Button Ghost

Button Ghost by Shane Prigmore available in high-res here.

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Coraline concept art

Shannon Tindle posted some Coraline concept art including some great images of Coraline's Other Mother. At first glance, the image above looks like a mobile with the three ghost kids (which would be pretty cool).

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Coraline desktop wallpaper

Coraline menaced by her Other Mother. Download it as a desktop wallpaper in various sizes here.

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More Coraline art

Thanks to Patrick for the tips:

1. Coraline storyboard, featuring a very green glove.

2. And Coraline concept art by Shane Prigmore.

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Coraline sculptures (and more)

Wybie and rat sculptures by Tony Merrithew, who has posted numerous sculptures he created for the Coraline production. He was interviewed about the project here.

Relatedly, here's a gallery of photos of the Coraline display that was at Universal Studios.

Via Vanessa Pridgen.

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Coraline concept art

Coraline's Other Mother in all her forms - - one image of many in Chris Applehans' Coraline concept art gallery. (I linked to Chris' work before, but it was to a different gallery).

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More Coraline concept art

Go here for Coraline concept art by Stephen. Thanks for the tip Ake.

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Stephin Merrit interview (and more)

Go here for an interview with Coraline songwriter Stephin Merrit, including this fun exchange:

Do you have a favorite character in “Coraline”?
Mr. Bobo. [He]'s a crazy old man who runs the mouse circus. Our actor Elliot Villar rolls his Rs both backwards and forwards, which is something I've never heard before. So I've written a song in which he can roll his Rs backwards and forwards.

Also, here's some bug furniture concept art from the movie.

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Other Mother's Bugroom Concept Art

Here's concept art Chris Turnham created for Coraline's Other Mother's Bugroom. You can compare it to how the room looked in the movie here.

Chris has prints and t-shirts on sale here, including this deep sea diver t-shirt:



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Video of a Coraline "flip" subway ad; Coraline storyboard

First up, video of a subway ad - - it looks like a flip book:



Second, go here to see some Coraline storyboard art by Graham Annable:



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Swell photos of Coraline maquettes

There are some swell photos of Coraline, her Father, Mother, Other Mother, Wybie and Forcible and Spink in this Flickr gallery.

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Coraline Props

Wybie puppet and Forcible faces found in the Flickr gallery of Amy, Cynthia and Ted - - artists who worked on the Coraline movie. Lots more photos in the gallery, and the three have an Etsy shop here.

Thanks to the anonymous tipster.

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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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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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Coraline link roundup

CG Society has a long and very detailed article about the making of Coraline.

And a few more links:

1. Chris Turnham posted concept art from Coraline.

2. Coraline nail polish.

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Coraline link roundup

Go here for lots of photos of the Coraline puppet armatures. Via.


Coraline concept artist Stef Choi posted lots of ... concept art, including a photo of a rather adorable Coraline.

And a few more links:

1. Fan made Coraline box.

2. Work in progress button-eyed Coraline doll.

3. And a handy roundup of Coraline concept art links.

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More Coraline concept art

Dan Krall has posted more Coraline concept art at his site, including a drawing of the "gravy train" and a jell-o lava lamp.

And in other Coraline news, here's some fan art by Tara Billinger featuring slugzilla.

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Coraline concept art by Katy Wu

Go here for Coraline concept art by Katy Wu, including the Other Mother in her final spidery form.

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Video of the Gallery Nucleus Coraline discussion

Here's video of a decent part of the Coraline production artists panel at Gallery Nucleus. I've posted links to many of the artists' sites previously.

Also, here's a some less than glowing comments about Laika (that need to be taken with a grain of salt since the author seems to hope to one day work there again).

Both links via Amid Amidi, so I'll take the opportunity to direct you to my review of Amid's new book The Art of Pixar Short Films.

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