The Line Animation Studio

We are so proud to share our cinematic for Warframe: 1999!! The film follows the "Protoframes" doing battle against an army of Technocytes. We wanted to represent the characters as human beings; individuals with history and emotion who face a future of sacrifice to infestation, forced to work together with people they don’t trust to survive. The piece weaves together the relationships with the action nodding to the kind of narrative you can expect in the game! Client: Digital Extremes/ Warframe Director: Venla Linna Producer: Tom Kay Art Director: Simon Dumonceau Production Manager: Michaela Dede Production Coordinator: Viktoria Milcheva Animation Lead: Alvise Zennaro Compositing Lead: Clarisse Valeix CG Supervisor: Pete Addington FX Lead: Olivier Malric Cleanup Lead: Eleonora Quario Production Assistant: Bingqi Liu Executive Creative Director: Tim McCourt Executive Producer: Laura Breaden Head of Production: Nick Miller Head of Animation: Yino Huan Head of Compositing: Freddie Lewis-Wall Head of Art: Juancho Crespo Talent & Scheduling Coordinator: Jesus Ovejero #Warframe1999 #THELINE #THELINEXWARFRAME

We’re incredibly excited to announce THE VAULT, our new digital store! THE VAULT is our master collection of every single digital product we’ve ever made and will ever make! That’s right, we will continue to add every new digital product that we create in the future. With a one-time purchase, you can access THE LINE’s Vault for all eternity. You’ll be able to dip into all of our past and upcoming digital products at your leisure forever and ever, amen. Head to our store via the link in our bio and check it out. We quietly launched this a month ago, and we just want to say a huge thank you to all y’all who’ve purchased access to The Vault so far. An extra shout-out to everyone who’s supported us by buying our previous digital products too. Your support truly means the world. Love y’all! #Gumroad #THELINE

5 years ago, the legends over at YT industries asked us to produce an anime inspired cinematic for their new trail bike, IZZO. And to this day, it's some of our proudest work. Directors Wes and Alvise's goal was to honour a classic anime fight sequence that includes elements of supernatural Japanese folklore and create characters that swoop, slash and splatter across the screen like a Japanese ink brush. Directors: Wesley Louis, Alvise Zennaro Producer: Samia Ahmed Art Director: Bjorn-Erik Aschim Storyboard: Alvise Zennaro Character Design: Wesley Louis Audio & Music: Box of Toys Audio #IZZO #AnimeFightSequence #THELINE #JapaneseFolkLore

'tis the bloody SEASON!! Warm up with our cosy anime fireplace 8hr loop on Youtube. Fill the room with crackling fire sounds and all round comforting goodness. It's like a big hug from us to you 🤗 Full 8 hours on Youtube - link in bio Project lead: Tim McCourt Background layout: Tim McCourt Compositing: Freddie Lewis-Wall, Max Taylor FX: Oliver Malric Background Paint: Igor Piwowarczyk, Bjorn Erik-Aschim Head of Development: Lisa A. Smith #THELINE

Shout out to Jacob Matthess who completely nailed this animation! This shot was entirely hand-animated with no background painting or 3D elements, Here’s where the floor falls away from our heroes and they plummet down into the world of the game. Client: Theorycraft Games Storyboard: Jonathan Djob Nkondo, Alvise Zennaro Character Layout: Jacob Matthess, Simone Cirillo Animation: Jacob Matthess Cleanup & Colour: Jacob Matthess, Juanpe Arroyo Compositing: Florian Ojeda Diop #ProjectLoki #TheorycraftGames #AnimationBreakdown #THELINE #Supervive

ACES are NOT one to be messed with ❤️‍🔥 The level of acting that managed to fit into this 45 frame shot is something we’re so proud of. Venla managed to really capture the characters will and determination here which really makes it for us 🙏 Client: Uncapped Games Storyboard: David (Pagaille) Chambolle BG Layout: Eido Hayashi, Bruno Mayor Background: Eido Hayashi Character Layout: Venla Linna 2D Animation: Venla Linna 2D Spotkeys: Paola Costigliola Cleanup & Colour: Amix Graphic Design: Juancho Crespo Motion Graphics: Pablo Lozano Camera: Skye van der Walt Compositing: Florian Odeja Diop #BattleAces #UncappedGames #AnimationBreakdown #TheLine

Three years ago today, we released our Mercedes Maybach commercial for Mercedes and we're still immensely proud of it! The Maybach is the fanciest car they've got so we were flattered by the opportunity to say the least! Our film tells the story of the Maybach's history through a sequence of living paintings by Ignasi Monreal. Director: Sam Taylor Producer: Eva Dahlqvist Illustrator: Ignasi Monreal Storyboards: Louis Kynd Animation: Marlene Beaube, Elodie Xiea, Phuong Nguyen Key frame & BG Paint: Eido Hayashi #MercedesMaybach #THELINE

Happy Halloween e'ry bodyyy! Wanted to take the opportunity to re-post this puppy since we're low key convinced it was inspo for at least 2 scenes from The Substance... no more spoilers ;) Have a good'n 🙏 Designed & Animated by Venla Linna Compositing by Max Taylor #THELINE

In 2021, we created this solar-punk optimistic future piece for Chobani. This one was directed by Bjorn and it all kicked off with asking one question - 'What if we created a future for ourselves that was full of optimism and positivity?’ We’re still massively proud of this piece with it’s delicate animation, beautifully crafted backgrounds AND a completely unique score by long-time Ghibli composer (and absolute legend) Joe Hisaishi (yeah, we can’t believe this happened either). Watch the full piece on our website- link in bio

We were extremely lucky to work with Simon S. Andersen, the creator and artist behind the game "Owlboy," to create the authentic pixel art video game we see on TV. When we asked Simon if he would like to animate a pixel game section for the project, his answer was, “Why don’t we make it a game?” He actually built and programmed an interactive game, recreating "The Corkscrew," one of the most famous turns on the real Laguna Seca track. So the video you see in the film is a recording of him actually playing the game! The level of detail is insane, from the Integra Type S to the inclination of the track, and the spectators on the roadsides. It’s just so legit! We love it so much that we decided to present the piece full size with no modifications for you guys to appreciate in all its glory! Client: Acura/ Mullen Lowe Animation: Simon S Andersen (Pixel Art) Cleanup & Colour: Simon S Andersen (Pixel Art) #ACURA #ChiakisJourney #THELINE #PixelArt

The Line Animation is getting a glow-up! We’ve been grafting hard behind the scenes to give our brand a fresh coat of paint, and it’s now ready for the world to see. Say hello to our brand-spanking new revenge-body website! You’ll notice a cleaner, sharper feel across everything we do. Our brand refresh marks a moment in time where we’re pushing even further than we have before. Our Entertainment department is firing on all cylinders and The Line is evolving. Animation is in our DNA, but the future is also about so much more. Games, interactive projects, long-form originals—it’s all on the table, and we’re coming for it. Creative lead: Bjorn-Erik Aschim Designs: Isaac Powell Site develop & build: Thomas Aufresne Producer: Denise Cirone, Maca Gaset Extra special thanks: Tim McCourt, Ella Johnston, Juancho Crespo, Skye van der Walt, Sophia Owen Moulding, Anna Degenaar, Kateřina Grecová, Pedro Mathias, Nathan Amery #THELINE

This sequence tells us the story of how the team has became famous, by looking at all the crazy things they have accomplished, trophies, merch even a video game. We wanted to feature Chiaki, P and Nobu, but without cutting away from the messy corner at the garage, so we decided to show them on TV while being interviewed for a show, even when they only appear for few seconds we tried to make sure we could showcase their distinctive personalities Client: Acura/ Mullen Lowe Storyboard: JuanPe Arroyo Background Layout: Igor Piwowaczk, Eido Hayashi, JuanPe Arroyo, Pauline Mauvière, Background: Igor Piwowaczk, Eido Hayashi, Daniel Converio, Juancho Crespo Character Layout: JuanPe Arroyo Animation: (Pixel art) Simon S Andersen, Jacob Matthess, Simone Cirillo Cleanup & Colour: (Pixel art) Simon S Andersen, Daniel Morales, Hannah Judd Compositing: Natasha Z Francis, Skye van der Walt #ACURA #ChiakisJourney #THELINE