Liam - Cut the Mustard Animation
@cutthemustardanimation.com
UK-based freelance animation studio ✏️ making cool stuff in a whole range of styles!
🟡 www.cutthemustardanimation.com
🟡 www.cutthemustardanimation.com
Our shot for Saberspark's 'Over the Garden Wall Reanimated' collaboration! Over 100 animators teamed up to draw shots from the series in their own style, to celebrate it's 11th anniversary. Here's our contribution! Full video will be out Nov 4th.
October 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our shot for Saberspark's 'Over the Garden Wall Reanimated' collaboration! Over 100 animators teamed up to draw shots from the series in their own style, to celebrate it's 11th anniversary. Here's our contribution! Full video will be out Nov 4th.
Our 4th 48hr Animation Lock-In will take place the 5-6th of September!
We'll be sharing our progress as we create the film over on our Instagram. If you're a friend of the team, feel free to get in touch about coming down!
Full details here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/lock-in-4
We'll be sharing our progress as we create the film over on our Instagram. If you're a friend of the team, feel free to get in touch about coming down!
Full details here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/lock-in-4
August 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Our 4th 48hr Animation Lock-In will take place the 5-6th of September!
We'll be sharing our progress as we create the film over on our Instagram. If you're a friend of the team, feel free to get in touch about coming down!
Full details here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/lock-in-4
We'll be sharing our progress as we create the film over on our Instagram. If you're a friend of the team, feel free to get in touch about coming down!
Full details here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/lock-in-4
Tag yourself at whose concert 👀
We've been dabbling a little in the game industry this year - here's a small mo-graph demo for an original idea we had! 🎸🎤🎮
We've been dabbling a little in the game industry this year - here's a small mo-graph demo for an original idea we had! 🎸🎤🎮
August 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Tag yourself at whose concert 👀
We've been dabbling a little in the game industry this year - here's a small mo-graph demo for an original idea we had! 🎸🎤🎮
We've been dabbling a little in the game industry this year - here's a small mo-graph demo for an original idea we had! 🎸🎤🎮
From heatwaves to torrential rail, the weather has us feeling like this! ☀️🌧️
Clip taken from a 2022 project, our first in a rubberhose style!
#rubberhose #2danimation #ukindieanimation
#retroanimation #cuphead #1920sanimation
#mrringading #lux
Clip taken from a 2022 project, our first in a rubberhose style!
#rubberhose #2danimation #ukindieanimation
#retroanimation #cuphead #1920sanimation
#mrringading #lux
July 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
From heatwaves to torrential rail, the weather has us feeling like this! ☀️🌧️
Clip taken from a 2022 project, our first in a rubberhose style!
#rubberhose #2danimation #ukindieanimation
#retroanimation #cuphead #1920sanimation
#mrringading #lux
Clip taken from a 2022 project, our first in a rubberhose style!
#rubberhose #2danimation #ukindieanimation
#retroanimation #cuphead #1920sanimation
#mrringading #lux
A little look into a project that didn't come to fruition for a well-known organisation, featuring a lovely limited colour pallete!
July 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A little look into a project that didn't come to fruition for a well-known organisation, featuring a lovely limited colour pallete!
Last Monday we won the Royal Television Awards in the 'short form digital' catergory. See our write-up about our winning films and the event itself on our blog. Link below!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/we-won-...
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/we-won-...
We won the RTS East Awards!
A write-up about our time at the Royal Television Society East awards, where we won in the 'short form digital' category.
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July 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Last Monday we won the Royal Television Awards in the 'short form digital' catergory. See our write-up about our winning films and the event itself on our blog. Link below!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/we-won-...
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/we-won-...
We're happy to show off two new projects on our site -
Peachy and Me, hybrid animations made in a fun, simple style for a mixed-media clown show. Our longest ever animated project! -
Throne of Luster, a fantasy Lo-Fi featuring a cast of characters and a dynamic day-night cycle.
Peachy and Me, hybrid animations made in a fun, simple style for a mixed-media clown show. Our longest ever animated project! -
Throne of Luster, a fantasy Lo-Fi featuring a cast of characters and a dynamic day-night cycle.
July 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We're happy to show off two new projects on our site -
Peachy and Me, hybrid animations made in a fun, simple style for a mixed-media clown show. Our longest ever animated project! -
Throne of Luster, a fantasy Lo-Fi featuring a cast of characters and a dynamic day-night cycle.
Peachy and Me, hybrid animations made in a fun, simple style for a mixed-media clown show. Our longest ever animated project! -
Throne of Luster, a fantasy Lo-Fi featuring a cast of characters and a dynamic day-night cycle.
We're happy to announce we won the Royal Television Society East award for 'short form digital' - We'll share all about it with some proper photos on our blog soon!
July 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We're happy to announce we won the Royal Television Society East award for 'short form digital' - We'll share all about it with some proper photos on our blog soon!
Lots of fun at the Norwich University of the Arts 2025 degree show! Saw some awesome work from all the courses - love seeing the animation, graphics and illustration work especially. We'll be down on Monday to watch all of the animation films in a special showing.
Thanks for the invite!
Thanks for the invite!
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Lots of fun at the Norwich University of the Arts 2025 degree show! Saw some awesome work from all the courses - love seeing the animation, graphics and illustration work especially. We'll be down on Monday to watch all of the animation films in a special showing.
Thanks for the invite!
Thanks for the invite!
Every year we animate more comics than the last. Working with established creators to adapt their comics is a fast and cost effective form of animation for engaging your audience.
Take a look at this blog we wrote on the subject!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/animati...
Take a look at this blog we wrote on the subject!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/animati...
Animating Comics
In the last few years, Cut The Mustard has taken on a number of projects on behalf of comic artists. Here's how we've been able to help!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com
June 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Every year we animate more comics than the last. Working with established creators to adapt their comics is a fast and cost effective form of animation for engaging your audience.
Take a look at this blog we wrote on the subject!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/animati...
Take a look at this blog we wrote on the subject!
www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/animati...
Check out these rotoscoped clips made in the unique style of @ChrisSimpsonsArtist to promote his prints being available to buy with Moosey Art. We love his work so this was a dream collab!
June 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Check out these rotoscoped clips made in the unique style of @ChrisSimpsonsArtist to promote his prints being available to buy with Moosey Art. We love his work so this was a dream collab!
Throwback to this lovely testiomonial from 2023 🌍
June 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Throwback to this lovely testiomonial from 2023 🌍
Continuing off the popularity of our blog in our series 'how to make a successful indie animated pilot', we're back with Part 2, covering a real, ongoing case study - the pilot for New Earth!
Read all about it here -https://www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/indie-pilot-2
Read all about it here -https://www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/indie-pilot-2
May 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Continuing off the popularity of our blog in our series 'how to make a successful indie animated pilot', we're back with Part 2, covering a real, ongoing case study - the pilot for New Earth!
Read all about it here -https://www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/indie-pilot-2
Read all about it here -https://www.cutthemustardanimation.com/post/indie-pilot-2
We're happy to announce that a trio of films we created with our client, Meet you at Six, has been nominated for an RTS award in the 'short form digital' category!
May 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We're happy to announce that a trio of films we created with our client, Meet you at Six, has been nominated for an RTS award in the 'short form digital' category!
Here's some concept work for an old pitch we put together called Small 🐻 A concept for a world that has some unlikely friendships ✨
May 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Here's some concept work for an old pitch we put together called Small 🐻 A concept for a world that has some unlikely friendships ✨
Our take on the 'Poisson Steve' animated trend, a popular soundbite doing the rounds. Animated by Amy, we've had this earworm in our heads for the last week. 🍊
Look at the lil guy go! Sound on. 🔊
Look at the lil guy go! Sound on. 🔊
May 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our take on the 'Poisson Steve' animated trend, a popular soundbite doing the rounds. Animated by Amy, we've had this earworm in our heads for the last week. 🍊
Look at the lil guy go! Sound on. 🔊
Look at the lil guy go! Sound on. 🔊
We made a mural! Created for First Draft, a queer bar set to open this Friday. Amy and El created this funky flower arrangement and some great little characters, showing off the vibes and feel of the bar. Good luck with the opening! 🏳️🌈
April 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We made a mural! Created for First Draft, a queer bar set to open this Friday. Amy and El created this funky flower arrangement and some great little characters, showing off the vibes and feel of the bar. Good luck with the opening! 🏳️🌈
👀 We made a proposal animation and she said YES! 💍
See the animation we made here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/johns-proposal
See the animation we made here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/johns-proposal
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
👀 We made a proposal animation and she said YES! 💍
See the animation we made here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/johns-proposal
See the animation we made here - www.cutthemustardanimation.com/johns-proposal
A second collaboration with Grassroots, this project was created for their landing page: an ambient animation to show off their mascot character and showcase the key values their platform strives for - growth and the strength in community. 🌳
April 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A second collaboration with Grassroots, this project was created for their landing page: an ambient animation to show off their mascot character and showcase the key values their platform strives for - growth and the strength in community. 🌳
Another month, another testimonial - this time, the range of comics works we made for Rewriting Earth 🌎. Thanks for the review!
April 14, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Another month, another testimonial - this time, the range of comics works we made for Rewriting Earth 🌎. Thanks for the review!
Another post for our Insta using the gallery scroll feature! It was gone on some phones for a while, but it seems to be back for all. Reward this Goblin for his evil by sliding your finger. ⭐
April 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Another post for our Insta using the gallery scroll feature! It was gone on some phones for a while, but it seems to be back for all. Reward this Goblin for his evil by sliding your finger. ⭐
Our film 'Aylsham' included a few shots based on historic photos that we brought to life.
April 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Our film 'Aylsham' included a few shots based on historic photos that we brought to life.
Here's a little speed run of Amy's background drawing process - to accompany her blog post 'how to improve your backgrounds for animation'! 🖌️
March 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Here's a little speed run of Amy's background drawing process - to accompany her blog post 'how to improve your backgrounds for animation'! 🖌️
Happy first day of spring! Here are some pics of life at Cut the Mustard HQ, shenanigans in the city and some business events we've attended recently.
March 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Happy first day of spring! Here are some pics of life at Cut the Mustard HQ, shenanigans in the city and some business events we've attended recently.
Happy to share a new short explainer for environmental volunteering network Grassroots.
They help people connect with non-profit organizations, social-benefit companies and community leaders who work for a brighter future.
We loved bringing this (and main sloth, Julian) to life!
They help people connect with non-profit organizations, social-benefit companies and community leaders who work for a brighter future.
We loved bringing this (and main sloth, Julian) to life!
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Happy to share a new short explainer for environmental volunteering network Grassroots.
They help people connect with non-profit organizations, social-benefit companies and community leaders who work for a brighter future.
We loved bringing this (and main sloth, Julian) to life!
They help people connect with non-profit organizations, social-benefit companies and community leaders who work for a brighter future.
We loved bringing this (and main sloth, Julian) to life!