This bento contains a cucumber sandwich, a veggie buffalo wing, some veggies, and of course *Cheese!!* If you haven't seen Wallace and Gromit, Wallace really likes cheese. W&G looked a bit washed out brown on white sandwich bread, so I put some sushi grass and some veggie bacon behind them.If you would like details on how I created the characters, see my post for my Twilight Bella bento which details the process. I did essentially the same thing here. And although I mention it in that post, I want to point out a really handy trick I came across. I first create the characters, then I assemble them on wax paper and stick them in the freezer while I put together the rest of the lunch. This makes it so much easier to put the characters in the actual lunch without messing up the little details. As long as you don't leave them in the freezer too long, they still taste fine.
This was my original drawing on an index card. I knew W&G would be good characters because they are mostly tan and black, which suits cheese and lunchmeat (or in my case, veggie lunchmeat) well. An important thing to remember is that you can't make it perfect. Wallace's shirt is green, not black. His face is more pink than Gromit's, but you have to work with your ingredients, and a little artistic license doesn't detract from the final product (in my opinion).So, in case you have never seen Wallace and Gromit, here are a few links:
Wallace and Gromit official site
Aardman's YouTube
Wallace and Gromit DVDs on Amazon.com
My favorite episode is The Wrong Trousers, mostly because I love this character Feather's McGraw. He is a fugitive penguin:
3 comments:
This is beautiful! And I *LOVE* the penguin pick! Fantastic, funny little touch there....
Wow! You are inspiring!!! Right now I"m still in the cookie cutter league. :)
I stumbled on your blog while looking for photos of Feathers McGraw. Awesome bento boxes! I just had a bento box when out for Japanese food last night. I linked to you in my latest post - hope you don't mind. :)
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