3D Animation Studio in Manchester
3D Models
We've built a lot of things over the years. We've even modelled an entire factory of machines, from photos and measurements. No mean feat. Here's some industrial type products we modelled for Regency Glass.
3D Characters
Mascots and brand characters built as fully rigged 3D models, ready for ads, social and packaging. See our character animation page for how we design them.
3D brand and advertising films
Short, polished films for campaigns, product launches and social. We handle the concept, styleframes, modelling, animation and sound, so you get one team from brief to final export.
Product films
Somewhere where 3D comes into its own is when the product doesn't exist. We can help the client communicate something that hasn't even got to the production line. We've a few of these in development now, but as ever, we can't share them because it's all top secret!
CGI Product Visualization
Many times you have an idea, but nothing to show to your audience. This is where imagination comes to life. Where we can really go to town and build your world for you.
Technical and engineering animation
Complex machinery, internal mechanisms and processes shown clearly. We cut away, slow down and label what matters, so engineers trust it and buyers understand it.
Training and explainer content
3D makes hard-to-see processes easy to teach. We build animated training and onboarding films that people remember.
3D Examples
Solomon builds bespoke refrigerated vehicles. The engineering behind each one is detailed and technical. But the people choosing a supplier usually aren't engineers. They're procurement and operations leads in food distribution, healthcare and pharmaceutical logistics. They don't need the specs. They need to see, quickly, that Solomon can build at scale, build precisely, and be trusted with regulated, time-critical cargo.
That's where 3D comes in. A camera can only film the outside of a finished vehicle. In 3D, we could open it up: cutting away panels, isolating the systems that matter, and showing the precision engineering inside. Every vehicle was modelled from the CAD data Solomon gave us. We converted this and then textured and lit them.
The result is a 3D explainer that gets Solomon's capability across in the time it takes to watch. It runs on their website and plays at industry events. It does the explaining a sales engineer would normally do, without needing one in the room.
Here's our Solomon Commercials case study.
A film we made to help navigate 'range anxiety', this animation for the I-PACE was commissioned in the early years of Electric Vehicles. A lot more is known now, but when we made this, it was a genuine blocker to vehicle sales. To focus the message we designed this hyper stylised world to keep the attention on the messaging.
See more on our page about the Jaguar Land Rover I-PACE film
Why a Manchester 3D Studio?
We're a small senior team based in Manchester's Northern Quarter. You talk to the people doing the work, not an account manager.
We work with agencies and brands across the UK, and around the world. And if you're in the NW, we're close to some amazing coffee shops, so pop in.