About - Finger Industries

Hello!

Founded in 2002 by Marcus Kenyon and Jonny Ford, Finger Industries is a creative, hard-working animation & illustration studio with a history of producing great characters and original ideas.

We’ve come a long way since our inception 17 years ago and our crack team of extraordinarily talented individuals now works for clients in 4 continents, across multiple industries, all from our lovely studio in Sheffield, England.

We are a service provider, a creative partner and an independent studio.

A 3D render of The Tiny Tiger waiting by the bus stop on a sunny day

Our services.

Concept Development

Considering the entire concept, the world and the characters within it, be it IP or campaign led; we can work with you to get the most 'character and story' out of your concept

Design & Pre-Production

The first steps in style setting and animation design; everything from movement, flow, cameras, lighting, cinematography -designing all the nuances and subtleties as part of the pre-production stage. As design develops, so too does the edit - storyboards, animatics, VO, music and SFX - we do them all.

Illustration

For print, digital or OOH campaigns; we can do character based pieces to live action compositing and everything in between. If you can think it up, we can make it. Head over to our Advertising and Comms page to see what we've created or get in touch to find out more.

Character Design

An iterative process that's all about working with you, from initial style setting through to beautifully posed, expressive characters. Be it part of a wider production process or a stand alone deliverable, coming up with new characters is one of our favourite bits to do!

Production

Video Production; from building scenes and characters to animating and any live action shoot (or both!). Did you know we use our custom built rigs to execute those lovely idiosyncrasies and characterisations?

Post Production

Compositing, grading and VFX, get in touch if you'd like to see what our post production team can do. A service in its own right; not just part of our animation process!

Our Team

Marcus Kenyon

Managing Director and Technical Lead

Jonny Ford

Creative Director and Illustrator

Carrie O'Lone

Global Sales and Marketing Manager. Senior Management

Rachael Exton

Production Manager. Senior Management

Abby Charlesworth

Studio and HR Manager

Charlotte McNaghten

Studio Manager. Senior Management

Chris Walker

Lead 3D Artist. Senior Management

Lauren Auty

Concept Artist and 2D Animator

Sally Bramall

Finance Manager

Sophie Cocker

Junior 3D Animator

Ryan Searson

Junior Editor and Animator

Joanna Adamska

Animator

Multi-disciplinary video production

Be it 2D, 3D, photo-realistic, live-action, VFX or VR Production. It might be character-led, it might not. We're pretty versatile when it comes to what we can create so if you'd like to know more, please do get in touch.

If you are a freelancer working in any of the following areas, we're always happy to hear from you- even if we don’t have a specific need right now

Storyboard Artist

3D Generalist

2D Animator

Post Production After Effects

3D Animator

Editor

If you think you'd be a good fit for our team send your CV and a link to your portfolio/reel to [email protected]

Please include your availability and daily rate.
Please note, we can only consider freelancers that can work in house.