Late in 2019 the wonderful Danny Rumbl paid a visit to Aberdeen as part of Wallspots Travel the Wall programme and left his distinctive charatcers for us to admire. With two Wallspot sites in Aberdeen, run by Throwup Gallery and Vlad I was excited to find out Danny had been selected for the Aberdeen leg with other artists heading over to Barcelona.
Having discovered Danny's work via instagram, it instantly struck a chord with his super stylised pieces which feature some well known and lesser know characters from the Hanna Barbera roster. For those who don't know, Hanna Barbera is the animation studio responsible for such animated classics as Scooby Doo, The Flintstones and Yogi Bear along with a host of other shows. Operating from the late 50's til the early naughties, there's a good chance that you've seen one of their shows without even realising. The studios success is partly down to their distinctive character design and it's this aspect that Danny channels via his street art works. Himself coming from a more traditional graffiti background, he began incorporating his own versions of characters into pieces with the characters eventually taking centre stage. For a child of the 80's like myself, Top Cat, The Jetsons and even Tom & Jerry were a regular fixture on childrens TV so there's a real warm feeling attached to many of these images, although Danny adds his own Rumble twist to them.
Over the course of a slighly damp and cold weekend, Danny hit both the Wallspot sites creating two large pieces at Sunnybank and Donside. I managed to bike down and catch Danny in action as he painted the first piece but only caught some of the process. He joined us for a show at Kekun later that evening and I swapped him an old cartoon annual for some stickers which seemed like a fair exchange.
As we've seen previously, Aberdeen is being seen as a bit of a street art hot spot in part thanks to big projects like Nuart Aberdeen which brings a lot of international talent and attention but also projects like Painted Doors which showed the locals flex their street art chops. And long before either arrived we had Genevive and her Throwup Gallery initiative which has been quietly getting graffiti and street art onto our streets and into our communities, bringing a host of positives with it. Gen works with a host of local artists including Slave, V2K and Abz Jawa who are always on hand to help with these events and productions. Local power making a difference to our city and not to be overlooked!
You can check out my short clip of Mr Rumbl in action below along with some snaps from his time at Sunnybank and be sure to check out his instagram for more cartoon inspired goodness. I've read that he might be moving onto Manga characters next so be sure to tune in for more awesomeness!
Having discovered Danny's work via instagram, it instantly struck a chord with his super stylised pieces which feature some well known and lesser know characters from the Hanna Barbera roster. For those who don't know, Hanna Barbera is the animation studio responsible for such animated classics as Scooby Doo, The Flintstones and Yogi Bear along with a host of other shows. Operating from the late 50's til the early naughties, there's a good chance that you've seen one of their shows without even realising. The studios success is partly down to their distinctive character design and it's this aspect that Danny channels via his street art works. Himself coming from a more traditional graffiti background, he began incorporating his own versions of characters into pieces with the characters eventually taking centre stage. For a child of the 80's like myself, Top Cat, The Jetsons and even Tom & Jerry were a regular fixture on childrens TV so there's a real warm feeling attached to many of these images, although Danny adds his own Rumble twist to them.
Over the course of a slighly damp and cold weekend, Danny hit both the Wallspot sites creating two large pieces at Sunnybank and Donside. I managed to bike down and catch Danny in action as he painted the first piece but only caught some of the process. He joined us for a show at Kekun later that evening and I swapped him an old cartoon annual for some stickers which seemed like a fair exchange.
As we've seen previously, Aberdeen is being seen as a bit of a street art hot spot in part thanks to big projects like Nuart Aberdeen which brings a lot of international talent and attention but also projects like Painted Doors which showed the locals flex their street art chops. And long before either arrived we had Genevive and her Throwup Gallery initiative which has been quietly getting graffiti and street art onto our streets and into our communities, bringing a host of positives with it. Gen works with a host of local artists including Slave, V2K and Abz Jawa who are always on hand to help with these events and productions. Local power making a difference to our city and not to be overlooked!
You can check out my short clip of Mr Rumbl in action below along with some snaps from his time at Sunnybank and be sure to check out his instagram for more cartoon inspired goodness. I've read that he might be moving onto Manga characters next so be sure to tune in for more awesomeness!
