How much access do you have to a 3D printer? What would you do if you had weeks of time on your hands and a couple spools of filament lying around? Perhaps you would make a two second stop-motion ...

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 ...

There’s more to Laika’s latest animated movie The Boxtrolls than meets the eye, not least in the way this ostensibly stop-motion creation seamlessly utilises modern animation techniques and even 3D ...

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 ...

The two met at Nexus Studios in 2014, and began collaborating in 2019. Now, they have formalized their creative partnership by launching as the directing duo Eastend Western, repped by Nexus. Both are ...

That’s been readily apparent from the moment its extraordinary first movie, Coraline, hit theaters in 2009. In fact, the Portland, Oregon-based animation studio is a bona fide pioneer of its craft, ...

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 ...

For the upcoming animated comedy adventure “Missing Link,” stop-motion studio Laika set the bar very high. To execute the designs created by director and writer Chris Butler, artists would have to ...

Every year, five films are nominated for an Academy Award in the “Visual Effects” category. Each of the projects nominated this year offer a unique, inside look at the amazing tricks filmmakers and ...

The real-life Laika — a Russian street dog who became the first animal launched into orbit — lasted mere hours in space, but paved the way for humans to eventually follow in her tracks. Today, the ...

The studio behind stop-motion hits like ‘Corpse Bride’ and ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’ started work on the new film in 2008 but had to wait for the technology to catch up. By Charles Solomon From its earliest ...