Chromosphere
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- Founded
- 2016
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About Chromosphere
Chromosphere is an independent design and animation studio founded in 2016 by artist and director Kevin Dart. Based in Glendale, California, within the Los Angeles area, it develops animated entertainment, commercial work, original stories and interactive experiences. Its work brings together visual development, storytelling and technology across both commissioned productions and studio-created projects.
The studio provides animation production in 2D, 3D and hybrid formats, alongside art direction, character and environment design, storyboarding, animatics, lighting and compositing. Its design work ranges from early visual exploration and world-building to finished title sequences and motion graphics. Projects extend beyond conventional screen animation into virtual reality, augmented reality, gaming hardware interfaces, illustrated publications and educational media.
Animation and storytelling
For Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego, Chromosphere contributed production design, art direction, character design and title sequences. Its work on City of Ghosts included visual development, design, hybrid animation and final compositing. Other television contributions include main titles for Green Eggs and Ham, visual development and production design support for Trash Truck, and opening sequences for productions including Steven Universe Future and StuGo.
Short-form work includes June, made with director John Kahrs for Lyft, and the studio’s debut film Forms in Nature. Chromosphere also develops original intellectual property, including the animated series Yuki 7 and Mall Stories. Its short Yuki’s Daydream explores animation produced in Unreal Engine.
Interactive and educational work
Chromosphere’s interactive portfolio includes the Google Spotlight Stories experience Sonaria, visual effects contributions to Age of Sail, and Sinclair Snake, an augmented reality narrative for Within’s Wonderscope platform. For Panic’s Playdate console, the studio created boot-sequence animation, interface animation and marketing animation.
Educational work includes animated segments for Cosmos: Possible Worlds, STEM comic books for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Spark Squad, and the arts-integrated learning initiative Draw & Discover. Together, these projects demonstrate a practice spanning entertainment, interactive storytelling and visual approaches to science education.
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People and working model
Kevin Dart serves as CEO and Creative Director. The reported core team also includes producer Sarah Kambara, director Elizabeth Ito and Technical Art Director Theresa Latzko. The studio supplements its core team with project-based freelance artists.
Production approach
Chromosphere develops a distinct visual approach for each production rather than maintaining a uniform house style. Its pipeline combines 2D character animation, 3D modeling and multi-plane compositing in Adobe After Effects. The studio states that it does not use generative AI in its creative or animation processes.
The company describes its working environment as open and comfortable, with an emphasis on individual independence.
Initiatives and recognition
Draw & Discover received a Phase 1A Small Business Innovation Research grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences. Chromosphere is also a certified Glendale Green Business and a recipient of an Electrification Mini-Grant.
Forms in Nature received a Motion Award for Best Short Form.
Representation
Nexus Studios signed Chromosphere to its global directorial roster in September 2017. The relationship provides commercial film and interactive director representation.
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Where Chromosphere is based
- Glendale, California, United States
Glendale office
HeadquartersSingle physical production studio and overall headquarters in Glendale’s Tropico neighborhood, within the Greater Los Angeles area.
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Los Angeles office
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