{"id":26474,"date":"2016-08-03T14:42:19","date_gmt":"2016-08-03T18:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=26474"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:09:11","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:09:11","slug":"laika-studios-and-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/laika-studios-and-3d-printing","title":{"rendered":"Laika Studios and 3D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/area.autodesk.com\/siggraph2016\">Autodesk Vision series at SIGGRAPH 2016<\/a>,\u00a0Michael Laubach gave a presentation on how animation studio <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laika.com\/\">Laika<\/a> used 3D printing to create the stunningly detailed facial animations for the upcoming feature film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=p4-6qJzeb3A\">Kubo and the Two Strings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-26506\" alt=\"IMG_4615\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_4615-e1470086262706-400x534.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"534\" data-wp-pid=\"26506\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Using machines such as the Z650 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/materials\/full-color-sandstone\">Full Color Sandstone<\/a>) and the new Connex Color Printer from Stratasys, Laubach explained how his team combines art and engineering. 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