James And The Giant Peach (1996)

Layout drawing of Ralph Phillips from Boyhood Daze (1957), by Chuck Jones. Notice the footstep spacing guide at the bottom, which Chuck left for the animator to flesh out. 

The Flat (Byt), 1968

“(T-T-T-Time!)“.

CUT IT OOOOOUT!!!

neighbours norman mclaren  1952  “i was inspired to make neighbours by a stay of almost a year in the people’s republic of china. although i only saw the beginnings of mao’s revolution, my faith in human nature was reinvigorated by it. then i came back to quebec and the korean war began. (…) i decided to make a really strong film about anti-militarism and against war.” — norman mclaren

Again, not LAIKA, but here are sculpts of Hap (the protagonist) for The Shadow King (cancelled) by artist Damon Bard (Coraline), from designs by Heidi Smith (ParaNorman) and/or Tony Fucile.