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Monday 9am - 6pm Tuesday 9am - 6pm Wednesday 9am - 6pm Thursday 9am - 6pm Friday 9am - 6pm

Arcus Studios

The premier 2D animation studio in the North East! From script to screen, concept to completion, we deliver animation with character!
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22/10/2024

Today's drawing challenge involved drawing 2D generalist Iky for his 27th birthday 🎈 Happy birthday Iky have an amazing day🎂🎉

08/05/2024

Check out Sue Venir! Sue was the main character in our 22 episode Geography series for BBC Teach and was probably one our most advanced After Effects rigs!

06/05/2024

Happy Bank Holiday! Todays all about having fun and relaxing with your friends and family. Check out this clip from Myotopia, you can check out the full animation on our website.
Link: https://arcusstudios.co.uk/

04/05/2024

May the 4th be with you! Happy international Star wars day fellow nerds! To celebrate 2D generalist Iky drew Luke inspired by the style of the Galaxy of Adventures shorts

01/05/2024

Arcus Founder Mike is attending the second annual Get Animated Conference. If you see him make sure to say hello!

01/05/2024

Arcus Founder Mike is attending the second annual Get Animated UK Conference. If you see him make sure to say hello!

30/04/2024

Recording video reference for animation is a great way to understand weight, real-world physics and key poses. This isn't what we were doing James just decided to lay down so we started recording.

24/04/2024

Tomorrow Project Manager Courtney and 2D Generalist Animator Iky will be heading down to North East Expo. We had a little trouble when booking the tickets so if you see a incredibly tall person in a trench coat sneaking around, we assure you they are not suspicious and you should network with them. See you all tomorrow!

23/04/2024

Happy St George's day!

Check the link to learn a bit more about St George in this animation for BBC Teach. Part of a series about various saints!

BBC Teach YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eytP-Zxq

BBC Teach Website: https://lnkd.in/evcqvzqb

22/04/2024

April 2024 marks 100 years of BBC Educational content. To celebrate this occasion here is a look back on some of our BBC Educational Projects

31/03/2024

This weeks drawing challenge was to create a protagonist based on the Easter Bunny.

Vince nailed the challenge with the DND inspired character design!

We hope you all have an egg-stra special Easter.

22/03/2024

At Arcus we are constantly learning new things which is why we love working on educational content! We recently had the pleasure of animating a series of religious stories for BBC Teach.

Full versions of each video are available on the BBC Teach website.

19/03/2024

Yesterday Project Manager Courtney, Travelled down to deliver a talk to Animation and Games Art students at the University of Sunderland. We hope the tips she provided help animation students begin to think about project coordination and the importance of scheduling projects.

14/03/2024

Look out for our animation reel at GDC!

Trailers and Cutscenes for video games have been some of our favourite projects over the years and something the whole team loves to get stuck into.

Thanks to creative UK we've been receiving mentoring, support and advice on how to make this a bigger part of our studios output from industry veteran Clemens Wangerin. He's been absolutely fantastic and we're thrilled to say Clemens will be showcasing our work at GDC

12/03/2024

Our James was invited to deliver a talk recently at DesignTalks, a meet up for designers run by Layers Studio

James went into his journey into animation, the founding of Arcus Studios, our pipelines and processes and pondered on the meaning of the word 'motion designer'. Probably for too long.

Massive thanks to layers studio for the invite and to Lorena Frangeti on her insightful talk investigating types of Bias. It was an absolutely pleasure and we hope to attend the event again in the future!

08/03/2024

Happy international women's day to celebrate we challenged the Arcus crew to draw their favourite female animated or video game character.

James (Samus - Metroid) Samus was originally inspired by Ripley from the Aliens franchise and as such kicks ass and survives against all odds in hostile alien environments.

08/03/2024

Happy international women's day to celebrate we challenged the Arcus crew to draw their favourite female animated or video game character.

Dom (Chell - Portal) - Abnormally stubborn and driven in the face of insurmountable odds. Chell relies on nothing but her own intelligence and tenacity to defeat her omniscient AI captor and escape the sinister quantum mechanical playground she’s trapped in.

Iky (Tifa - Final Fantasy 7) Tifa's a strong loyal friend who punches problems in the face with a smile.

Courtney (Suki - Avatar the Last Air Bender) Leader of the Kyoshi Warriors Suki is shown throughout the show to be a skilled fighter, despite her lack of bending abilities. Suki is able to show her strength while maintaining kindness and compassion.

Address

Alderman Fenwick's House, 98-100 Pilgrim Street
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE16SQ

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	9am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 6pm

Telephone

+441914998408

Website

http://www.arcusstudios.com/

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Videos

Sue Venir Rig

Check out Sue Venir! Sue was the main character in our 22 episode Geography series for BBC Teach and was probably one our most advanced After Effects rigs!

Myotopia

Happy St George's day! Check the link to learn a bit more about St George in this animation for BBC Teach. Part of a series about various saints! BBC Teach YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eytP-Zxq BBC Teach Website: https://lnkd.in/evcqvzqb

BBC Teach Religious Stories

At Arcus we are constantly learning new things which is why we love working on educational content! We recently had the pleasure of animating a series of religious stories for BBC Teach. Full versions of each video are available on the BBC Teach website.

GDC

Look out for our animation reel at GDC! Trailers and Cutscenes for video games have been some of our favourite projects over the years and something the whole team loves to get stuck into. Thanks to creative UK we've been receiving mentoring, support and advice on how to make this a bigger part of our studios output from industry veteran Clemens Wangerin. He's been absolutely fantastic and we're thrilled to say Clemens will be showcasing our work at GDC

Motion Graphics and Titles Reel! Check out more from us at: https://arcusstudios.co.uk/

Half term is here! If you are looking for something to do why not check out The Stephenson Steam Railway Museum? Dedicated to the pioneers of the railway George Stephenson and his son Robert Stephenson, the museum also features a number of animations by Arcus bringing history to life!

As the RSPC's big garden bird watch has come to an end we wanted to showcase some work we did as part of BBC Bitesize's KS2 Science program. Showing the may wonderful ways flowering plants spread their seeds including through birds! Yuck!

What's an animatic? Despite, Microsoft Word still marking it as a misspelling, it's the name given to animated storyboards! An important step in preproduction, animatics allow us to combine the storyboards with audio on a timeline to test the pacing and flow, allowing us to previsualise and refine an edit before the costly process of actually animating it. Animatics are one of the last stages before you get stuck in with the animation itself so they're worth taking the time to get right!

National Institute for Health Research

Throwback to our work with Newcastle Universities National Institute for Health Research. Newcastle Health Innovation brings world-class research, NHS and partners together. We loved the challenge of reflecting that with abstract visuals demonstrating the interconnectivity between research, science and technology. It was such a pleasure to work with one of our amazing local universities. Check out our Website: https://lnkd.in/eEKYMhcg