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Spirit Bridge Studio

@spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social

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🪄 World's greatest creative studio, based in Coventry, UK, creating world-class 2D and 3D animation, illustrations, music, and motion graphics. ✍️🧑‍🎨 We're passionate about bringing stories to life and making a positive impact on the world.✨🌍

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · Feb 17

🎬Terry the Toucan is off on a new adventure!🦜

Terry, the global post-bird, is soaring into the intro for Bucky the Unicorn Bear, an upcoming children's picture book and 2D animated series!💜🐻 It's an enchanting journey filled with hope and friendship!✨

#2danimation #animation #unicorn #friendship

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 2h

Thank you. All the passion and late nights poured into one incredible moment. ✨

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8h

Sending all that love and gratitude right back to you. 🙏🤍

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 9h

We are officially an award winning studio! 🏆

So honoured to be named Animation Studio of the Year 2025/26 by the Central England Prestige Awards. A massive moment for our team. Thank you for the support.

👉 www.spiritbridgestudio.com

#awardwinning #animationstudio #art #uk #photography

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 1d

Our pleasure that is! 🤍🫶

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 2d

Hehe, yes! Thank you for the love 🤍

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 5d

You're welcome! Keep up the good work 🙏🤍

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 5d

Meet our Co-Founder & Creative Director, Ben Barter! 🧑‍🎨🤍

He is a world-class, award winning artist (Disney, WB, BBC alum), he's the visionary guiding our team and the original creator of Bucky the Unicorn Bear!

See the full team here: spiritbridgestudio.com/meet-the-team/

#illustration #art

Ben Barter, Creative Director of Spirit Bridge Studio, smiles at his desk, making the unicorn salute. In the background, there’s a whiteboard.

An over the shoulder view of Ben Barter illustrating a colourful, magical scene with Bucky the Unicorn Bear and two elves on a large graphics tablet.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 5d

There is a wealth of stuff online to draw from, but nothing beats standing/or sitting with a sketchbook and drawing real people and places (as long as you can do it safely). You've made a great start though. We're sure your work will go from strength to strength. 🙏🤍

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 5d

You've captured a lot of the charm of the house. The next step would be to try and explore the depth and personality that Kiefer gives to his work. We universally recommend drawing from real life in order to give your work a boost. Even imaginary creations can be informed by observation.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

Awesome! You're welcome, keep it up 🤍

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

Apart from that, it is a characterful movement, executed very well. 🤍

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

This is really nice. We would make the pupils less busy. They distract from the main movement. And watch the proportions on the arms. They appear thicker when the body is facing forward and when she has her back to us the arm that is further away looks thicker than the near side one.

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

The white on the neck and hands are a bit confusing. If it is colouration then we would try it as an identifiable pattern. The perspective on the beak is excellent.

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

People often hate drawing hands, but if you are attempting to draw a tricky one like the one in the picture we're sure you will do a good job.

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

If you haven't already, we would start with an underlying drawing. This will allow you to be more defined in the edges. A wing turned into a hand is always a challenge, so we would start with hand studies.

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you, Thomas! 💜

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you for the love, @warpedworlds.bsky.social! You're always on point 😎💯💜🤍

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you. It means everything to us that you see the heart of the mission 🙏💜🤍

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 12d

What a day! ❤️💜

Our team visited Birmingham Children’s Hospital with Bucky the Unicorn Bear & Bertie Bear to present our Dragon Boat Race cheque.

Thrilled to announce we’ve now raised £13,300! Absolutely amazing! 🤍

#animationstudio #2dart #mascot #unicorn #art

Bucky the Unicorn Bear mascot and Bertie Bear mascot stand side by side on green artificial grass under a colourful striped canopy, holding a large cheque made out to Birmingham Children’s Hospital Charity.

Six members of the Spirit Bridge Studio team (Guedi Absiyeh, Henry Haigh, Pritpal Rai, Ben Barter, Nathan Hil, and Robert Schiopu as Bucky), wearing purple Bucky the Unicorn Bear t-shirts, pose with Bucky and Bertie Bear mascots. They are on green artificial grass inside Birmingham Children’s Hospital, holding a large cheque.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 12d

You're very welcome! You keep cooking 🤍🙏

Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 12d

Again, we may be preaching to the converted, but spray a fixer on the image at the end to protect it. If you don't have a fancy one, hair spray works too.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 12d

If you haven't already, a good technique to employ to avoid accidental smudging is to rest your hand when drawing (when you need to for accuracy) on another clean sheet of paper on top of the one you are working on.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 12d

It looks like you're getting a good handle on your materials. Yes, those softer materials can be a nuisance.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 13d

Try to avoid smudging with your finger. Some artists do this but it doesn't lend itself to accurate toning. Try practicing feathering with your pencil, applying different weight. If you haven't already, try different tones of pencil. Perhaps HB and 4B.

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Spirit Bridge Studio @spiritbridgestudio.bsky.social · 13d

You have made the left side of the face (viewers left) larger than the right. An easy way of checking symmetry is to look at your picture in a mirror/hold it up to the light and look from behind. We get so used to looking at a page that we don't see things that are obvious when the image is reversed

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