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Character Animation:

Bring Your Faceless Brand to Life

Custom animated characters that become your digital identity across YouTube, Twitch, and social media. Engage your audience without showing your face.

The 4-step Process

From concept to live stream, we guide you through creating your perfect animated persona.

  1. Image of myself as a sketch

    Sketching the concept

    Every great character starts with a pencil and paper. This stage is all about exploring ideas, refining composition, and capturing the essence of the design through loose, expressive sketches before moving to digital refinement.

  2. Image of myself after being vector drawn

    Vector Illustration

    With the sketch as a foundation, the character comes to life in Affinity Designer or Adobe Illustrator. Clean lines, precise shapes, and vibrant colors are added to create a polished, scalable vector design.

  3. Image of Adobe Character rigging

    Rigging the character

    With the vector character complete, the character is imported into Adobe Character Animator for rigging. This step involves setting up facial expressions, body movements, and interactive controls, allowing the character to move and respond naturally for animation.

  4. Animating the character

    With rigging complete, the character is brought to life through animation. Whether for a Twitch stream, YouTube videos, a PowerPoint presentation, or custom content, smooth movements and expressive reactions make the character fully interactive and engaging.

Simple Pricing

Every project’s a little different, and so is the pricing. The figures below are simply a guide to help you get an idea of what to expect — I’m always happy to chat and tailor things to fit your needs.

Basic Rig

Simple character animation

£250+
  • Simple character rigging
  • Basic head movement and blinking
  • Lip-syncing enabled
  • 1 revision
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Advanced Rig

Full-body animation

£600+
  • Full-body rigging
  • Lip-syncing refinement
  • Basic triggers and gestures
  • Up to 2 revisions

Premium Rig

Professional-grade animation

£1,500+
  • Highly detailed rigging
  • Advanced expressions & triggers
  • Polished lip-syncing
  • Up to 4 revisions
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Questions and answers

How long does a character animation take to create?

Most small animations (like emotes, simple cycles, or short clips) take 3–7 days, depending on complexity.

Larger animations or multiple expressions/poses may take longer, but I’ll always outline the timeline before starting.

Do I need to provide a character design first?

If you already have a character, great — I can animate it.

If not, I can design the character for you based on your ideas, or you can choose a style from my illustration work.

What file formats will I receive?

You’ll receive your animation in MP4, WebM, GIF, or a transparent PNG sequence depending on what you need.

Perfect for YouTube intros, Twitch overlays, social posts, websites, and branding.

Can you animate my existing artwork?

Yes — as long as the artwork is suitable for animation (layered or high-resolution), I can adapt it.

If needed, I can also redraw or clean up the design so it animates smoothly.

What counts as a simple vs. complex animation?

Simple animations include eye blinks, small movements, basic emotes, and looping gestures.

Complex animations include full-body movement, lip-sync, multiple scenes, multi-step actions, or animated transitions.

I’ll always help classify your idea before quoting.

Can I request multiple expressions or poses?

Yes. I offer sets of expressions, poses, and small micro-animations that you can use across your channel or brand.

This is especially popular with creators who want a “VTuber-lite” style without going full 3D.

Do you offer revisions?

Yes — all animations include revision stages.

I’ll share drafts at key points (sketch, motion preview, polished version) so you can provide feedback.

Can this be used for YouTube or Twitch?

Absolutely. Many clients use character animations for face-cam replacements, stream overlays, talking animations, channel branding, and video intros/outros.

I can prepare the files optimised for your chosen platform.

Do I own the character and animation?

Once delivered, you have full rights to use your animation across platforms.

I may showcase the work in my portfolio unless you prefer it to remain private.

How do I get started?

Just send me your idea — even a rough concept is enough.

We’ll decide on the style, complexity, and deliverables, and I’ll send a clear quote before any work begins.