LAIKA Studios uses full-color 3D printing to create more than 142,000 facial expressions in its new film, Wildwood.

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 Former Tech Editor Stop-motion ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The result is a more stylized, theatrical look along with more ambitious storytelling, and sure to be an Oscar contender for best animated feature. Laika previously helmed Oscar nominated animated ...

Filmmaking in general is a very detail-oriented practice, but that goes double for stop-motion animation. The method has been around almost as long as filmmaking itself, and it's come a long way ...

Despite earning a Best Animated Film Oscar nomination for all their feature work--2009's Coraline, 2014's The Boxtrolls, and 2012's ParaNorman--stop-motion movie studio Laika Entertainment has yet to ...