Finger Industries

Finger Industries was an independent animation, character design and illustration studio based in Sheffield, United Kingdom. Founded in 2002 by Marcus Kenyon and Jonny Ford, it produced work for advertising, broadcast entertainment and healthcare communications. Its creative approach combined character artwork, narrative storytelling and technical 3D modelling across animated films and illustrated campaigns.

The studio worked across both 2D and 3D production, with capabilities spanning concept development, storyboarding, modelling, texturing, character rigging and finished animation. Creative direction, digital illustration, visual effects and motion graphics complemented its animation services. Alongside commissioned work, it developed original intellectual property and character concepts.

Broadcast and character production

Children’s entertainment formed an important part of the studio’s output. Its relationship with BabyTV included contributions to preschool series such as Charlie and the Numbers, Charlie and the Shapes, Beep Beep! and Oliver. Finger Industries also contributed design and pre-production work to Mike the Knight and Chuggington, extending its work beyond standalone commercials into television development and production.

Advertising and healthcare

Commercial projects brought the studio together with agencies including Adam&EveDDB, Havas London, Propaganda and Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness. Its advertising work included the recurring character Martyn for The Car People, alongside animation and illustration for brands including Lloyds TSB, HSBC, Ribena, Seabrooks and Mamas & Papas. These commissions combined character-led communication with artwork intended for broadcast, digital and print use.

Healthcare communications became another substantial strand of its work. The studio created 3D mechanism-of-action films, medical educational stories and health awareness campaigns for pharmaceutical and healthcare clients. These productions applied its animation and storytelling capabilities to explaining medical subjects, including a buddy-movie approach to a treatment mechanism-of-action film.

After more than two decades of production, the company ceased trading during its September 2025 creditors’ voluntary liquidation. Its animation business and Sheffield production premises had closed by the research date of 31 October 2026.