Sunday, March 29, 2009

Coraline and her Other Father fan art



Coraline and her Other Father by Zach Bellissimo. Click through to see the high res version. And here's his Etsy shop.

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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Poster for the Coraline stage production



This is apparently the poster for the Coraline stage production at the MCC Theater. Not much to get excited about. And maybe I'm totally not understanding the nature of the production, but it seems that a man (David Greenspan) plays Coraline's Other Mother and that this is the woman (Jayne Houdyshell) playing Coraline:



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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Coraline's Other Mother in her final form

Over at Paul Pape Designs, you can order custom World of Warcraft figurines, Miis, and wedding cake toppers. He was kind enough to send me photos of his almost finished sculpture of Coraline's Other Mother in her final, spidery form:





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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Coraline cooler?




I don't know what this thing is, but it looks like a button box cooler.

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More homemade Coraline boxes


This Coraline box by Nani Kora is bursting with goods, including a terrific Coraline doll. The box she received in exchange features an Other Mother oven kit.



A plush cat and Coraline doll star in this box by Keet Leibowitz, who absurdly thinks her box is lackluster. Here's her Etsy shop.




The Coraline box by Creative Kismet makes me so glad I didn't join the swap and disappoint someone with my meager skills. Her Etsy shop is here.




And the one Paolina created comes in a box that looks like a book.

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Coraline concept art



Shane Prigmore posted lots of facial animation design work, featuring Coraline, her (late-in-the-movie) Other Father, her Other Mother, and more.

And Chris Turnham posted some props he designed for Bobinsky's attic.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Coraline fan box #28 and 37

I've mentioned the Coraline fan box swap before. Here's two completed boxes that are particularly good looking (follow the links to see the contents):


Number 28.



Number 37.

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Saturday, March 14, 2009

Homemade mouse from Bobinksy's circus



Homemade mouse from Bobinksy's circus by batwrangler. Here's batwrangler's currently empty Etsy shop.

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Friday, March 13, 2009

Homemade Coraline doll (and more)



Raggedy Ann-esque Coraline doll by Violet Pie. Here's her Etsy shop.

And some Coraline news:

1. I assume it's because the Jonas Brothers movie bombed, Coraline is back in 3D theaters.

2. Also, emails have apparently gone out notifying people that they won Coraline Dunks.

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Tuesday, March 10, 2009

More Coraline production art



Rat by Steph Choi, who posted images of Coraline's bedroom.

And here's a behind the scenes slideshow.

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Watch as the Coraline puppets are digitally enhanced




I'm going to quote Neil Gaiman here: "See the lines on her face? That's where you can replace eyes, mouths and so on. At the beginning of the film-making process Henry wanted to keep the lines, but was outvoted, so they were digitally erased."

Adam Sager was one of the artists responsible for removing the lines from the puppets' face and performing other digital tricks. You can see before and after footage here.

What's also awfully nice to hear, is Adam's kind words for Laika, who provided crew with footage for their personal use, a pair of Coraline Dunks, and a puppet.

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Monday, March 9, 2009

The cast of the Coraline stage show has been announced



The Coraline stage show opens May 7 in New York. Per this article, the cast will be Jayne Houdyshell, David Greenspan, Julian Fleisher, Francis Jue, Elliot Villar, William Youmans, and January LaVoy, who is pictured above.

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Coraline doll



Coraline doll by Rosemary Travale and Mike Hiscott.

*At Super Punch: Chimera by Travale.

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Sunday, March 8, 2009

Tiny crocheted button squid



Tiny crocheted button squid by Eva. Here's her Etsy shop.

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Friday, March 6, 2009

How to make Coraline cakes




Over at Hurry Up, Cakes!, you'll find instructions on making lots of special cakes, including Other Mother's Birthday Cake and Button Cake.

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Thursday, March 5, 2009

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Coraline puppet making contest winner



This Bobinsky by "Seasons Mustfuls" won the Coraline puppet making contest at Animate Clay. You can see all of the entries here.

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Monday, March 2, 2009

Coraline in the real world



Ann Mollica (and cat) reenact the Coraline movie poster. I recommend an exploration of her Flickr gallery, it's full of beautiful, creative images like this one.

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