Behind the Scenes of 'Coraline'

Sculptor Damon Bard's website has some very cool images of 'Coraline' maquettes and models as well as a couple shots of the large scale sets.

Mr. Bard is apparently the go-to-guy for this kind of sculpting and development. Besides 'Coraline' he has created sculpts for 'Ratatouille', 'Madagascar', 'Over the Hedge' and all sorts of interesting projects. Geeks of all ages will appreciate this early version of a 'Mars Attacks' dude.

I wish I could create characters in clay and just scan the damn things. CGI modeling is not the way to create interesting organic-looking models. As I write, I am struggling to create a passable, on-model version of Quick Draw McGraw in Lightwave. Not an easy task.