Here are some artists I found inspirational.
Chris Applehans for environments and story moments
http://www.froghatstudios.com/art/coraline/home.html
Heidi Smith for character
http://hesmith.blogspot.com/
Chris Turnham for environments and props
http://www.christurnham.com/2d-main.html
Shane Prigimore for characters
http://shaneprigmore.blogspot.com/
Alan Cook (especially for prop design)
http://cookedart.carbonmade.com/projects/2074003#14
Also, check out these films:
Suzie Templeton's Peter and the Wolf
(an amazing stop motion with lots of drama, great shapes/textures)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbFd26Wo4Bc
Le Building
(a wonderful Gobelin film. Great shapes. Good for shape study and design development ideation stuff)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaGZ5jbKZbY
Explore, have fun, do scribbles. Do the stuff you're not normally allowed to in school. If you want to do paper cutout, sculpture, fabric, 3D, post it notes, go for it. As long as you can do a clear finished piece by the deadline, you are allowed to do any medium for the development. Assymetry.
Go see Paranorman. If you guys want to do a movie night and watch Coraline/go see Paranorman, I'm down.
Happy Arting!
Maquette sculptor for Coraline, too: http://www.bardsculpturestudio.com/
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