Sun & Moon Animation

01/11/2024

What better way to round off a Friday, than with some new job opportunities on our new and improved jobs site?

Take a look at the roles we have available and apply now!

https://jobs.sunandmoonstudios.co.uk/

24/10/2024

Our short film Passenger will be making its festival debut at the acclaimed Aesthetica Short Film Festival from 6-10th November! Now less than two weeks away!

Passenger will be playing in the Animation 4 program called A Gear Change - showing Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday during the festival. You can find out more information about the times and locations here on page 85: https://buff.ly/3BrtVwy

If you're planning on attending the festival, make sure you secure those tickets now folks as we guarantee it'll be worth it.

21/10/2024

Happy Maddie + Triggs day - catch the first episodes now on BBC iPlayer, CBeebies, RTÉjr and RTÉ player 🤩🥳

Available on CBeebies, BBC iPlayer, RTÉjr and RTÉ Player from 21 October, Maddie + Triggs is a fun and inclusive show that focuses on 7-year-old Maddie and her best doggy friend Triggs, as they find music and adventure in the sounds of the world around them. Maddie + Triggs is created by Irish pro...

20/09/2024

We're looking for a superstar Production Manager to join the team on a very exciting new 2D animated series. If you tick the following boxes, we'd love to hear from you:

✅ 2D animation production pipeline experience
✅ Strong organisational and communication skills
✅ Attention to detail
✅ Experience managing a team of production coordinators/assistants
✅ Based in the UK
✅ And most importantly...Enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn!

Full details of the role, including how to apply, can be found on our website: https://buff.ly/3VX3XYj

13/09/2024

Here's another snappy video from the archives showcasing some of the amazing games we've made in the past!

Here's a sneak peak of the interactive game we made for Merlin Entertainment, called 'Help the Turtles'. Installed at the Manchester Sea Life Centre, this was a collaborative family game where players use hand movements to clear plastic bags and help guide baby turtles on their path to swim out to sea 🐢 🌊

If you like the look of this, why not check out some of the other games we've made on our website? https://buff.ly/3BdJfwo

05/09/2024

We're absolutely thrilled to be part of this exciting new Horrible Science production. Can't wait to share more with you all soon! 💫

Horrible Science will be packed full of the much-loved sketches, bringing people together to enjoy fun facts, silly songs and jokes which are synonymous with the hit series Horrible Histories

14/08/2024

We're absolutely thrilled to announce our film PASSENGER will begin its festival journey at the 2024 Aesthetica Short Film Festival! Keep the 6th-10th of November open in your calendars folks, it's going to be wild to see our film on the big screen SOON!

Thanks again Aesthetica for selecting PASSENGER and giving us this exciting opportunity to finally share it with audiences.

See you all then! 💫

13/08/2024

Coming at you with another amazing game that we created for the SpecialEffect website Eye Gaze Games!

With single player, local multiplayer or online multiplayer mode, players have a wide selection of 9-hole courses to play.

Play Gazey Golf and a whole host of other accessible games here: https://buff.ly/3WoJ1tw

01/08/2024

What's that you hear? A new episode of Animated Chats... has just... dropped?! 🤯 👀

https://buff.ly/46reboK

Host Nia Alavezos talks with the lovely Assistant Director, Pipeline Developer and Technical Director, Niki Kehoe! Niki gives us the rundown on creating a healthy animation pipeline, while also sharing some insightful tips on Toon Boom rigs and how to make your portfolios stand out from the crowd. 💪

17/07/2024

We are beyond excited to announce that we've been granted funds by the UK Games Fund to develop a prototype for our immersive horror game "Enigma Ocularis" (working title).

As a studio, we've been creating video games since 2010, but this is the first time that we've had the opportunity to develop one of our own IPs to a playable prototype. We've already begun work on the ground-breaking control method for the game and we can't wait to share our progress with you.

Find out more about Engima Ocularis, and the UK Games Fund here: https://ukgamesfund.com/funded-project/enigma-ocularis/

10/07/2024

We promise we'll start posting content that isn't just job vacancies soon 😆

But in the meantime...

We're looking for a superstar Production Manager to join the team on a very exciting new 2D animated series. If you tick the following boxes, we'd love to hear from you:

✅ 2D animation production pipeline experience
✅ Strong organisational and communication skills
✅ Attention to detail
✅ Experience managing a team of production coordinators/assistants
✅ And most importantly...Enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn!

Full details of the role, including how to apply, can be found on our website: https://buff.ly/3VX3XYj

08/07/2024

Here's a feel-good story to start the week as we mean to go on! Some of the team traipsed on down to Sand Bay yesterday to take part in the Summer Beach Clean, as organised by the Marine Conservation Society.

Although we didn't find any treasure this time round, the team had great fun and we would be remiss to not also give a massive shout-out to our own Grace Harris who has pushed the team forward to take part in more green initiatives!

02/07/2024

Another week, another job opportunity!

We are in need of a senior designer for the 2D preschool series, Maddie + Triggs. If you have experience designing with Adobe Animate and prior experience working on animated series, you could be our perfect match!

Please be aware that this position is solely open to individuals with the right to work in the UK and living outside of London. To learn more about the position and how to apply, please visit our website: https://buff.ly/3vupPBj

27/06/2024

Uh oh! The tech gremlins got to us and our website was down for the best part of a week! Luckily we know some savvy devs who were able to answer our prayers and bring the site back to life!

This would be as good a time as any to remind you to check out our best bits: https://buff.ly/4cvZOBu and let you in on a little secret that we are in the process of designing a brand spanking new site for you to all feast your eyes upon 👀

27/06/2024

Episode #10 of Animated Chats is LIVE! 🥳 https://buff.ly/4cgX0Z4

Nia Alavezos speaks with Director and 2D Animator Jane Davies. Jane gives us a little sneak peek into her routine as a series director, while also sharing some insightful tips on how to make your reels and CVs standout.

20/06/2024

Here's a handy trick from our resident TB expert Dan Keeble!

If you'd like to learn more about all things Harmony, sign up to one of our courses! July is now FULLY BOOKED, but we've still got availability on our November course

Sign up here: https://buff.ly/3z5htRL

11/06/2024

Hey there fellow artists! Are you ready to bring your creativity and talent to the world of Sun & Moon? We're looking for awesome Asset & Scene Build Artists to join us on a fixed-term contract.

If you've got excellent drawing skills, an understanding of character rigs and (most importantly) experience of working in Adobe Animate we want to hear from you!

Find out more about the role on our website: https://buff.ly/3vMgyVb