Bumpybox

Bumpybox is an independent animation and visual effects studio based in Cardiff, Wales. Founded in 2011, it develops original television programming and provides animation, compositing and production services for film, broadcast, advertising and interactive media. Its work combines 3D character animation with 2D production techniques, supporting projects from development through final delivery.

The studio’s 3D workflow covers character modeling, rigging, look development, animation and lighting. Its visual effects work includes live-action integration, rotoscoping, on-set data capture and digital compositing. For productions combining different visual styles, Bumpybox integrates animated characters with painted backgrounds or live-action footage, adding shadows, atmospheric elements and camera effects.

Original productions and film collaboration

Bumpybox created and animated My Petsaurus for BBC CBeebies, a preschool series following Chloe and her pet triceratops, Topsy. It also created and produced Tiny Buds, known in Welsh as Egin Bach, for S4C and ITVX. These original productions sit alongside its work as a co-producer and specialist production partner.

For the animated feature Kensuke’s Kingdom, Bumpybox worked with Lupus Films as Welsh co-producer and animation partner. Its contribution included 2D compositing, CGI modeling and animation, coloring and digital inking, bringing several production disciplines together within the feature’s visual approach.

Games and interactive work

The studio also supplies character performances, gameplay animation and cutscene animation for games. Its work includes the complete character performance and animation set for Garraka in nDreams’ Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord – Frozen Empire, alongside animation and motion capture cleanup for ZA/UM’s Zero Parades: For Dead Spies.

Other projects extend across cinematic trailers, augmented reality and advertising. Bumpybox contributed character animation to the trailer for Total War: WARHAMMER III – Lords of the End Times, created character assets and animated AR loops for A Vixen’s Tale with Arcade, and supplied 2D compositing for the Barbour Christmas campaign with The Illuminated Film Company.