Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Movie Uses 3D Printer

Watch the adventures of Dot.
Animators used a 3D printer to make 50 different versions of Dot, because she is too small to manipulate or bend like they would other stop-motion animation characters. The figurine’s tiny features stretched the limit of the printer — any smaller and it would be hard to make distinct limbs. Each one was hand-painted by artists looking through a microscope. [ Source: Popular Science ]

1 comment:

  1. It looks like Dot lives in a similar world to Super Mario.

    The artistry and miniaturization is impressive, but so is the depth of field.

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