3D printers, “machines that use inkjet print-heads to spray layer after layer of a UV curable liquid that hardens into a solid”, were used for some of the model making in Coraline. So Coraline ended up having 200,000 facial expressions at her disposal, while Jack from The Nightmare Before Christmas only had around 800. Here’s a featurette on the subject on YouTube (also embedded in the article).

I saw Coraline with Amelia yesterday, and it was excellent. We agreed, not scary per se, but it had creepiness to burn. Anyway, via neilhimself, the “making of” featurettes that will be on the DVD have been released on YouTube, including a bit on the remarkable microknitting.

P.S. I wonder if Pixar can hold off on releasing Up until 2010 so they can both win best animated feature?

Off to see Coraline with Amelia this afternoon! In celebration, a little GIMP work:

She finds it creepy. Mission accomplished. :-)

I saw on Neil Gaiman’s weblog that the Coraline Web Trailer is the first trailer he has really liked. I can see why.

Neil Gaiman strikes just the right tone in his promotional monologue for Coraline on buttons. Our family is split on this one. Two of us can’t wait, and the other two are totally creeped out. (via twitch)

Neil Gaiman’s Coraline gets the Henry Selick treatment. Could be a very, very nice pairing of author and director.