The Last
Canopy
A stylized world is built around scale, atmosphere and a single visual destination. Restrained movement lets the environment carry the emotion.
Animator / Motion artistUnited States · Worldwide
I make ideasmove, reactand feel alive.
Character animation, stylized CGI and motion-driven stories for films, brands, studios and screens.
SHOT 014 / ENV + CHARACTER
01—24
Software creates frames. Timing creates personality. Staging creates clarity. Performance creates connection.
Selected worlds / 2D + 3D
Work built around movement, not decoration.
Each project is presented as a distinct visual world—character, environment, rhythm and finish working together.
The Last
After
the call
One character, one room, one emotional shift. Graphic poses and camera rhythm carry the story before the dialogue does.
for 06 frames Stagger reactions
Forest
Chorus
A crowded cast stays readable through silhouette, eye-line and deliberately staggered reactions.
Parallel
Lives
Contrasting spaces, repeated silhouettes and controlled transitions turn one character journey into a cohesive visual rhythm.
Ash &
Scale
Weight, eye-line and restraint make an impossible creature feel present before spectacle takes over.
One artist / three visual languages
2D instinct.
3D depth.
One point of view.
POSE / TIMING / SILHOUETTE2D character animation
Every line should carry intention.
Strong poses, clean silhouettes and timing that reveals thought before movement. From rough thumbnails to final compositing.
- Character design
- Storyboards
- Key poses
- Frame-by-frame
Performance breakdown / facial system
The final expression starts inside the rig.
Drag to move from technical structure to final performance.
From first mark to final frame
A process built to protect the idea.
Each stage answers a different question. Nothing moves forward until the story reads clearly.
- 01WHY
Direction
Define the feeling, audience and visual rules before making frames.
- 02WHAT
Boards
Find the strongest staging, pose and transition with the cheapest possible marks.
- 03WHEN
Animatic
Lock rhythm and editorial intent before detail creates attachment.
- 04HOW
Build
Illustrate, model, rig and design only what the camera and performance need.
- 05MOVE
Animate
Move from readable blocking to controlled arcs, overlap and expression.
- 06FEEL
Finish
Lighting, effects, compositing and sound pull every decision into one world.
About Dylan
Obsessed with movement, character and visual rhythm.
I work across 2D, 3D and motion design, building animated worlds for studios, brands and independent productions. Sometimes that starts with a rough pencil pose. Sometimes it starts with a fully modelled scene. The goal is always the same: make the audience feel something.
- Based
- United States
- Working
- Worldwide / remote
- Focus
- Character + stylized CGI
Blender · Maya · Cinema 4D · Houdini · Unreal · After Effects · Toon Boom · DaVinci Resolve
Start a project
Have a story that needs to move?
Tell me what you are creating, where it will be seen and what you want the audience to feel.
hello@dylancross.studio