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 ...

The features of 3D printing are significant for the movie industry. The US animation studio LAIKA, relies on using the cutting edge software and 3D printing hardware to make its films. A new ...

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 ...

In recent years, as the 3D printing industry grows, the cost of LCD 3D printers and photosensitive resins has gradually decreased, making it one of the ideal choices for making animation molds. In ...

Focusing on using the Risograph as an animation tool, this course will explore how to print animations with the Riso, achieve color separations for moving-image sequences, rotoscope atop printed ...

Today at SIGGRAPH 2014, Laika is presenting a session about the making of their upcoming stop motion feature The Boxtrolls and among the presenters is Brian McLean, the studio’s Director of Rapid ...

This clever art installation shows a CGI animation that’s been converted into a real life frame-by-frame depiction of the animation with 3D printing. As in, the artists took the digital animation they ...