WHOLEMEAL!

Here's a new design for the loveable (somehow) Wholemeal character. He'd make a great MySpace avatar if anyone wants it....lol....

~breadmaker

New Set Designs

Aloha!

I haven't been in Uni, but that doesn't mean I haven't been working :o) Here's some background's for you to gander at....

This is for the Sandwhiches scenes. This looked a bit flat...

...but this one has too much shadow. So, from herein, I tried making it more subtle!

This is the first shot in the film...


This is one of the last...The Brown Bread's board.

The Burnt toast, before the device that injured him...

"It's Dark in Here...I don't like it!"

Loads more to come...dissertation draft is DONE so expect some more BREAD activity over the next week or two. I'm also preparing the DVD for my end of semester presentation.

~breadmaker

This Morning

Aloha!

Another productive morning: I've bagged some new textures to go do some more character and set designs today/next week - plus I've just shaved the Animatic by a good 1min 15 seconds!

It's a much healthier 2'55 now, and already had some good comments on it. Sadly, it's too big for YouTube, but I will be showing it to James and the animation team shortly for its next inspection.
The time has been lost in cutting only 3 characters:
>French Stick: Because only one person found him funny.
>Bread Roll: Because the interviewer voice doesn't work.

I've also cut down some edits so the pace is nicer, plus cut some unneccessary lines from some of the characters, such as the Male sandwhich and a few of the Daredevil's lines. I'll go do a re-draft of the script as well to log these changes.

So, I'll go get that done - meanwhile this weekend I am recording a CD at Pathway Studios, Caerwent with a freind. It's an acoustic worship-CD to go along with a Day-By-Day book that is being sold from next week!

Laters
~breadmaker

PS: Can someone please buy me these for Christmas? I especially like the 'Happy Toast' :O)
http://www.mypapercrane.com/shop/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_14

Heat Haze Test

This is a short HeatHaze test for the interior toaster shots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cavd_SB5slI

YouTube is being a pain and refuses to imbed the video - but please try the link above - it works this time!



~breadmaker

New texture tests

Aloha!

After a busy week of Dissertation writing; I give to you...Texture tests!






These tests represent a very, very short amount of time in Photoshop editing and I'm glad that they at least look better than my last colour tests. The Toaster one I am very pleased with, and if you guys like it, then I will consider turning it into a Flash symbol and warping it along with some animation so it moves and comes to life, whilst maintaining the texture.

Barry isn't quite looking as great (with his rear not being textured) but I am unsure whether I want to texture the whole body or just the face. Any ideas?

The other test is merely a quick graffiti job, as I wondered what it would be like just animating faces onto pictures of bread [I could take]...but we'll see. I don't particularly like it too much, but it does have certain affluency about it.

Please comment!
Coming Soon: Lots more animation tests!
Plus my Pre-Production sketchbook looks all swish now! :o)

~breadmaker

YouTube First test

Happy November

Aloha!

Sorry about the lack of posting recently...that is because my dissertation has taken the last week away from me, and a little thing called 'life' that gets in the way a lot too...so much to do during the days...

But, I can inform you the first *real* actual-factual animation test for Bread is coming. I started it this morning. I'm trying to go for more subtle animation and more life-like movement. The Ice Cream Film was fantastic in teaching me skills in animation, and my abilities tripled easily. I'm hoping of course to go one better in Bread.

I'll try to post it on YouTube soon... :O)

~breadmaker