{"id":2526,"date":"2014-05-07T16:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T16:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/2526-from-animated-character-to-3d-printed-figurine-with-bill-plympton.html"},"modified":"2014-07-04T03:10:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T03:10:31","slug":"from-animated-character-to-3d-printed-figurine-with-bill-plympton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/from-animated-character-to-3d-printed-figurine-with-bill-plympton","title":{"rendered":"From Animated Character to 3D Printed Figurine with Bill Plympton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This spring we were thrilled to welcome animation legend Bill Plympton<\/a> to the Shapeways community. Bill is an Oscar nominated animator whose studio, Plymptoons<\/a>, is based in New York City. He draws all of his work by hand, but was intrigued by the possibility that 3D printing offered to enable him to bring his characters to life. Bill teamed up with 3D animator and modeler Andrew Thomas to realize the The Dog, the \u201cmost loyal dog in the world,\u201d and the main character from his hit 2005 animated short of \u201cGuard Dog\u201d and subsequent shorts such as “Guide Dog” and “Hot Dog” as a figurine for sale in his Shapeways shop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I talked with Bill about his process of bringing The Dog from animation to desktop sculpture and the possibility that 3D printing holds for animators.<\/div>\n

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