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Build characters with us.
We're a small studio that runs on senior freelancers and proprietary puppet systems. If you make characters that feel alive — by drawing them, rigging them, animating them, or scoring them — we want to know you exist. Reels open year-round.
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Disciplines we hire now.
Roles are demand-driven. If a slot is closed, the queue is open — we keep reels on file and reach out when work comes in for your discipline.
with Zeo
The freelance trade-off, solved.
Most studios churn freelancers per project. We run on retainers, which means consistent monthly work for a small senior bench. That changes the math for everyone involved.
Consistent work
Retainer clients book one to two pieces a month. If you're on a project, you're busy. If you're between, the next brief is rarely far off.
Premium rates
We price for our clients to keep your bill rate sane. No race-to-the-bottom platform work. No 60-day net terms — we pay within two weeks.
Creative direction, not micromanagement
You get a brief, art direction, and asset references. You don't get notes on every keyframe. We trust the bench we built.
In-house systems
The puppet rigs, the lip-sync pipeline, the four art styles — all already built. You step into an established system, you don't reinvent one each brief.
works
From reel to roster.
A short, honest process. No coding tests, no unpaid trials masquerading as design exercises.
Send a reel.
Email a link to your best work and a one-paragraph intro. No PDF résumé needed. We care about what you've made.
20-minute call.
If your work feels like a fit, we book a short call. Mostly about how you like to work, what tools you live in, and what kinds of briefs energize you.
Paid trial brief.
A small real piece of a real project, at your day rate. We see how you handle a brief, you see how we art-direct. Either way, you get paid.
Roster.
If the trial lands, you're on the bench. We slot you into retainer briefs as they come in for your discipline. No exclusivity required.
Send us your reel.
One link, one paragraph about you. That's the whole ask. If it's a fit we'll be in touch within a week — if it's not the right moment, we keep reels on file.
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