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This past weekend I had the pleasure of attending a screening of Aardman’s latest Wallace and Gromit film, thanks to London ACM SIGGRAPH. It’s really fantastic. Charming, brimming with wit, from subtle to slapstick, with a care and attention that shines throughout. Best of all though, was having a chance to speak to some of the crew involved in making the sets and puppets. Lately the media seem to like stirring up a rivalry between physical and computer aided modelling/creation, but the truth is the two disciplines have no end of things in common. It was great fun comparing notes, and appreciation of each other’s pain points, nerdy attention to detail, in-jokes, and the myriad little hacks that could be easily overlooked, but make all the difference. Between practical and CG model making there’s a lot more that unites than divides.