0:00:02 > 0:00:05I'm Steve Backshall and this is Deadly Art.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09I'm lucky enough to travel the world
0:00:09 > 0:00:11tracking deadly animals.
0:00:13 > 0:00:15But in this show I'm picking 25 of my favourites.
0:00:17 > 0:00:18ROAR!
0:00:21 > 0:00:23I'm challenging my team of Deadly artists
0:00:23 > 0:00:25to recreate a killer moment.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30You'll get to make some art yourself
0:00:30 > 0:00:32and in the final show my team and will choose
0:00:32 > 0:00:35which animals make it into my Deadly Art Gallery.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37This is no ordinary art show...
0:00:37 > 0:00:39this is Deadly Art.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44'On today's Deadly Art,
0:00:44 > 0:00:48'I dive into the seas to find a super-swimming deadly animal.'
0:00:48 > 0:00:50This is extraordinary! There's hundreds of them!
0:00:50 > 0:00:54'My team of artists recreate another killer moment.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:56- I think he'll love it.- Yeah.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58'You can make your own deadly art at home'
0:01:03 > 0:01:06Today's animal may seem like a pretty unlikely choice.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09It's not venomous, it doesn't have sharp claws or talons,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12however, it does have extreme speed.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15It's streamlined physique makes it one of the ocean's top predators.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17This is the tuna.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20It swims at a staggering speed -
0:01:20 > 0:01:23up to 70 kilometres an hour,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25that's ten times the pace of an Olympic swimmer.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29And super speed means an easy feed for these guys.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31Time to meet today's artists
0:01:31 > 0:01:34who are waiting in the Deadly Art studio for their mission.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm Nicola, I'm a sculptor,
0:01:36 > 0:01:39and a power-tool queen!
0:01:41 > 0:01:44I'm Jo, I like using gloss paint, human hair,
0:01:44 > 0:01:46all sorts of different materials.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48But most of all, I like making a mess.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51In just a moment, you'll be joining me in Australia
0:01:51 > 0:01:52on our tuna voyage.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54But for now, these are the killer shots
0:01:54 > 0:01:56I'd like my artists to recreate.
0:01:56 > 0:02:01They need to include these three essential elements...
0:02:01 > 0:02:04Number one, the tuna's silvery scales
0:02:04 > 0:02:06which shimmer as they swim.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10There are eight species of tuna but they have one thing in common.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12Above, they're a shiny metallic blue,
0:02:12 > 0:02:14and on the bottom, a shiny silvery-white.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17This helps camouflage them from above and below.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20The next element is the tuna's streamlined physique.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23In the water, they are totally turbo-charged.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Their torpedo shape is perfect for speedy swimming.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31They can accelerate with just a flick of their tail.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Unlike most fish,
0:02:32 > 0:02:35tuna can keep their body temperature warmer than the surrounding water,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39which enables them to achieve maximum power.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40The next bit is tricky,
0:02:40 > 0:02:44but I'd like my team to try and capture a sense of the tuna's speed.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46They're really, really fast,
0:02:46 > 0:02:49leaving their prey with absolutely no chance of escape
0:02:49 > 0:02:52and this is what makes the tuna really deadly.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54So their speed is the third essential element
0:02:54 > 0:02:57I'd like my artists to recreate in their deadly art.
0:02:57 > 0:03:00Jo and Nicola, good luck!
0:03:00 > 0:03:02Look at that shimmering, shiny skin.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05- They really camouflage into the sea. - It's beautiful.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08This is where they all swim together in a shoal.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11You can really see that torpedo shape there. That's really important.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Whoa.- That's a feeding frenzy.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16There's millions swimming around really fast!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18- Right, let's do it.- Come on, then.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Time for some Deadly Art.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I'm going to get loads of paint,
0:03:22 > 0:03:24all sloshing around just like in the ocean.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27I've got some gloss paint
0:03:27 > 0:03:29which will be brilliant for that shimmering skin.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33These three paintings will represent the three shots brilliantly.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36Right, I'm going to sketch out the tuna fish.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45I'm going to spray my board with an undercoat
0:03:45 > 0:03:48so that it's really smooth when we paint on it later.
0:03:48 > 0:03:53How on earth are those three boards going to turn into this?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Well, we'll find out soon.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Meanwhile, over in Australia,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59I'm attempting an unusual scientific experiment.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02The tuna is just about the most perfect example
0:04:02 > 0:04:04of a hydrodynamic fish.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I, on the other hand,
0:04:06 > 0:04:08am not that streamlined.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10So theoretically, if I was to get in there
0:04:10 > 0:04:12and try and travel fast,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14I should be hammered by drag.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17'So, we already know
0:04:17 > 0:04:21'that tuna can travel up to around 70 kilometres an hour.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24'Which equates to about 38 knots.'
0:04:24 > 0:04:28You can see as we start to build up speed,
0:04:28 > 0:04:31automatically, the water's pushing back against me.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34I'm really, really struggling to hold on.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39I'm actually already losing my trunks!
0:04:39 > 0:04:40LAUGHTER How fast now?
0:04:40 > 0:04:426.8.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Aah!
0:04:44 > 0:04:45LAUGHTER
0:04:45 > 0:04:49I've lost my trunks.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So we're now going about a tenth of the speed
0:04:52 > 0:04:55that a tuna can go, full-whack.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58It's almost pulling the arms out my sockets!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00How fast is that, Mark?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03- Seven knots.- Seven.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04A bit faster.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Aah!
0:05:05 > 0:05:07He's gone.
0:05:07 > 0:05:09He's gone, Mark, he's gone.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11What was our final speed when he let go, Mark?
0:05:11 > 0:05:138.5.
0:05:13 > 0:05:158.5. He did quite well.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17I think that pretty much proves
0:05:17 > 0:05:19that unless you're streamlined,
0:05:19 > 0:05:21you ain't going nowhere in the water.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23And it also proves,
0:05:23 > 0:05:26why fish don't wear swimming costumes.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29So how are Jo and Nicola getting on with their massive deadly art?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33I'm glad we get to keep our clothes on, here in the art studio!
0:05:33 > 0:05:36This painting will be the portrait of the tuna fish,
0:05:36 > 0:05:39really showing off that lovely silvery skin.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I'll start with the background, pouring the paint, all thinned out,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44which is obviously going to be the ocean.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54So this gloss paint is really thinned down with white spirit.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56It really sloshes around,
0:05:56 > 0:05:58really run together to make that background.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01I'm creating my background using a different technique to Jo.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03I've started off with this white base,
0:06:03 > 0:06:05because I want that to shine through
0:06:05 > 0:06:09this beautiful blue paint that I'm about to apply using this rag.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14I can just create a lovely ocean texture.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16And then later on,
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I'm going to add a shoal of fish on top,
0:06:18 > 0:06:20gathering just before that feeding frenzy.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24I'm going to leave that one to dry now.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Onto the last canvas. This one's going to be the feeding frenzy.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31I'm going to use blacks and dark blues for the deep, dark ocean.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Lots and lots of white at the top
0:06:33 > 0:06:35to show the light shining through.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Hmm, looks intriguing, team.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39While Jo carries on having fun with the paint,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42it's time for a deadly doodle with Nicola.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46I'm going to show you how to draw a tuna fish.
0:06:46 > 0:06:47It's really simple.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51Start off with the shape of a rugby ball.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54This is going to give you that torpedo shape that we're looking for.
0:06:54 > 0:06:56A half-moon at the back.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00And then join the shapes together.
0:07:00 > 0:07:01Give him two fins.
0:07:01 > 0:07:03One at the top,
0:07:03 > 0:07:04and one at the bottom.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06That's basically it for our shape,
0:07:06 > 0:07:10but no tuna fish is complete without that beautiful shimmering skin.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14So we'll use this iridescent blue ink.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Don't worry about going out of the lines,
0:07:16 > 0:07:19because we can redefine this shape a bit later on.
0:07:19 > 0:07:20Wash off your brush.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22And for his belly,
0:07:22 > 0:07:24some sparkly silver.
0:07:24 > 0:07:26This is really beautiful, this colour.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29It blends really nicely with that blue.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32And I think that should do it.
0:07:33 > 0:07:34When it's dry,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37redefine that shape using a marker pen.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39His tail...
0:07:39 > 0:07:42and because this is a deadly tuna fish,
0:07:42 > 0:07:45we can add some spikes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47And for his mouth...
0:07:47 > 0:07:49More spikes...
0:07:49 > 0:07:53And now we need some detail - a little eye.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Second fin.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57A couple of lines.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59And we can cut it out.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01You might want to get some help with this.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08And there we go...
0:08:08 > 0:08:12our super-speedy deadly tuna fish. Zoom!
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Great doodle, Nicola.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17Steve has asked us to capture these essential elements,
0:08:17 > 0:08:20so we need to make sure we get the shimmering skin on this one.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22We've got silver paint for that.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I can still see where I drew the tuna earlier,
0:08:24 > 0:08:27so we'll use them as our guides. OK.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35We need to just move it around to get the shape of the fish again.
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Because we've put on so much of this paint
0:08:42 > 0:08:46you can move it around but then it'll dry in its own way anyway.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53- Someone's created scales on this one. - Yeah, that's that silver paint.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Really starting to see these fish take shape now.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00That looks almost as much fun as being dragged along in the sea
0:09:00 > 0:09:02with no swimming trunks on.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Back in Oz, it's time for me to get a little closer to our speedy tuna.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07This is extraordinary!
0:09:07 > 0:09:09There's hundreds of them!
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Each one of these tuna weighs almost as much as me,
0:09:16 > 0:09:19but they swim effortlessly.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21They're just gliding past me,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23they're barely swimming.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26I feel like fish food.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Look at that!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36Being up close to them under water
0:09:36 > 0:09:39makes it easy to see why they're deadly predators.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41They are the perfect shape,
0:09:41 > 0:09:45nothing sticks up out of it to slow them down.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50They move with just a flick of their tail. Awesome! Ha ha!
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Luckily, tuna fish eat small fish like sardines.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00If I was a sardine now, I'd last about a second.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Being in the ocean with the tuna was breathtaking.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07Now Jo's going to put Nicola's tuna doodle in its ocean home.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09All I've done is got a bit of card
0:10:09 > 0:10:12and covered it in some shiny wrapping paper.
0:10:12 > 0:10:15On the back, I've put two triangles, which will help stand it up.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18Then I've cut through a wavy line
0:10:18 > 0:10:20and I'll tell you what that's for later.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23Now the fun bit. I'm going to make some seaweed.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25We've got some watered-down green paint.
0:10:25 > 0:10:30With the pipette I'm just going to draw a line.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32And this is the good bit.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42OK, I think that looks great.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Now, we're going to let that dry.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Once it is dry, I'm going to cut it out
0:10:47 > 0:10:50making sure you get a nice, straight edge down this side,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53so that when you stand it up, it doesn't fall over.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And then around all of the seaweed.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58You might need some help with this.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06There we go. So what we have to do next,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09just get these triangles. I'm going to tape them onto the back,
0:11:09 > 0:11:11which will make it stand up.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15The seaweed will just sit... in front of it
0:11:15 > 0:11:17creating the scene.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Then bring in the tuna, that Nicola made for us.
0:11:20 > 0:11:24We're going to attach just a strip of cardboard to the back of it.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Like that.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Then we're just going to thread it up there.
0:11:31 > 0:11:36There he is. Nicola's also very kindly made some more, little tuna.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40When there's a feeding frenzy, there's always lots of them around.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44Perfect. This tuna is going to join the others in finding its prey.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49Great work, Jo. Over to Nicola.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53Using the same technique that Jo and I used earlier
0:11:53 > 0:11:55to create those bigger tuna fish,
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I'm creating an entire shoal
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Just by pouring two blobs of paint,
0:12:01 > 0:12:05and using a paintbrush and moving them
0:12:05 > 0:12:08into the torpedo, streamline shape.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12And then...
0:12:12 > 0:12:14they're ready for their detail.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18Each tuna fish is going to need an outline...
0:12:18 > 0:12:21a little eye...
0:12:22 > 0:12:23..two fins...
0:12:25 > 0:12:28..and when I've done that to the entire painting,
0:12:28 > 0:12:30we'll have our shoal of tuna fish.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32I want to capture the speed of the feeding frenzy.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35And these are going to be their prey.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Oh, those poor little sardines are going to be gobbled up.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43The big art is complete.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45We've used loads of silver paint to capture
0:12:45 > 0:12:47the shimmering skin of the tuna.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- The torpedo shape is very apparent in that one.- Yeah.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54In this feeding frenzy painting, you really get the idea of speed.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57I can imagine them racing through the water.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00Do you think Steve's going to like them?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- I think he'll love it!- Yeah.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04So it's time for the big reveal.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09Remember, these are the killer shots I wanted my artists to recreate.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12Let's take a look at the finished work of art.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Wow! That's jaw-dropping!
0:13:16 > 0:13:18I can really imagine these tuna zooming
0:13:18 > 0:13:20through the Australian waters.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26On the first canvas, the tuna are gathering, ready to start feeding.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30They're perfectly captured in gloss and metallic paints.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34This canvas is quite abstract but you can see the small sardines
0:13:34 > 0:13:35at the top of the picture,
0:13:35 > 0:13:38with the tuna about to rocket up to grab them.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40And finally, we get a close-up
0:13:40 > 0:13:42of their eye-catching blue and silver scales.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Beautiful but deadly.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46That's a top deadly rating from me
0:13:46 > 0:13:49but will it make it into my deadly gallery? Maybe.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51See you next time for more Deadly Art.
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