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This composite image assembles several sequential views and reference shots documenting the physical construction process of a Walking Bread puppet character. The upper left panel shows an early sculptural head form, covered in a neutral fabric base, with penciled guidelines sketched directly on the surface: two eyes, a vertical centerline, and the distinctive fork-like forehead motif. The head is topped with short brown synthetic hair, indicating a test phase for costume and surface treatment.

Adjacent panels illustrate later development, where the puppet head has been attached to a fully clothed body rig. The figure wears miniature garments—a checkered shirt layered over pants—highlighting the integration of textile work into stop-motion design. Additional smaller props, including a bird-like armature figure, suggest iterative prototyping and scale comparisons.

On the right, a working animation setup is captured: a hand manipulates a rigged puppet against an upright background stand. The puppet is pinned in place, illustrating how two-dimensional cutouts and three-dimensional elements are combined in hybrid animation testing.

The bottom row consolidates various process materials: sketches annotated with notes, armature schematics, resin or clay cast test heads, and a set of mold impressions. Collectively, these materials underscore the layered approach in which sculptural prototyping, armature engineering, costuming, and sequential tests converge to establish the physical identity of the Walking Bread characters.

As documentation, this collage highlights the bridge between concept sketches and finished animation-ready puppets. It provides an archival trace of how raw sculptural forms evolve into complex, articulated figures capable of on-screen performance, reflecting the hybrid craft methodology central to the project.
This composite documentation image captures multiple stages of the Walking Bread production process, uniting storyboard design, physical mock-up, hybrid digital installation, and visual sequencing.

At the top, small storyboard panels depict a progression of abstracted bread-figure transformations. Each frame contains drawn annotations, arrows, and notes indicating timing and spatial orientation. These thumbnails distill narrative beats into simplified visual codes, providing the skeleton for more elaborate developments.

The center section illustrates a hybrid setup where a drawn bread-headed puppet figure interacts with a scaled miniature set. A cut-out environment with architectural motifs and physical textures extends the storyboard into dimensional space. The figure is drawn in thick black outlines, its position coordinated with the background structures, while a green field digitally frames the scene. On the right, this installation is extended into a projected environment displayed on a large monitor, where additional bread motifs, parachutes, and surreal aerial devices populate the space. This integration of drawn figure, physical mock-up, and digital projection reveals how analog and digital practices interweave in the evolving workflow.

At the bottom, an additional storyboard strip emphasizes bread morphologies. Loaves and crusts undergo sequential transformations into heads, mouths, and faces, bridging food matter with character identity. These panels anchor the experimental design process in recurring bread imagery, ensuring continuity across stages.

Overall, the image functions as a layered diagram of how Walking Bread progresses from small-scale conceptual drawings, through physicalized experimentation with sets and figures, into immersive projection scenarios. It highlights the film’s methodological hybridity: paper sketches, miniature props, digital visualization, and speculative environments operate together as one production pipeline.
 
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