Created for EMF by our newest signing, Mighty, is this nicely hand-animated piece for the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's concept of a CE100 - a global platform bringing together leading companies, emerging innovators and regions to accelerate the transition to a circular economy over a 1000-day (3 year) period. Read more about the CE100 here: http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/business/ce100  

The animated feature film 'A Liar's Autobiography' was a major project at Beakus' studio in London. We created 10-minutes of the film, which is derived from the fanciful autobiography of Monty Python's Graham Chapman who died in 1989. Here we present a montage from the stereoscopic animation we created… Here's the full sequence called 'LA Parties', [...]

Here is our 2012 Christmas animation! Inspired by the John Lewis advert (see below), we imagined what might have happened next.. Merry Christmas and a happy 2013! Director/Producer: Steve Smith Animation by Rob Thomson Music by Tim Goalen   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N8axp9nHNU

Control is a short film by director Mr. Binns. It's a disturbing look at agoraphobia, and the panic that builds inside someone who can't even leave their own home through irrational fear of the outside world. Dark and foreboding, the film uses some clever and complex 3D rendering techniques to literally break apart the character's [...]

'Aquel Luga' is a music video for Mexican band Muhu, directed by Mighty in a mix of sharp 2D design and 3D character animation.  

A short film created for Infolectura by Mighty, mixing manga influence with beautiful classical 2D animation.  

  The title sequence for BBC2's comedy series 'Heading Out', penned by and starring Sue Perkins. Directed and designed by Steve Smith, the titles feature a caricature of Sue's hapless vet Sara being given the runaround by a range of excitable pets as their footprints create the show's title. The concept and music for the [...]

We're proud to present the fruits of several months of hard work at Beakus in the latter half of 2012 – our first ever work for CBBC, commissioned by Dot to Dot, 'Totally Rubbish'. The 10-part series is broadcast on CBBC Tuesday's at 5.45pm, and each episode features an array of graphics and animation by [...]

Mr Binns created animated pre-titles for the third series of Sky's comedy hit An Idiot Abroad, in which downtrodden Karl Pilkington is joined on his continent-crossing journey by eternal optimist Warwick Davis, whilst being instructed by Ricky Gervais where to go and what to do. It's a hilarious recipe for disaster… They follow in the [...]

A short film inspired by the London 2012 Games, co-directed and animated by Leo Bridle and Amael Isnard. The short beautifully shows us what's going on down the backstreets of London during the build up to the Games, where vermin are also inspired to take part. Shot around London, sometimes from the top of a [...]

Delighted to show the result of 6-months work here at Beakus.. Our much anticipated animated series 'Numtums' began airing on CBeebies on 27th February 2012, twice a day at 9am and 1pm, as part of the 'Love To Learn' cluster of shows. The animation was produced and directed at Beakus by Steve Smith, designed by [...]

We recently completed work on a new viral for Google, and the TrueView Instream advertising product. Working with the talented Ross Phillips on design and animation, the viral explains why TrueView is so important for advertisers, and us. Designer & Animator: Ross Phillips Direction: Ross Phillips & Steve Smith  

Here's a 60-sec TV spot for Benedetti's Pizza, directed by Mighty. 3D CGI mixes with live-action in a high-octane animated romp!  

We are delighted to have played a big part in bringing the amazing illustrations of Axel Scheffler (The Gruffalo) to life for his first chidren's book app, through top publisher Nosy Crow. 'Animal SnApp: Farm' is a suite of stories for young children all about farm animals, with interactivity throughout and beautiful animation by our [...]

Google asked us to visualise a new competition to be run in conjunction with the broadcaster Euronews. We created a stylish vector-based environment, coloured to sit neatly within their pre-existing YouTube channel. You can see the spot below, and directly: http://www.youtube.com/euronewsbusiness Director: Mr Binns & Steve Smith Animation: Mr Binns & Jack Cunningham Design: Mr Binns [...]

Here's a screen-friendly version of our 5000 pixel-wide moving painting for the National Maritime Museum's amazing exhibition: 'Royal River, Power, Pageantry and the Thames', complete with behind-the-scenes footage..! The looping animation adorns 4-screens above the museum's reception desk, and was visited by the Queen in April 2012. We like to think she stood awhile and [...]

A young boy's chimerical journey from a small English town to the Himalayas that leads him to an all defining conclusion. We present director Gergely Wootsch's graduation film from the Royal College of Art, 'This Is Not Real'. A staggering mix of heady digital graphics and beautifully atmospheric character animation, the film has been shown [...]

Leo Bridle has created these action-packed bumpers for Nickelodeon and Weetabix 'Spoonsize'. Each 10-second bumper shows just what can happen when you munch on the mini cereal, taking in power boating, skating, motorbiking and hangliding… Director & Designer: Leo Bridle Animation: Amael Isnard & Leo Bridle