CRASHOUT Productions

CRASHOUT Productions is an independent, artist-founded animation studio and visual-media production house established in New York City in 2026. The studio develops and produces character-driven work across television, streaming, children’s media, games-adjacent storytelling, and commercial content.

Its approach is rooted in story-first development: helping creators stress-test concepts, build premises and character arcs, and assemble pitch-ready series materials. CRASHOUT combines that early creative work with visual development, including concept art, style guides, color scripting, and character, environment, and prop design.

Full-pipeline animation production

CRASHOUT supports projects from initial development through final delivery. Its production capabilities include:

• Storyboarding, animatics, layout, and visual development
• 2D, 3D, and rigged character animation
• Compositing, lighting, and final delivery
• Production management, including schedules, budgets, milestones, and coordination with vendors and freelance crew
• Digital-first and social animation programming, content strategy, and animation upscaling

The studio works with independent creators, educators, and media leaders to co-develop original intellectual property, pairing hands-on creative development with production infrastructure.

Selected work

Its 2026 projects include The Storyteller Squad Animated, a short made for the queer actual-play tabletop podcast; The Storyteller Squad Animatic; Ingredient Dish, a short and series pitch package for The Sandfords; and Penelope's Purse, pre-K musical shorts and visual development created in collaboration with Angela Santomero.

CRASHOUT’s public creative thesis challenges conventional development bottlenecks that can leave original, character-led concepts shelved in favor of formulaic programming. The studio’s motto is “EAT THE INDUSTRY. BE THE CHANGE.”