InkRise Animation Reel and the Rise of AI Assisted Animation
We’re releasing the first InkRise animation reel at a moment when the animation industry is rapidly exploring new production tools. Since the start of the year, we’ve seen a noticeable increase in studios, brands, and creators looking at AI assisted animation pipelines as a way to develop digital-first content, proof-of-concepts, and short form storytelling. https://youtu.be/7lcba8SxyP4 […]
A First Look at Ghost Month and What We’re Learning About AI-Assisted Animation
We’ve just released a one-minute first look teaser for Ghost Month, an animated feature film currently in development. For us at Inkrise, this piece represents more than a preview of a story, it’s a creative benchmark. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDg4nYQH6oU Over the last two years, Inkrise has been quietly building and testing AI-assisted workflows for animation. Not to […]
The Night Feels Right – an Animated Bedtime Video
We just launched a brand new kids music video called The Night Feels Right, and we’re really excited to finally share it. This one is all about that calm, cozy moment right before sleep, when the lights are low, everything slows down, and the room starts to feel friendly instead of scary. It’s gentle, reassuring, […]
Santa X – the 2025 Inkrise Holiday Short
As the year wraps up, I wanted to share a short holiday we created here at Inkrise, our small animation studio using AI-assisted workflows in a story-first way. We’ve been focusing all year on craft, taste, and intentional shot design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk8VsqnMoFo This six-minute animated Christmas short, Santa X, was a chance to experiment while still […]
A Bear Named Pooh
Have a look at the first episode of A Bear Named Pooh. This episode, The Stuck Spot, is a small, cozy story built with a lot of care, patience, and curiosity about what AI-assisted animation can look like when it slows down instead of speeding everything up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m7kvRwtAWA The episode was created primarily using Google […]
Lady Godiva – Series Teaser
Set in the year 2298 on an alien-occupied Earth, LADY GODIVA follows Godiva, a 16-year-old prodigy rocket pilot growing up on a frigid reservation, who gets an unexpected invitation to an exclusive, high-stakes endurance race across the galaxy, which she uses to search for her missing mother. CREATIVE TEAM Aaron Simpson (series creator and Executive […]