Sun & Moon Animation

Sun & Moon Animation Award-winning animation that’s packed with character. animation with character. Sun & Moon is a creative led animation production studio based in Bristol UK.

we are passionate about bringing characters to life through our craft, engaging audiences and raising smiles. Founded in 2008 by traditional 2D animators Dylan Shipley and Louis Jones, the studio is focused on producing awesome animation that comes from the heart. We are forward thinking, problem solvers using our craft to offer the best tailor made solutions. Our aim is to engage, inform and insp

ire through cheerful and charming content. We love to tell stories and raise smiles, injecting everything we do with fun and the passion we have for animation. Comprising of a team of highly skilled and experienced directors, animators and designers, we cover all bases from script to screen in producing bespoke, high quality moving imagery. We work closely with long term established partners in script writing, sound production and voice over to deliver a full service package and outstanding content. There is something truly magical about creating characters, inventing worlds and bringing the inanimate to life. With great animation skills, comes great responsibility- we only use our powers for good!

Happy Fan Art, Friday! This week, we've got something from the brilliant Marcello, in honour of Seven from the game Dead...
21/11/2025

Happy Fan Art, Friday!

This week, we've got something from the brilliant Marcello, in honour of Seven from the game Deadlock. Any of our followers play? 👀

We're still riding the high of last week's Kidscreen Awards 2026 shortlist announcements! Not one... but TWO shows that ...
17/11/2025

We're still riding the high of last week's Kidscreen Awards 2026 shortlist announcements! Not one... but TWO shows that we've been part of received nominations! 😍

🏆 Maddie + Triggs for Best New Series - Preschool
🏆 Horrible Science for Best New Series - Kids

WOW, WOW, AND WOW!!! To the wonderful folks at Turnip + Duck and Lion Television, congratulations for all your hard work, and for receiving nominations for these prestigious industry awards! We're honoured to have been able to help bring these projects to life. 😊

The winners will be announced and celebrated live at a special awards ceremony during the Kidscreen Summit 2026 (February 22 to 25) in San Diego. 🤞

🗣️ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT INCOMING! 🚨 MASSIVE congratulations to Dave McKenna AND Davey Moore!!! They both won their respe...
14/11/2025

🗣️ SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT INCOMING! 🚨

MASSIVE congratulations to Dave McKenna AND Davey Moore!!! They both won their respective MAF Industry Excellence Awards for their extraordinary work on Maddie + Triggs!!!! 👏👏👏👏🏆💥🥹

What brilliant news for a Friday! We'll definitely be celebrating your win over the weekend! Go, Dave and Davey!!!

Hello, hello! Happy Fan Art Friday!We're in that sweet spot of the year. Although its mid-November, and we're very much ...
14/11/2025

Hello, hello! Happy Fan Art Friday!

We're in that sweet spot of the year. Although its mid-November, and we're very much looking forward to Christmas, we're still feeling the remnants of Halloween...

And so, we present... Jack D. Evans' "Halloween/Christmas/Sci-Fi COMBO!" 🛸🎄🎃

Truly majestic and out of this world. What do you reckon this alien has asked Santa for Christmas? We hope its not for an Earth invasion... 😱

12/11/2025

This Wednesday wisdom is brought to you by another quick video featuring Dan Keeble's Bright Ideas!

Follow along with us and you can animate your very own snake in Toon Boom! 🐍

☑️ Set your deformer
☑️ Place your peg
☑️ Create magic

Have you given it a go yet? 😎

Sometimes Sun asks Moon some super-duper serious questions like, "would you still be my friend if I was a worm?" Admitte...
10/11/2025

Sometimes Sun asks Moon some super-duper serious questions like, "would you still be my friend if I was a worm?"

Admittedly their answer is... harsh, but fair. 😆

We don't think worms are gross though, so we'll always been your friend Moon. 🫂

'Tis Friday!!! 🎉 It's been a while since we shared some Fan Art pieces. We just wrapped up our Halloween competition on ...
07/11/2025

'Tis Friday!!! 🎉 It's been a while since we shared some Fan Art pieces. We just wrapped up our Halloween competition on our Instagram, and the Sun & Moon team are now gearing up for something special for the upcoming holiday season! 👀

BUT! Fear not, for we have this insane piece of fan art by the wonderful Hero Wilkinson-Rodrigues! What they had to say about the piece: "Was always proud of my sister Samus here!" 💥

Brings us back to all the good ol' days of staying up into the wee hours of the morning playing video games. 🥲🎮

We're dedicating this to Life Is Strange, another brilliant game series we were privileged enough to create the traile...
06/11/2025

We're dedicating this to Life Is Strange, another brilliant game series we were privileged enough to create the trailers for! We are MASSIVE fans of the games, so getting to work with Square Enix on these was literally a dream come true. This project especially was geared towards their Nintendo Switch launch announcement back in 2021.

The trailer was naturally cinematic in its nature, and we wanted to push that element when designing the backgrounds. We're sharing some of the finished BGs, alongside some rough layout and storyboard snapshots, to show the process and of course, the before and after images.

You can watch the full trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVOE2PxYNl0

Psssstttttttt.... We've got a brand new vacancy here at Sun & Moon... Any stellar Scene Build Artists out there? Fancy w...
03/11/2025

Psssstttttttt....

We've got a brand new vacancy here at Sun & Moon... Any stellar Scene Build Artists out there? Fancy working on Duck & Frog? And with a bunch of talented folks?

We're looking for someone to start ASAP! If you're available, please head to our jobs page to find out more and apply! https://jobs.sunandmoonstudios.co.uk/jobs/6689994-scene-build-artist

HUGE congratulations to team Maddie + Triggs for earning 3 Industry Excellence Award Nominations from Manchester Animati...
03/11/2025

HUGE congratulations to team Maddie + Triggs for earning 3 Industry Excellence Award Nominations from Manchester Animation Festival!

🏆 Davey Moore for Scriptwriting
🏆 Hoching Kwok for Storyboarding
🏆 Dave McKenna for Character Animation

Thank you Davey, Hoching, and Dave for all your hard and brilliant work! We're super-duper proud! 🥹💗

We look forward to seeing the winners announced at the MAF Awards Ceremony on Thursday 13 November! You can find out more about the ceremony and other nominees here: https://www.manchesteranimationfestival.co.uk/industry-excellence-awards-2025-nominees/

Congratulations to all successful villains in our ongoing Halloween competition!!!! Get ready... tomorrow we begin the w...
16/10/2025

Congratulations to all successful villains in our ongoing Halloween competition!!!! Get ready... tomorrow we begin the winners face-off! 👻🔪💥

It's October first! SPOOKY SEASON IS UPON US! 👻🎃😨 Here is a piece the lovely Estelle Lefebvre shared with us on our stu...
01/10/2025

It's October first! SPOOKY SEASON IS UPON US! 👻🎃😨

Here is a piece the lovely Estelle Lefebvre shared with us on our studio Discord, that we thought was a perfect way to commemorate the month.

Stay-tuned, as the next few weeks will be dedicated to our horror villain competition! It will be taking place on our Instagram. So make sure you follow us there, that way, you won't miss out on the exciting action! 😎 https://www.instagram.com/sunandmoon_animation/

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