Cupcakes are ready to go Tuesday, 7 April 2009
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Our competition-winning cupcakes are finished! We’ve taken the computer models and added textures. It was remarkably straightforward – we needed a texture map for the “R.I.P.” on the gravestone, but everything else is a simple solid colour.
Both cupcakes are going in the animation – the winning cake (left) by acupcakery will be given to Aileen, while Lyn will have LittleMissCupcakeParis‘s running-up cupcake.
Virtual cupcakes Saturday, 4 April 2009
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We’ve made the computer models of our competition-winning cupcakes. On the left is acupcakery‘s winning cake, and to the right is the runner up by LittleMissCupcakeParis.
Making the models was fun. We started with a perfectly regular shape for the case (a cross between a many-pointed star and a truncated cone), and a dome for the top of the cake. Then these were pulled around to give them some imperfections and to make the icing (frosting).
The grass and sprinkles were both done by “scattering” objects – we made one grass blade (or star or sugar strand) and highlighted the surfaces they needed to be placed on. The system then strews them randomly across the top of the cake. It’s not that different from putting sprinkles on a real cupcake, and a lot easier than piping grass!
The tombstone and wizard’s hat were relatively straightforward to model (a line bevel-extruded and a lathe object respectively, if you’re interested in such things. You’re not? I can’t think why). The hand… well, actually, we used Kyle’s hand. We took a copy of Kyle (sorry Kyle), cut his hand off, and shrunk it down.
The next stage is to add “textures” to get the cupcakes looking good enough to eat.
Winning cupcake Thursday, 2 April 2009
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We have a cupcake winner – and it’s acupcakery!
Our judges were Sam and Jemma from London cupcake specialists Crumbs and Doilies. They say: “We love the thought that’s gone into it and the effort that’s gone into making the grass, headstone and hand – a terrifyingly terrific cupcake!”
Congratulations, acupcakery! We’ll be making a virtual cupcake based on your design, and it’ll feature in episode 3 of The Lost Book.
We’ve also chosen a second-placed cupcake: the Christchurch Wizard cake by LittleMissCupcakeParis. Sam and Jemma say: “we love the use of elements of the story that LittleMissCupcakeParis’s used and echoed in the decoration, and we had great fun finding out about the Christchurch Wizard.” So, congratulations LittleMissCupcakeParis! We’re going to try to get both cupcakes into episode 3.
Thanks to everyone who took part, and special thanks to Sam, Jemma and Crumbs and Doilies. Did you know, Crumbs and Doilies now have a facebook group you can join? And, you can see their amazing cupcakes on their blog or flickr photostream. And, don’t forget you can win free cupcakes in their cupcake-naming competition! That’s free cupcakes!
Cupcake competition closes today! Tuesday, 31 March 2009
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Today’s your last chance to enter our cupcake competition. Get your cupcake photos uploaded to our Flickr group in time for the judges at Crumbs and Doilies to review them tomorrow.
Cupcake competition – magic bones Sunday, 29 March 2009
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Aren’t these cupcakes amazing?! The latest entries in our cupcake competition come from Little Miss Cupcake Paris. A lot of thought has gone into them, as well as a lot of creativity and skill.
The bone cupcake is for Watson, “to give him energy to track those bad guys like Otto, the KBE Agent”. The flower cupcake symbolises Aileen’s next destination, Christchurch, NZ, which is known as the garden city. And, the amazing wizard hat cupcake refers to the Christchurch wizard – a local celebrity (and perhaps someone who could help Aileen?!). Even its sprinkles are significant – they represent the flags of the UK and New Zealand.
Do you think you can do better? (Quite a challenge!) If so, enter our competition! Upload a photo of your Lost Book inspired cupcake to our Flickr group. The closing date is this Tuesday, 31 March 2009. The winning cupcake will be included in the animation.
The Lost Book Cupcakes Trio | Originally uploaded by LittleMissCupcakeParis
(Added 30 March: find out more about Little Miss Cupcake Paris’s entries at her blog post Let’s get ready to rumble – ou en Francais, Cupcakes de la Semaine – 23 mars.)
Cupcake competition – unrequited love Saturday, 28 March 2009
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Little Miss Cupcake Paris has entered a couple of sweetly romantic cupcakes into our competition – she says, “since I know Aileen will be speaking to her unrequited love, Kyle, while in the Cafe where she is to be eating a cupcake in Episode 3, I thought they were fitting.”
She’s also planning to make some cupcakes specifically inspired by The Lost Book this weekend. If you’d like to do the same, enter our competition! Upload a photo of your Lost Book inspired cupcake to our Flickr group. The closing date is next Tuesday, 31 March 2009.
The winning cupcake will be included in the animation.
Something Pretty Cupcakes | Originally uploaded by LittleMissCupcakeParis
Cupcake competition – graven image Friday, 27 March 2009
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Here’s the latest entry to The Lost Book’s cupcake competition. acupcakery was aiming for intrigue and has certainly succeeded. Does it show Carstairs rising from the grave? Is it the ghost of books assassinated by the KBE? Who knows?! I’m sure Aileen would enjoy eating it!
If you’d like to enter the competition, bake a cupcake inspired by The Lost Book and upload a photo of it to our Flickr group. The closing date is next Tuesday, 31 March 2009.
The winning cupcake will be included in the animation.
Contest Entry The Lost Book | Originally uploaded by acupcakery
Cupcake competition Monday, 23 March 2009
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A quick reminder – there’s only just over a week to go until the closing date for our cupcake competition. We can’t wait to see your entries!
The challenge is to bake the perfect cupcake for Aileen when she visits Copper Beeches Cafe. To enter: take a photo of your cupcake and upload it to our Flickr group.
The winner will be chosen by our expert judges, Crumbs and Doilies. And, the winning cupcake will be featured in the animation! We’ll make a computer model of your cake for Aileen and include it in episode 3 of The Lost Book.
So, get baking now! Closing date: Tuesday 31 March 2009.
Cupcake judges: Crumbs and Doilies Monday, 16 March 2009
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Exciting news! London cupcake specialists Crumbs and Doilies have agreed to help judge our cupcake competition.
Crumbs and Doilies make fabulous cupcakes – just take a look at their Flickr photostream. The cake shown here is one of their latest creations – and it’s looking for a name. If you can think of the perfect name, pop over to Crumbs and Doilies’s name the cake competition and let them know.
If you’re feeling inspired, get baking and enter our cupcake competition. The winning cake will feature in the next episode of The Lost Book.
Cupcake competition – get baking! Friday, 13 March 2009
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We’re going to need some cupcakes when Aileen visits Copper Beeches Café. Would you like to create the perfect cupcake for Aileen, and see it in the animation?
If so, please bake a cupcake inspired by The Lost Book and enter it into our competition. The closing date is Tuesday, 31 March 2009, so get started! The winning cupcake will be immortalised in the animation: we’ll create a computer model of it for Aileen to purchase in Copper Beeches Café.
Take a look at the rules and get baking!
These are some cupcakes we made, including that mysterious dinosaur footprint logo. I hope you can do better…
The Lost Book is an animated web series where you wrote the plot.
