I thought I saw a pussycat

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going green Here’s a sneaky-peeky-look-see at an exciting new project we’ve recently finished here at Sun & Moon. All we can really tell you is that it’s for E4 and involves this little beauty called Ruby. It was our first ever live action kitten/animation combo and we loved it. Ruby, ruby, ruby, ruuuuby! Ah ah ah ah… Read more »

lip sync for animation

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People here at Sun & Moon are known to get into a meditative zen mode as they listen and animate, listen and animate, listen and animate.

inspiration & reference

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inspiration Our work often starts with us gathering inspiration as we begin to hone in on what it is we are going to create. For our daylight saving time animation produced for the BBC our key inspiration was 1950s American animation. This era can be characterised by the work of animation company UPA (United Productions of America)…. Read more »

video game animation

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Creating video game animation is in fact a great animation 101 exercise. You have to animate a walk, a run, a jump, a push, a pull and many more basic animation exercises that any good animator has done. Weight is also a key factor in great game animation. The amount of weight put into an animation… Read more »

hello world!

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Hello traveler and welcome to the Sun & Moon blog! Here we will share exciting goings on in the studio and also any animation-y type thoughts that occur to us along the way. We hope to help, celebrate and educate! It’s nice to put a name to a face Here we are on our 8th birthday, raising… Read more »