New Look Terrorist Arrows

Hello everyone,

Last night I worked with "Jarska", a friend who is doing the 3D work for Milk Paton on some new look Terrorist Arrows.

We begun by watching the old video on YouTube and discussing the look of the Terrorist Arrows. I decided against giving them eyebrows, at his suggestion. The new look Terrorist Arrows have a more aggressive "head", resembling the head of a spear.

"Jarska" does not reside in the UK, and I am fairly sure English is not his first language, although he speaks it excellently.

He sent me the following basic render over MSN.

Revisions followed, as I sent him back an edited image of ammendments.

Some time later, he rendered a "beauty" shot, which looked great! I like the bevelled appearance of the arrows shaft - a slight change in geometry from the first itteration of Terrorist Arrows really works wonders when shading is applied.



But, the revision work continued.



One of the reasons the new episodes take so long is because I demand everything to be correct. This results in a much more satisfying final product, for both viewer and creator.

Many thanks to "Jarska" for his continuing hard work on the show.

More filming

Hello everyone,

William Richards, ("Will"), who appears in the episodes Milk Paton and QWERTY, Paton Break 7, Paton Break 8 and Manhunt, has been back up in Scotland over the past few days.

I took this opportunity to film his shots for 2 more of the upcoming 8 new episodes.

Here are two images of William during the shoot.

Deleted scene and update

Hello everyone,

Yesterday I worked on a sketch with the Geometric Story Teller. Unfortunately, upon viewing the final version and getting some second opinions, I decided it did not make the grade. I have uploaded it to this blog none the less, as it shows off some improved animation work.

I believe the idea is good, but the execution is flawed.

We are shooting again tommorrow, and work continues as always.

Hate mail

Hello everyone,

We've gotten a few hate messages this week, so I made this video in response.



Rest assured, new episodes are always released the moment they are completed.

Canteen shoot

Hello everyone,
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Robert is currently back at home from University for a short time. With this in mind, I have been working on Milk Paton once more, with an eye to wrapping shooting of the current episode we are working on. here are some photos from a shoot that took place in December which I am now editing.
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Shooting on January 4th

Hello everyone,
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Yesterday we shot a short outdoor scene with Lewim (Stereo Type), Robert and Mark before Robert returned to University in Glasgow.

Here are screen captures from the footage (I can be seen in blue jacket in the first image):
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Happy New Year! The Milk Paton website, http://www.milkpaton.com/ is sadly down again.

Filming screens

Hello everyone,

Here are two screens from our latest, short shoot. We will be shooting again tommorrow evening.

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I am happy with the composition of these shots, although I am not happy about the bleak weather. It can't be helped, unfortunately!

Up until now, everything we have shot for this episode has been in the confines of the school. I will schedule some of the additional shoots to be outdoors to add a balance to the episode, so that this single scene does not stand out.