3d printed animation
Engineer’s 3D Printed Stop-Motion Videos Capture Internet Audiences
Microelectronic engineer Yuksel Temiz has found a unique application for his 3D printer: stop-motion animation. Utilizing multiple prints of figures in various poses, hundreds of photographs, and custom designed props,…
Innovative Maker Uses 3D Printing and Electronics to Create Polaroid Replica that ‘Prints’ Animated GIFs
We’ve all got that favorite meme that was turned into a fun 3D printed representation of a mass pop culture phenomenon, from Grumpy Cat and Left Shark to that strange…
Chase Me: Digital Artist 3D Printed Over 2,500 Pieces and Sets for Stunning Stop-Motion Animated Film
We showed you the trailer last year, and now we’re back, showing you the amazing final product: French digital artist Gilles-Alexandre Deschaud spent over two years creating an incredibly ambitious…
FATHOM and Athena Studios Use 3D Printing to Create Animated Cheetos Halloween Short Film
When looking at the impact that 3D printing has had on the world around us, the industry typically likes to focus on the innovation that has taken place within a…
Akinori Goto Creates the Illusion of Dance with 3D Printed Zoetrope
Way back before production companies like Pixar flashed heart-warming animated movies before our eyes, and Saturday mornings became synonymous for cartoons, was a bedazzling pre-film animation device called the zoetrope….
Academy Awards Honor Laika for Pioneering the Use of 3D Printing in Stop-Motion Animation
Having seen a lot of horror movies, and read a lot of ghost stories, I don’t scare as easily as I used to. In fact, I have tremendous respect for…
Anomalisa: 3D Printed People With Real Human Issues
Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman has a penchant for producing bizarre, thought provoking films. He is an anomaly. Usually films are known by their starring actor or the auteur, the seminal director….
Anomalisa: Upcoming Animated Film Uses 3D Printed Faces to Establish Artistic Vision
Animation for adults. When did that begin? And what ever relegated cartoons to the realm of children? Aren’t we all children inside after all? Aren’t adults just children in grown people’s clothing,…
This 3D Printed Zoetrope Project is Modernizing a Two Century Old Invention
While there are historical records from China of devices similar in description dating back over 2,000 years, generally the first zoetrope was considered to have been created in the 1830s….
Animator Creates a 3D Printed Film Using 2,500 3D Printed Pieces
Gilles-Alexandre Deschaud has worked in the visual effects industry as a digital artist and animator for the last seven years, and during that time he’s experimented with various animation techniques…