Abel Carbajal is a stop-motion animator who has worked as a trainee at Laika. His stop-motion film is a semi-finalist at the Student Oscars.

A dinosaur armature made of epoxy putty and armature wire.

Paper cutting stop-motion animated skull and cinderella tests.

Emily Mills is a hair and fur fabricator at Laika.

My mom has gotten me HOOKED on Korean dramas since I've been home for quarantine. We have a little routine going...every day at 4pm, I...

Hello everyone! Hope you are staying safe! I made these paper butterflies while watching an online lecture (online college is definitely...

Justin Rasch is a director and animator with experience in stop-motion, CG, and 2D. He has worked for Laika, Blizzard, and Bix Pix.

Polina Kutukina is stop-motion animator and director based in Russia.

David Daniels is the inventor of strata cut animation, and one of the founders of Bent Image Lab.

Farnaz Khosbakht is a filmmaker, animator, visual artist, translator. She is currently teaching a stop motion animation class at FSU.

I recently had an opportunity to present a stop motion film short I made in Houston, Texas! I made the puppets with paper and brad pins, and

Lindsay Berkebile is an animator and director currently working for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, who has worked on "Robot Chicken"!

It's time for the fun part! Let's bring these kittens to life! I used terrycloth fabric towels to create the skin for the cats. I sewed...

While testing the cats prior to animating, I came across a major issue. The shoulder joints offered far too much mobility, and easily...

Steve Arguello currently works at Laika as a VFX Modeler.

It has risen. The skeleton of the armature is complete! I'm extremely happy with it's ability to be posed. The liquid epoxy really...

Last night my cute little armature forgot that she was a mere Padawan and pushed herself too far before being slashed to pieces by the...

Today I FINALLY got to put the armature together! The good news? The joints worked beautifully – knees, legs, and even the ball joints in...

Up until this point, I have been using 6mm gold plated brass beads that I found on amazon for the ball joints. The gold plating needed to...

Here's a mini BTS video of some of the process, from soldering to printing! The password is cat. Obviously. :)...