LAIKA ‘s films possess a truly distinctive, dreamy quality, driven by their pioneering approach to stop-motion animation.

This week, the pioneering studio Laika returns with “Missing Link,” the stop-motion animated family film starring Hugh Jackman and Zach Galifianakis. With “Missing Link” landing in theaters on Friday, ...

In this After Effects tutorial, you'll learn how to create a fake stop motion text effect without any third-party plugins. We ...

Less than a year after making the world’s smallest animation, Nokia just ticked off that large, lurking item on the to-do list: conjuring the world’s largest stop motion animation. The new film, Gulp, ...

Those who’ve spent much time watching jittering Lego blocks on YouTube, Wallace and Gromit shorts on an iPod, or recent Tim Burton animated films in the theater know that stop-motion movie-making is a ...

Although today's filmmakers prefer using CGI animation over stop-motion, you have to appreciate the time and meticulous attention to detail put into stop-motion animation films and projects. Image ...

Layann Basileh is an Arab-American writer based in Southern California, currently nursing an iced coffee addiction. Stop-motion animation is a beloved but sparingly employed film medium. Although it ...

Stop motion movies often go bitterly underappreciated, with many stunning masterpieces of animation frequently falling by the wayside. Somewhat of a niche medium, stop motion animation can often be ...

I grew up with the stop-motion animation of Aardman Animations and always thought of it as something that would be beyond me to create. After watching some old episodes, my kids were asking me how ...

Dylan Nusbaum moved quickly setting up Lego props as he heard ideas flow from his daughter Claire, 8, to film a movie with a castle scene. The pair then took a blast of quick photos using an iPad as ...