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Two best friends (Cory Livengood & Mack Garrison) on a mission to connect Raleigh, NC and the world with animation, motion graphics and film. DASH is a creative studio that loves a good challenge. We design high-level videos and animation with influence and purpose. Our team of writers, designers & freelancers create thought provoking animation designed to drive action & push boundaries. Have a cr

azy idea? Great, we’re all ears! Don’t know what you’re doing when it comes to video? Perfect, we do. This is our passion, we love what we do! Give us a shout, we'll show you what we're all about.

12/25/2024

Merry Christmas, friends! Thankful for all of you and your support of our studio over the years. In celebration of the big man coming down the chimney last night, here's a look at this year's naughty or nice list - did you make the cut?

12/24/2024

It's Christmas Eve and as you watch Santa wrestle over which cookie he wants to eat, you should also watch our wrestle extravaganza - the Ornament Tournament Smashdown!

12/23/2024

Make sure to hang your ornaments with care! Can't break these fun Christmas-cuties that dashtronauts, Bella and Matea made!

12/20/2024

Foosball and holidays have one thing in common: everyone’s spinning and no one’s sure who’s winning ;)

12/19/2024

Here's a quick playback-recording from the game so you can get a vibe of the characters and environment in action. It's really fun to play, but be ye forewarned... it's tough! Link to the game is on the project page if you'd like to play.

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Animation is a time consuming process. Not only do you have to design the graphics, but you then have to put it in motio...
12/18/2024

Animation is a time consuming process. Not only do you have to design the graphics, but you then have to put it in motion. To eliminate any ambiguity of creative intentions, we went through the entire list of assets for the game and began sketching and rendering frames for approval. There were a lot of static assets that only required some simple sketches, while others needed to show a little more complexity through storyboards - here are a few of those frames.

Style frame are still images that convey the overall look and feel of a project. Once we established the character-shape...
12/17/2024

Style frame are still images that convey the overall look and feel of a project. Once we established the character-shape of Enzo and his side-kick, we needed to play around with some color studies to determine the overarching aesthetic of the whole game.

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The gamification of content is real and we're here for it! McKinney reached out to dash to help illustrate and animate t...
12/16/2024

The gamification of content is real and we're here for it! McKinney reached out to dash to help illustrate and animate the look behind Money Magic: an indie video game that teaches students how to create and keep up with a personal budget.

To start we had to define the look, particularly for Enzo, the main character. Throughout the game Ezno would be performing tricks while silhouetted by the lights on stage, so when details were hidden he still needed a very distinctive shape. Here are some of the early explorations!

12/12/2024

So much fun developing this little guy! If you had to give them a name, what fits best for our little robot dog feeder?

12/11/2024

Compositing is such an important part of creating a polished final project. Just take a look at all the details that went into the Red Hat Workloads campaign.

12/10/2024

One of the many benefits of working with an animation team for live-action projects is our focus on post-production. Not only do we ensure we get all the coverage we need but we CAN also fix it in post... just don't tell everyone ;)

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12/06/2024

Since the importance of community is such a critical aspect to the success of this platform we chose a character driven animation as the basis for their explainer video. Using a low frame rate with a cel animated approach also provided a tactile feel that makes the video feel a bit more human, providing audiences with a more personal experience.

12/03/2024

Simplicity and flexibility - the two key features of Clubhouse and main design and animation markers we tried to follow in this explainer video for the platform. Here's another snippet; full piece online!

12/02/2024

We got to play around with some fun character animations for Clubhouse and we LOVE how they turned out. Here's a short clip; full piece is up on the site.

11/25/2024

Hold on to your butts because we've got a Black Friday Deal for the Bash you don't want to miss. Can't say anything more than that, but if you're on the fence about spending the money and coming, let's just say you'll want to see our time sensitive newsletter that comes out Friday morning 👀 👀 👀 Make sure you're signed up!

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