While the process has been a slow one, Carter has officially ticked off his first mural.
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Daniel Carter in his studio with a few of his pieces. Earlier this year The Redoubt Bar and Eatery wanted Carter to design something special for them. After a few designs were passed around, and Covid-19 was out of the way, the decision was made and the paint hit the wall. Across seven days a 3D version of Gollum, the Lord of the Rings character, now stands 3 metres tall on an outside wall. Carter used both an airbrush and paintbrush to create the depth and details, and to make it seem like Gollum was creeping out of a Hobbit window in his corrupted “shadow figure” self.