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Hi peeps!

So I'm being good and trying to keep you updated on the project's latest. Well there has been much work going on. I've been animating steadily over the past week and have managed to finish quite a few of the smaller scenes. It has been very satisfying crossing them off my long list of 'things to animate' which now looms over my workspace. This week I've moved onto some of the more tricky scenes.

Tricky in the sense that I'm animating things I've not animated since college, like birds in flight (Remember that animators? remember the pain? And the fish?) and awkward angle shots. In this particular clip I've posted I've had to do both and was tackling this particular scene just yesterday. I think its turned out ok actually as the toy is such a simple shape so it makes drawing it from various angles a lot easier. I first did him walking through the glade but then realised that continuity wise it was best if I went back and animated him running. So had to go back and change the whole lot!! But its fine though, learning alot.

In other news; I got some gossip today from a friend that apparently this advert - once its been animated, polished up and had some kickass music added to it by our composer Chris Green - will be shown on the Toybreak website. Personally I don't know much about the world of toys, (I had some lego when I was younger!?) but apparently this is a really good thing. So I guess you and I will both be watching this space...

Maria Xx