the shape of the jaw.

There we go. But it's not a dinosaur's head without teeth.

So, going to take one of the sides of the box that I saved earlier

and turn it into some rows of razor-sharp gnashers.

Hee-ya!

Ninja skills.

Need to make sure that the white is stuck facing the outside

so it's got lovely healthy white teeth.

Little bit of dino dentistry.

This square is going to be the back of the dinosaur's head.

I just need to stick it on.

I'm going to add some nostrils and, for that, a couple of triangles

cut out from the stuff I printed earlier.

A bit of scoring and a bit of card bending will sort these out.

Now I've done the same thing but larger to make the eyelids.

What do you call a dinosaur with no eyes?

Do-you-think-he-saurus?

Yeah, I better add the eyes.

These are two squares of card stuck on with double-sided tape.

Now time to try it on.

But you don't have to make a T-Rex, you could make...

..a sparkly triceratops with glittery horns and spotty skin.

Pretty bling! Or maybe...

..teeth crunching megalodon, with stencilled scales.

KNOCKS ON DOOR

-Hi, Dad.

-Ricky?

RICKY'S TUMMY RUMBLES

Sorry, that was my tummy.

Got a massive hunger on.

I'm hungry too. We could eat that giant egg over there.

I'm scared to eat that egg.

It could be a dinosaur's egg.

Unlikely.

But you best be careful.

If he does hatch, he might think you're his mummy.

Or worse, think how angry his real mummy will be if she catches you

with her egg.

Speaking of which, think how angry Mum will be

if she finds out you're here trying to eat my food again.

You're right. See you later.

-Bye, Dad.

-Bye!

Here's a quick art tip - how to draw a stegosaurus.

So we're going to start with its head.

This will be like a kind of leaf shape.

Over like that.

Now I'm going to start with its back.

I'm going to keep the back going out to a point.

That's going to be the tail. Back in like this.

And now just underneath the front of the neck, slide that down like that.

Now I'm going to start drawing its legs.

Like that.

Drawing to the belly, now to the back legs.

And another leg, again behind like that.

Claws, three on each should do it.

Let's have a little nostril.

An eye.

This one's happy and that's cos he's got

these awesome plates on his back.

And, on the tail, a couple of spikes for battling, probably.

Couple of marks, like this, for scales.

And there we go.

Another quick art tip.

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Apart from the movies, the only dinosaur remains these days are fossils.

I'm going to make a relief created by fossil-like impressions,

inspired by artist Rachel Whiteread.

Because, you could say, she made quite an impression on me.

Oh, hi, Rachel Whiteread!

I'm famous for making casts of the negative space

in and under everyday objects.

I've done the underneath of a bed, the inside of a bath,

once I even did the whole inside of a house.

And a shed!

That sounds really fulfilling.

Get it? Full-filling?

Ha...

In fact, it wouldn't take long to fill a flat this size

with some liquid concrete and then take off the external walls.

-Toodle-oo!

-Bye!

Phew, she's gone.

I was worried she was going to fill this flat full of concrete.

Well, that is a relief.

And so is what I'm going to make - a relief sculpture.

I'm going to start by rolling out some tinfoil.

And I'm doubling it up just so it's a bit stronger.

Chop that bit off.

Then I've got my old modelling clay here.

All the old bits pushed together.

I'm going to flatten it out on my tinfoil using a rolling pin until

it's about 1cm thick.

There we are. And I've made sure it's the right size for me to put

this little plate on it, so I can get a nice circle.

I'm going to cut off the excess with a lolly stick cos

I don't want to cut through my foil.

There we go, lovely and circular.

Now I'm going to roll out some clingwrap on top of my clay.

I'm going to push in some little objects and I don't want them to

stick to the clay. Here's some cool items I've got.

Got a big old peg, couple of building bricks.

I'm just going to push them into the clay.

A little tip here - the deeper you push the shapes in,

the greater the relief will be.

OK, now I can take the objects out.

Should leave behind these lovely impressions.

I'm just folding up the foil around my modelling clay to make a nice

bowl shape.

Here comes the fun bit.

I've got some water and some plaster of Paris.

Slowly add the water to the powder.

This is two parts powder, one part water.

But you'll need to read the instructions

on your plaster of Paris.

You need it to be the consistency of thick cream.

Time to pour it.

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If you shake the tray, it should get all the bubbles out.

And I've got a little bit of string here.

The two loose ends, I'm going to stick into the plaster of Paris,

so, when it dries in about half an hour, I can hang it up.

I could wait.

Or I could use my ninja skills!

I'll wait for it to dry.

Only kidding!

Here's the tricky bit.

I have to carefully peel it out without breaking it.

Whoa!

Check it out.

I'm going to go hang it up.

Hang it on the wall.

There we go.

I'm impressed with that.

Speaking of old fossils...

Hi, Ricky, it's your mum!

Oh, I know what you're thinking.

Mum's not an old fossil. I was talking about the art.

I thought I'd call you in case you call me later

because we're going for a lovely drive in the country and a picnic.

Dad's put on a cracking spread,

and here's what's to come in your cracking show.

A colourful creature made with flour...

..art that's egg-cellent...

..and a toasty picture that's also very tasty.

Anyway, I'd best leave you to it.

No doubt you're hatching up some plan.

-Bye!

-Bye.

Something's hatching, that's for sure.

Whatever's in there, it's definitely moving.

A bit like this picture.

That's because it's animated.

Hey, Ricky, this came for you today.

Oh.

Thanks, Loz. Oh, yes, it's the new issue of Gnarly To The Max magazine!

Oh. Where have all the skateboarders gone?

Mmm. Tastes rad.

Don't worry, guys, it's just an animation.

And it's jumping right off the page.

Now, to make this cool animation, you'll need - some paper, a printer,

some sticky tack, some scissors, a computer, an action packed video,

a couple of friends and a tablet with an animation app installed.

And you can put it together in just three ninja moves.

Ninja move number one - you need to select the videos you want to use

for your animation and then export them as an image sequence.

About 12 frames a second.

If you don't have an editing package, you can simply use the

computer screen grab function to grab the frames that you need.

How about this one of Chris going up a wall?

He looks so cool there.

Yeah, I like it.

All right, let's go with that one.

-I love that one.

-I like that one.

Ninja move number two.

Now you need to print out all your separate frames,

cut them out and get them ready for animating.

And once we've cut them out, we've numbered the backs,

so they don't get animated in the wrong order.

And as there's quite a bit to cut out,

it's a good idea to get some friends to help you along the way.

Ninja move number three.

Set up your tablet device

and then find some fun places around your house

where your little characters can get their groove on.

Trick here - hold them in place with a little bit of sticky tack and try

and pick areas that mimic the original angle that the action shots

were shot from.

For every new animation frame,

I use the next cut-out in the sequence of my action video.

And to keep my animation steady

I've locked off my tablet device on a tripod.

OK, so we've shot all of our frames, we've added some cool sound effects.

I think it's time to take a look at our mini masterpiece.

-What do you think, guys? BOTH:

-Gnarly to the max!

Art Ninja!

QUIET GROWLING

Don't come out yet, please,

I've got ninja apprentices and they've got great eggs-pectations.

Ricky, can you make art with a comb?

Sorry to brush you off, but not this time.

Oh!

Hey, Ricky, you little Art Ninja man, you old cocker!

Hey, Hacker, you little border terrier dog, you!

I wondered if you could make anything out of this old bone?

Ew. That idea's a bit dead.

It's HUMERUS though, don't you think?

I better be off.

-Hey, what's she got?

-Ricky, can you make art with flour?

That's a great ingredient for art.

-I choose you.

-Yay!

-So what's your name?

-Elliha.

-And where you from?

-Birmingham.

Lovely. Well, I'll just go and grab some bits

and I'll get on with the art.

I've got a bowl, spoon, the flour and a sandwich bag.

I've also got some watercolour paints and some watercolour paper.

I want to draw a picture of an animal that comes out of an egg.

-Any ideas?

-Well, some chameleons come out of eggs.

That's true, they do sometimes come out of eggs.

I'll draw a chameleon.

So what I'm doing here is I'm just drawing a nice big pencil line of a

chameleon holding on to a stick.

So, do you like to do art?

-Yes.

-What kind of thing do you like to do?

-Portraits.

-Portraits?

-Of who?

-My mum.

OK. So do you want to see my picture of the chameleon so far?

-Yes.

-So far, it's looking like this.

That's amazing.

So now I am going to get the flour and I'm going to mix it with some

PVA glue. Squeeze it in.

Now I'm going to add in the flour, just a little bit at a time.

And I'm going to stir it in.

I want it to be not too thick but not too thin.

So we need it to be running just off the spoon, slightly runny.

Now this is where it gets quite messy.

I need to put the flour mix into a sandwich bag.

Whoo! Now I'm going to seal the bag.

Snip off the end, the tiniest little bit of the end, like that.

Now I'm going to pipe it onto my line drawing.

I'm taking my time now.

I don't want to push too hard cos the bag might split.

Right, nearly at the end of this now.

Just piping the last line along.

Right, now I'm going to dry my chameleon ninja style.

Hee-ya!

Check it out. Got this lovely raised line.

I'm going to add a rainbow of colours because chameleons can

change colour.

I'm going to start by wetting the paper just inside my chameleon.

And these lovely raised lines hold all the water in,

ready for the paint.

OK. I'm going to use watercolour paints,

starting with this lime green. Lovely.

I'm going to start on the curly wurly tail.

Have you ever used watercolours before?

I've used them for art in school.

Cool!

Now I'm going to move on to a darker green.

So what colour should I do next?

Blue.

Yeah, I've moved on with some blue.

And I'm painting within the lines but not over the raised lines.

Just keeping nice and clean.

So what other animals lay eggs?

Some fish do.

Did you make that fish yourself?

-Yes, I did.

-That's brilliant!

So I'm adding a little bit of pink now after the purple.

And I'm keeping my big brush ready to add extra water so the paper

doesn't dry out.

Little tip here is when you switch to lighter colours,

change and use some clean water.

What would you do if you could change colour like a chameleon?

I would win hide and seek.

Oh, you totally would win hide and seek!

Right, I'm just going to finish off just by painting the eye.

That is just a dark black.

-Are you ready to see it?

-Yes.

Check it out.

Nature's most surprising animal.

It looks like an actual chameleon.

I'm so happy with it, I think it deserves a frame.

-What mark would you give it?

-A ten!

Wow, look at that ten!

-Thank you for your suggestion. Bye-bye!

-Bye!

Right. What can I eat?

Toast!

Oh!

I've got nothing to put on it.

I'm so hungry. I'm starting to feel a bit faint.

I must pay attention.

Omm.

It's the grand master!

Omm. Whoa...

I'm OK, man!

Greetings, dude!

I haven't got long. I'm really hungry.

I have food.

Oh, great!

Food for thought.

-Ah.

-Step number 888 to enlightenment.

I wish I had 'ate'.

A mechanical oval yolk holder.

A cracking egg surprise.

Yeah!

You need to start with some card, dudes.

Pierce the card with a pencil and modelling clay.

Do it on one end and in the middle.

Make little crosses with the card.

Connect them together with pipe cleaners.

Twist and lock, guys.

Make two and connect them.

This can be fiddly!

Draw an egg shape...

..with some cracks.

Next, draw a smiley snake...

..and give it some colour.

Cut out the egg.

Surprise!

And the snake.

Put some glue on the snake and the card.

And glue everything together, dudes!

A mechanical oval yolk holder!

Cool. Lesson 888 complete.

Thanks, grand master. I am enlightened.

-You're a good egg.

-You are most welcome.

Omm...

I'm so hungry!

I think I've started to see things.

SOUND OF EGG CRACKING

Uh-oh, what if it's a dinosaur after all?

Ta-dah!

Ew! A Gava-saurus?

Why are you looking so scared, mate?

And why have you got all those plates of toast?

I'm so hungry I'm imagining things.

Still, all these plates of toast have given me a great idea.

PHONE DIALS

-Hi, Ricky.

-Hey, Sarah. Let's have a picnic.

You bring the spread, I'll meet you at the park.

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Ninja skills.

So, Sarah, ready for a picnic?

Yeah, I bought all the jams and spreads you asked for.

Sweet, cos I have a bag jam packed full of toast.

You haven't got anything I could eat right now? I'm a bit peckish.

-Why don't you have some of your bag toast?

-No, that's for the art.

-Scone?

-All right, then.

Hit me with the cream.

Do you want some jam with that?

Oh, um... No, thank you.

It's time to get our ninjam on.

Art Ninja!

-Strike a pose.

-Art Ninja!

Now, Sarah, before we eat our picnic,

we're going to use all this toast and this spread to make some art.

-How are we going to do that?

-I'll show you.

-You grab a slice.

-OK.

-I'll just open this for you.

-I've got it.

-Give it here.

It's pretty solid.

-And then what?

-Spread it on.

-OK.

I loosened it first.

Now, Sarah, we've got a lot of these to get through.

So let's get spreading.

Wasp!

So what would be great on this one - half yellow and half orange.

-But I'll pass over a nice marmalade.

-OK.

Right, I'm going to go nuts now, Sarah.

I'm going to cover this in some crunchy peanut butter.

Wasp, wasp, wasp!

Add in just a little bit of this chocolate spread.

Might as well. There we go.

That's going to be a little bit of detail for our picture.

Excellent.

Here you go, Sarah, you can have a bit of this.

-Bit of lime marmalade, bit of mustard.

-Ew!

I'm hungry but I'm not that hungry.

I think we've done enough pieces now to start making our picture.

-Cool.

-Follow me.

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There we go. It's really coming together.

But, Sarah, my hands are all sticky and covered in jam.

Argh!

Stop messing around.

Sarah, have you got anything to make these wasps clear off?

-Water?

-Anything!

-I can't hear them any more.

-Great.

Let's get on with the picture.

MUSIC PLAYS

Last couple of finishing touches.

Now, I think our toast and spread art is the best thing

since sliced bread.

This looks awesome!

Some might say it looks egg-cellent.

Nice!

Oh, no, the wasps are coming! It sounds like they're bringing loads

-of their friends.

-Leave it, Ricky, it's not worth it!

I'll come get the rest later.

Art Ninja!

Toasty. What a day.

Night-night, egg.

Today has taught me a valuable Art Ninja lesson.

All good things come to those who wait,

but toast doesn't always belong on a plate.

What a great picnic, but boy was I hungry.

STOMACH RUMBLES

And I never did get to find out what was inside the egg.

But at least no angry dinosaur mummy's turned up.

LOUD THUD

Argh!