With that said, creative minds usually draw inspiration from reality ... The opening sequence features a claw-like hand creating a doll version of Coraline Jones, complete with a pair of buttons ...

Concept/story development paintings showcasing the Coraline Doll, the Key ... Artist: Mike Mitchell Concept drawings of the Evil Other Mother drawn by the film’s director Henry Selick.

The bones of the story will feel familiar, drawing as it does on the rhythms ... it unsettling from the very beginning, when the Coraline doll is sewn by a spindly, metallic hand and sent off ...

The opening sequence depicting the creation of a Coraline doll is an apt homage to the studio’s artists. Museum director Brian Ferriso reminisced recently about seeing Laika artisans knitting ...

To celebrate 15 years of the spooky tale of a girl named — well, you know — Laika Studios is inviting fans to enter the Other World with brand new Coraline ... a Caroline doll made by Other ...

Items from Laika’s trio of stop-motion films were on display Tuesday night, ahead of Thursday’s auction, drawing oohs and ahhs from all assembled. Puppets and props from “Coraline,” “Par ...

“Coraline Doll Ornament,” “Coraline Embroidery Kit,” “Coraline Button Box Enamel Pin” or “Coraline Other World 3D Viewer,” anyone? And sorry, for the moment, anyway, the ...

Items from Laika's three stop-motion animated films -- "Coraline," "ParaNorman" and "The Boxtrolls" -- collected just over $1 million at an afternoon-long auction at Heritage House on Thursday.