Archive | 2D Animation

Happy Holidays 2023

Hatch Studios had the privilege to work with Torys once again this year for their animated holiday video card. With a focus this year on mental health, Hatch and Torys developed a script that outlines the difficulties some of us encounter with mental health, both at home and the work-place. It serves as a gentle […]

Happy Holidays 2022

Christmas time is the perfect opportunity to wish your clients a happy holiday and a prosperous new year. Torys, the world-renowned international business law firm, is no exception. They approached Hatch Studios with a task to develop an e-Greeting they could send out to their prospective clients over the holidays. The animated greeting card needed […]

Green Gobbler Design

Hatch Studios was asked to redesign PurposeBuilt Brands’ Green Gobbler mascot in an effort to make it more approachable. Hatch Studios’ expertise in character development led to a number of important changes which ultimately reshaped the character as friendlier and less aggressive. Subtle details such as adding pupils to the eyes, adjusting the frown, revising […]

The Water Cycle

Conservation Hamilton reached out to Hatch Studios to develop a short, fun, animated explainer video explaining the water cycle to children for in-class education. Hatch created a lovable character using 2D animation that guides us through the various stages of the water cycle including evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection. This project was created with After […]

Bimbo Bear 2D

It is always a challenging taking an established 3D character and developing its 2D counterpart. Pigeon Brands approached Hatch Studios for help in achieving this after the success of the expanded 3D poses and expressions. The result is a beautiful and accurate 2D representation which could be used for current and future marketing promotions. Careful […]

Walker

A beautiful new piece developed for Kids Help Phone by our talented design director, John JH Lee! This is one of two!

Kat

A beautiful new piece developed for Kids Help Phone by our talented design director, John JH Lee! This is two of two!

Battery Life Or Death

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Too See Or Not To See

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Getting Unstuck

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Keeping Warm

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Oil Essentials

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Why Winter Tires

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Winter Survival Tips

One of 7 short 2D animated clips developed for GoodWrench, explaining winter driving safety and procedure. Make sure to check out the others below!

Pupa

Pupa is the story about a boy who is about to begin puberty. His body is ready to make a physical transformation, but in his eyes every grownup is a hideous monster. He fears that he will turn into one of them. Pupa was developed using 2D classical animation techniques. It made the rounds in […]

Commuting

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

How To Find The Right Job

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

Getting A Job

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

Following Up

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

Office Etiquette

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

References

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

Office Romance

A fun, sarcastic and brilliantly executed 2D spot with some great humour developed for Workopolis Canada.

Train

Hatch finds a balance between 2D and motion graphics for Balance Bar with this beautifully executed 2D animated spot.

Mighty Packs

A gorgeous multi-media spot created for All to promote their Mighty Packs laundry detergent. This spot has a clever mix of just about everything including 3D animation, 2D animation, motion graphics, illustration and design.

Poutition

This was a YouTube video created by Hatch Studios Ltd. for Wendy’s Canada. The style features a distinctly crude Monty Python feel with snappy timing and lively animation.

Brainscan

A spot created for the Alzheimer’s Society of British Columbia that has received numerous mentions in the media including a spot in SHOOT Online’s quarterly top ten.

You And The Flu 2

An informational video animated by Hatch Studios to inform Canadians about how the flu makes you sick.

You And The Flu 1

An informational video animated by Hatch Studios to inform Canadians about the flu shot.

Wingin It

Angels come to earth in the opening credits for Temple Street Production’s TV show “Winging It”.

Met

A beautifully animated spot showcasing Scotiabank’s Met, live in HD.

Frames

A simple clean graphic treatment of hand drawn frames composited and tracked around each of the women’s faces. Also a cg rendered water effect to demonstrate the moisture retaining strength of the product.

The Alveus

A comic book short for the band Alpha Galates. A violent incident at a museum suggests there are ancient and evil forces afoot…

Topography

Lexus “Topographical” was produced to introduce Lexus’ new GX SUV model. The creative idea was to replace the environment with a computer generated topographical elevation map. The live action was shot in the desert mountains near Los Angeles using a helicopter. Lexus “Topographical” was created by first tracking the live action footage using Boujou. The […]

Shift Reality

Toyota Matrix “Shift Reality” was a spot just recently completed in under 1 month for both cinema and television broadcast. The concept was to show an animated commercial in which Toyota’s new car accelerates to such high speeds that the air resistance ‘peels’ off the animation thus revealing the live-action vehicle underneath. We then follow […]

Cameroon

“Cameroon” was a combination of traditional animation, computer animation, and heavy graphic design, all carefully coordinated together to create a powerful and bold spot for Puma. The environment was first built in 3D, whereupon camera moves were planned out and then printed out as layouts for the traditional animators to work with. For scenes during […]

BubbaXtreme

BubbaXtreme was yet another spot created for Mexico. It involved both traditional and computer animation, both interacting with live action. The product, a lollipop, had to be built in 3D for a 3 second product demo featured halfway through the spot. The lollipop actually proved to be quite challenging due to the translucent nature of […]