Ink and Giants

Ink and Giants is an independent animation and motion design studio based in London, founded in 2015 by Dianne Dela Torre and Peter Dobes. Its origins lie in Dobes’s independent motion design practice, incorporated in 2013, which became Ink and Giants following the pair’s formal creative partnership in 2015. The studio creates commercials, branded content, broadcast identities, title sequences and experiential screen visuals for brands and agencies.

Its work combines 2D animation, 3D motion design and character animation with illustration, visual development and storytelling. Projects span animated product campaigns, corporate brand films, channel packaging and large-scale installations. Its production capabilities extend from creative direction, concept development and storyboarding through CG modeling, look development, compositing and post-production.

Commercial and broadcast work

For Oreo, the studio has produced character animation and product motion for campaigns including The Secret Life of Oreos, Oreo Global Taste and Oreo Summer. Its Air Wick work includes the animated “Nose Worlds” campaign, developed with Havas London and Shutterstock Studios. Other projects include IWG’s Unlocking the Future of Hybrid Working, HSBC’s The Heart of HSBC and explanatory motion design for BP’s Energy Outlook.

Broadcast projects include CBBC’s animated “Flooms” characters, station idents and visual packaging, created in partnership with BBC Creative. The studio has also produced idents and motion packaging for Really Channel, alongside campaign visuals, guide artwork and broadcast identity animation for the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall.

Screens and physical experiences

Beyond conventional commercial and broadcast formats, Ink and Giants designs animation for multi-screen environments, exhibitions and public installations. Its work includes immersive projections for the British Arrows 50th-anniversary showcase at Outernet London and dynamic exhibition screen content for Ericsson’s Imagine Impossible presence at Mobile World Congress.

The studio works directly with consumer brands and alongside advertising and production agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi, Havas London, Dentsu Creative, Prodigious and Jack Morton Worldwide.