The Line Animation Studio

CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER 🎮 The Mighty Mintaur and Ragin go head-to-head in a high-stakes battle, unleashing the full force of their powers in a packed stadium. Pulling off a 2D animated camera move (never an easy feat) adds to the intensity, bringing the action up close and personal. Every frame is designed to immerse you in the fight! Client: Ubisoft BG Layout: Diogo Cambrian Layout Camera: Natasha Francis Background: Eido Hayashi Animation: Jongha Yoon FX Animation: Ines Scheiber Animation Assist: Paola Castigliola Cleanup and Colour: ZMEI Compositing: Natasha Francis, Clarisse Valeix #BUMP #Ubisoft #Animation #THELINE

The opening shot of BUMP! Superbrawl launches our heroes Ash, Minotaur, and Lil Reaper straight into action. Capturing a dynamic 180-degree camera move is always a challenge, and combining that with running makes it even trickier. Pulling off both in a single shot was no easy feat, but we love how it turned out—arguably one of our favourite shots in the entire sequence. Client: Ubisoft BG Layout: Eido Hayashi Layout Camera: Natasha Francis Background: Daniel Converio Animation: Stepan Nikitin Animation Assist: Daniel Morales Cleanup and Colour: ZMEI Compositing: Natasha Francis/ Clarisse Valeix/ Freddie Lewis Wall #BUMP #Ubisoft #Animation #THELINE

BUMP! SUPERBRAWL has that nostalgic Saturday morning cartoon vibe and we're here for it 💅 The challenge here was ensuring that the highly rendered backgrounds seamlessly complemented the stylised character designs, each featuring a distinct and diverse colour scheme. Client: Ubisoft BG Layout: Daniel Converio Layout Camera: Natasha Francis Background: Luc Courtois Animation: Jongha Yoon FX Animation: Ines Scheiber Animation Assist: Paola Castigliola Cleanup and Colour: ZMEI Compositing: Natasha Francis/ Clarisse Valeix/ Freddie Lewis Wall #BUMP #Ubisoft #Animation #THELINE

During compositing, an unintended mistake caused the characters in the posters to appear as if they were looking at the animated characters in the scene. This accidental alignment added a meaningful interaction between the background and the foreground, making it a favourite detail in the shot. We kept it because it added an extra layer of storytelling between the two groups! Client: Ubisoft Background Layout: Eido Hayashi Layout Camera: Natasha Francis Background: Eido Hayashi Animation: Alain Vu Animation Assist: Daniel Morales Cleanup and Colour: ZMEI Compositing: Clarisse Valeix/ Natasha Francis/ Gabrielle Lorce Music, Audio, Sound Design & Mix: Box of Toys Audio #BUMP #Ubisoft #Animation #THELINE

Our aim for this shot was to hit nostalgia right in the face 👊 Using muted tones is uncommon for epic shots like this but the energy from the title on top of the background we feel makes it stand out! Client: Ubisoft BG Layout: Cezar Chevalier Layout Camera: Natasha Francis Background: Eido Hayashi FX Animation: Paul Bouchart Compositing: Natasha Francis/ Clarisse Valeix #BUMP #Ubisoft #Animation #THELINE

We loved working on this intro sequence for Ubisoft's new game Bump - Superbrawl! This intro follows an unlikely trio of underdogs who share the same dream of becoming champions. One of the most exciting things about this project was that it marked the Art Directorial debut of our very own Eido Hayashi! We loved seeing her work elevate this film and bring the world to life. Client: Ubisoft Director: Louve Karnas Producer: Tom Kay Head of Art: Juancho Crespo Head of Animation: Yino Huan Art Director: Eido Hayashi Comp Lead: Clarisse Valeix Executive Producer: Laura Breaden Production Assistant: Taylan Özörer, Viktoria Milcheva #BUMP #Ubisoft #THELINE

Wes' favourite character, Alicent’s big skill showcase! We love the juxtaposition of how small she is vs how physically strong she is showcasing her superhuman brute strength. Monster Dylan (MD) was particularly challenging to draw and animate as his anatomy made it difficult for him to hit appealing poses while interacting with Team Alpha. Combining beautiful character design, with great characters layouts and incredible animation made this possible. Client: CoryxKenshin Storyboard: Kevin Molina-Ortiz Background layout: Paul Sabado, Simon Masse Layout camera: Victoria Jardine/ Skye van der Walt Background: Paul Sabado Character layout: Wesley Louis Animation: Angus Pepper, Gaelle Thierry, Malcolm Wope, Antoine Tran, Jamie Merry FX Animation: Erwin Rieffel Animation assist: Eleonora Quario Cleanup & Colour: Eleonora Quario, studio AMIX Compositing: Skye van der Walt, Jesse Richards, Victoria Jardine Music: Chris The Scientist, Rina May Project Audio, Sound design & mix: Box Of Toys Audio #MonstersWeMake #CoryxKenshin #THELINE #Tiedown

Monster Dylan’s first impression had to be really cool. We wanted to show his transformation from Human to Leaker but only had a few frames to do that. Shoutout to Kevin Molina-Ortiz who came up with the solution of having MD transform mid-air. It really helped with the flow of the action and ended up being one of our favourite shots. Client: CoryxKenshin Storyboard: Kevin Molina-Ortiz Background layout: Paul Sabado, Simon Masse Layout camera: Skye van der Walt, Victoria Jardine Background: Paul Sabado, Agathe Leroux Character layout: Jamie Merry, Saskia Gutekunst Animation: Florian de Chelle, Amanda Holm FX Animation: Erwin Rieffel Animation assist: Eleonora Quario, Lucie Julliat Cleanup & Colour: Lucie Julliat, studio AMIX, Eleonora Quario Compositing: Victoria Jardine, Skye van der Walt Sound Design & Mix: Box of toys Audio Music: Rina May Project, Chris The Scientist Voiceover artist: Carol Lee #MonstersWeMake #CoryxKenshin #THELINE #AnimationBreakdown

Our lead animator, Alvise’s big shot! The camera pan follows Arthur cutting down tons of infested technocytes backed up by Quincy’s gunfire through to Lettie’s takeover with her ‘Energy Vampire’. The challenge was the choreography that had to feel grounded in live action while keeping our Heroes feel powerful. Client: Digital Extremes/ Warframe Character Layout: Lea Rey Mauzaize/ Venla Linna/ Simon Takerkart 2D Animation: Alvise Zennaro/ Venla Linna Animation Assist: Eleonora Quario #THELINE #AnimationTiedown #Warframe1999 #THELINEXWARFRAME

Liam activates his ability to see into the future 👀 This sequence includes one of the most challenging shots of the whole project: the top shot down where Liam and Monster Dylan battle it out. Giving Liam the right amount of flamboyancy while not making him feel overpowered proved quite difficult. It was attempted by three animators. As difficult as it was, we couldn’t be happier with the final result so a massive thank you to the animators who worked on this shot. We love the ghostly after image of Monster Dylan and that 80’s, Akira style inspired glow around Liam. Shout out to the comp team 👏 Client: CoryxKenshin Storyboard: Kevin Molina-Ortiz Background Layout: Paul Sabado, Simon Masse Layout camera: Skye van der Walt, Victoria Jardine, Gabrielle Lorce, Jesse Richards Background: Paul Sabado, Agathe Leroux Character Layout: Saskia Gutekunst, Gaelle Thiery Animation: Angus Pepper, Gaelle Thierry, Malcolm Wope, Florian de Chelle FX Animation: Erwin Rieffel Animation assist: Magda Richiusa, Eleonora Quario Cleanup & Colour: Magda Richiusa, studio AMIX, Eleonora Quario Compositing: Skye van der Walt, Jesse Richards, Victoria Jardine #MonstersWeMake #CoryxKenshin #THELINE #Tiedown

Even though Quincy and Amir are on the same team fighting for the same things, the tension between Quincy’s bullish pessimism and Amir’s playfulness makes for a dangerous distraction from the cause… The facial acting was important but also really hard to make sure that heavy subtext comes across in just one look. It’s also super hard to animate a pupil moving in slow motion like that (because they never do), it was something we tweaked time and time again to get right. Client: Digital Extremes/ Warframe Character Layout: Masha Moran 2D Animation: Martin R Hultman/ Venla Linna/ Jacob Matthess Animation Assist: Kamila Konczewska/ Eleanora Quario Colour grading: Daniela Rotaru (Time Based Arts) #THELINE #AnimationBreakdown #Warframe1999 #THELINEXWARFRAME