Belgian National Lottery TVC We are honoured to have worked with Blinkink directors Luca and Sinem on this charming, heart-warming Christmassy animated tale. The advert features a young girl, an optimistic snowman, and a flurry of woodland creatures that help an old man’s wishes to come true. We modelled and animated all of the characters and environments, adding 2D painted textures in a blend of  3D and 2D to create the magically crafted and illustrated feel. To watch this festive tale, click here. The post BELGIAN NATIONAL LOTTERY TVC appeared first on The Charactershop ..read more

Let’s Go See Pilot! The official pilot for the new 2D animated series Let’s Go See has just flown in! The pilot is called Let’s Go See Egypt and is made in collaboration with 3Megos. The series takes children on entertaining journeys that make learning about the world effortless and fun.  The audience discover many countries in their glory as they play and learn without leaving their homes. Based on a successful series of books written by Captain Rob Johnson, we developed the concept with production company 3Megos including design, music, voice casting and recording and 2D animation. To f ..read more

Meet Sandy, Laurel, Luna and Fisher as they land at Cove Communities’ Seal Bay Resort! We are really excited to welcome in the splashtacular Cove Crew, who have just had their launch at Cove Communities’ Seal Bay Resort! We worked with our long time client TAG to bring three loveable heroes and one fishy villain to life, just in time to entertain children & families at the coastal holiday site of Seal Bay Resort during the summer holidays.  The launch entails Cove Crew’s first ever live stage show, ‘Adventure Starts Here!’. For this project, we had the pleasure of working on the chara ..read more

Greetings From Lionheart Town CharacterShop take pride in announcing that The Lionheart Tales has leapt onto your screens. We are working with 3Megos and Manuscript to craft the  brand new 7-minute live-action and 2D animation series that encourages 3 to 5 year olds to “Let Your Imagination Run Wild”.   Manuscript Pen company launched its Lionheart Collection in 2019, with a range of arts and craft products for children aged 3 to 10 years old, specially designed to support development, learn new skills and offer additional benefits such as pen control, concentration and mindfuln ..read more

Cauliflower Clouds and Baguette Bridges in this tasty remake Our friends over at Dot-To-Dot Productions commissioned us to create and animate a food inspired landscape as the backdrop for the titles & graphics for the remake of CBeebies classic series Big Cook Little Cook!  We couldn’t resist the opportunity to work on this mouth watering project, which included CGI build of the environment and props, green screen filming & final compositing. To find out more about this project, click here! The post GRAPHICS PACKAGE FOR BIG BOOK LITTLE COOK’S NEW LOOK! appeared first on The Chara ..read more

Location Filming in Digbeth and Beyond Today, we’re on set in our glorious hometown of Birmingham with Odelay Films to cook up some Brum-tastic magic. I wonder what we could be filming for… Watch this space! The post ON SET IN BRUM WITH ODELAY FILMS appeared first on The Charactershop ..read more

Junior Jets Hit The Big Apple The second episode for the exciting 2D animated series Let’s Go See has just flown onto YouTube! The episode is called Let’s Go See New York and is made in collaboration with 3Megos. It follows the Junior Jets as they explore the iconic New York City.  To find out more information about this series, click here! The post LET’S GO SEE EPISODE 2 RELEASED! appeared first on The Charactershop ..read more

Titles And Stings For Justin’s House Series 5  Due to the success of the first Justin’s House titles we produced, CBeebies asked us to come back for some more fun! These new titles for the latest series of Justin’s House are reminiscent of the original, but this time we were able to incorporate a real life miniature model of the infamous house, alongside CGI animated sheep, flying ducks & a custard pie splat. To find out more about this project, click here! The post ANOTHER VISIT TO JUSTIN’S HOUSE appeared first on The Charactershop ..read more

Gymshark Gets Creative With Its Recruitment Drive Ever wonder what Creature Comforts would look like if it was set in your everyday office? So did Gymshark, hence our new characterful animation for them! This project was an absolute joy to work on, and uses interviews with real Gymshark tech staff members that we then animated onto everyday office (and home office) items. This animation was used as a part of Gymshark’s tech recruitment programme. To see more on this animation, click here! The post OFFICE ITEMS BOUGHT TO LIFE FOR GYMSHARK appeared first on The Charactershop ..read more

Aggreko ‘String’ Animation Released We’re so excited to announce the release of our animated film for Aggreko. We are honoured to have worked with the stunning American visual artist Dane Khy on this piece. We took his line art and brought it to life in CGI. This enchanting fluid animation ends with the answer to one simple question: “How long is a piece of string?” To find out more about this project, click here. The post HOW LONG IS A PIECE OF STRING? appeared first on The Charactershop ..read more