Origami Dollar

Origami Dollar is an independent CGI animation boutique specializing in character creation and animation for feature films, commercials, and digital media. It works as an outsourcing partner for production companies and creative agencies, developing characters from initial visual concepts through production assets and animated performances. Its work spans advertising, feature animation, game cinematics, and branded mascot projects.

The studio combines artistic character development with technical production capabilities. Projects can involve design, storyboarding, previsualization, modeling, rigging, animation, look development, lighting, rendering, and compositing. Its character work includes facial performance, hair and fur grooming, and simulations for cloth, paper, and secondary movement. This range supports both focused contributions to larger productions and assignments covering multiple stages of CG production.

Feature development and character production

The studio traces its operations to 2016, when it created a five-minute proof of concept for David The Movie. That early project established a visual foundation and character pipeline for the subsequent animated feature. Origami Dollar later contributed pre-production character rigging, pipeline setup, and animation services to David. Its development work also includes character design, modeling, and rigging for The Third Floor's Skytribe, alongside proof-of-concept character and pipeline development for Mr. Gus.

Commercial and interactive work

Its publicly documented portfolio includes character production for Kia's Robo Dog, hero alien and robot modeling for Pepsi Zero Sugar, and animation for Aldi's Christmas campaigns. For Supercell productions, assignments have ranged from previsualization and technical animation to character rigging and lip-sync performance. The studio has also supplied character rigs for multiple Apex Legends trailers and contributed to campaigns for Amazon, Google Android, Hulu, and other brands.

Origami Dollar operates through a distributed remote production model rather than a physical studio facility. It draws on international freelance specialists to assemble the modeling, rigging, simulation, and animation capabilities required for individual productions, collaborating with production partners across commercial and entertainment projects.