LAIKA Studios has spent the last decade not only fighting to keep stop motion animation relevant, but also working to take the old school art form to new technical heights — one frame at a time. Once ...

Director Travis Knight reveals how the puppet masters at Laika combine CGI, 3D printing and other high-tech techniques with ...

In the movie spoof “This Is Spinal Tap,” the band members knew their days were numbered when they got second billing to a puppet show. “Oh no! ” wailed their manager. “If I told them once, I told them ...

Tired of the slow pace of animation production? A new tool is on hand — literally — to help speed things up. Mr. Puppet Animation System is the brainchild of Thinko, a young New York studio with a ...