My name is Bree, and I’m an animator, filmmaker. And really, background starts pretty early, when I was a little kid, making ...

Several modeling techniques were used to marvelous effect in the directorial debut of Travis Knight, the head of Portland, Ore.-based Laika studios. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor Stop-motion ...

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Laika came along. By combining handmade artistry with new technologies like 3D printing, the Oregon-based studio behind Coraline and ParaNorman has revitalised the 100-year-old genre. Having pioneered ...

Stop-motion animation is among the most laborious and precise forms of artistry imaginable; the average animator produces only four seconds of footage per week. If they make a wrong movement, there is ...

A stop-motion animator can spend a week manipulating a small puppet around, frame by frame, for a total of just three seconds of footage. Why would anyone want to do that? The truth is, fewer and ...

Director Travis Knight reveals how the puppet masters at Laika combine CGI, 3D printing and other high-tech techniques with time-honoured stop-motion storytelling. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV ...

Martin Katz will expand James Stewart's stop-motion 3D film to a full-length release By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Katz acquired the worldwide rights to Stewart’s stereoscopic 3D short film ...

The animation was made entirely in Blender. In fact, Nicolò and Head of CG Andrea Cigognetti spoke at the Blender Conference ...

Lithophanes are nothing new, with examples going back to the 1800s. But they’ve become popular again thanks to the ease of which these pieces of artwork can be 3D printed. While the Internet would be ...

Stop motion requires immense time, passion, and dedication, and for these 12 movies, that effort resulted in some truly dazzling works of art.

Add Hulu Plus to the Wii and 3DS’ stable of long-expected features: Nintendo says the subscription-based video service will come to both its console and 3D handheld by the end of this year. That means ...