21 Comments

WOW great video. It had been taken days...
Bingo
2010-01-29 19:45:28

Hello!

Most of Coraline's faces were made using 3D printing technology or Rapid Prototyping. Check out these movies about it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVF3-7zvP0&feature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWGr77qkaBw
Alise Munson
2010-01-29 22:32:36

CG would have been cheaper and faster?
James Cameron
2010-01-30 01:23:58

Awesome opening! But I'd have to disagree with you on the matter of first time used for animation.

Henry Selick's Coraline used 3D printing to get the facial expressions for the puppets.
I believe it was a similar technique to that video in wich they used a 3D software to make the interpolation between keyframes for faces and printed a model for each frame so the transitions would be smooth (and indeed they are).

Here's a video of the process:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oVF3-7zvP0
Renan de Araujo
2010-01-30 02:57:23

Just render it using graphics! What a waste of time and materials to output intermediate 3D objects.
Michael
2010-01-30 06:51:21

Couldn't this be done in 3D studio max or something similar. Can barely tell, especially in this resolution...or did I miss something
Jonas
2010-01-30 09:49:29

Fantastic!

But would have thought it was CGI if you hadn't told me.

Could benefit from looking slightly crappier and obviously handmade.

Great experiment though
Toben
2010-01-30 12:38:09

It's all about the process guys... that's where the beauty is.. I'm sure CGI would have been faster and cheaper, but a lot less fun than what these guys had...
skoupidiaris
2010-01-31 10:02:44

Love the comments. "CGI or not" guessing game.
Peter Langleton
2010-01-31 13:51:54

Does look great, but too polished it looks like faux light probe HDRI rendering which would have been much easier. Bit of a shame when they put so much effort in, the thing should scream hand made.
gdfgfdgdf
2010-02-01 10:52:11

Great work!, At 3di we can produce equally as detailed 3D printed colour models. Visit us at http://www.3di.co.uk/rapid-prototyping.php for your complete 3D printing solution.
Ben
2010-02-02 11:40:39

Great experiment, I hope you guys enjoyed yourselves! My favourite part is when the apple is melting!
Carlos Garde-Martin
2010-02-02 13:04:11

woooow, i like this. Great work, the apple is melting. great experiment love 3d
oyunyolu
2010-02-02 13:46:10

its absolutely stunning of course. but yes, why 3d printing. purpose purpose purpose. could this not have been done a lot cheaper in 3d without a shoot? That it comes from nexus, an animation company more than capable, is equally confusing.
useless opinion
2010-02-02 14:09:55

Shoulda had more hands in it.
Devilgate
2010-02-02 16:44:08

It's so obviously neither 3D CGI nor completely hand made, which is part of why it's so great. Why does hand made have to look "crappy" as someone commented above? Blurring distinctions between technical approaches will happen more and more, and that's interesting. 3D CGI is arguably less work, but also usually less toothsome.
bruce alcock
2010-02-02 17:23:34

Fantastic, great work :). Can we expect a sequel??
Graphic Design Manchester
2010-02-03 09:17:31

this is awesome...!
rajan
2010-02-04 09:52:37

Yes nice and why not try something a bit different who knows where it will all end
Leo Krikhaar
2010-02-08 21:13:35

Nice in depth piece here on Art of the Title
http://www.artofthetitle.com/2010/02/08/het-klokhuis
Len Jacobson
2010-02-09 19:27:12

Lovely piece of work! Great finish on the model. A shame the still of the clockwork interior didn't make the final cut - ? Though much less profiled than Coraline, we also used the printers 18 months ago to shoot this test sequence of a minuscule white model coming to life. It was a test shoot for a feature in development:
http://www.secondhomeproductions.com/index.php?pr=p_micro
Chris Randall
2010-02-12 17:58:59

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