This article is about how 3D printing is changing stop-motion as we know it. 3D printing is already becoming quite a big phenomenon already, but it is already starting to be used in stop-motion in movies like Paranorman or Coraline. LAIKIA is the studio that made these films and started to shape this way of animation. They use a technology called "replacement animation" were they swap out different parts picture by picture. To do this Lakia models all these parts first on computers and then 3d printed. They use many different techniques to stay efficient like splitting the head in two parts. Many characters have tons of different possible expressions so many different parts must be printed. A new film called Anomalisa takes it a step further where almost all the characters in the movie have the exact same face so many different versions of the same face had to be printed. Many home versions of 3d printers are available now like Formlabs or Makerbot. Even websites like shapeways can send you a custom 3d printed model of your choosing. Even big budget films like Star Wars and Mad Max use this technology which shows how truly innovating it is.
I found this article to be very intriguing. It's great to see a blend of 3D and Practical effects used in harmony like this. I think this is very good in animation for people who are better at modeling on a computer than with clay in real life.
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