PICKUP episode 1, from an original animated series I'm developing as my own IP.

Rupert Stain enters here. He's the standard the rest of the cast are measured against, so the episode had to sell his presence through framing and pacing rather than dialogue. Deep maroon against cold environments, held beats, and cuts that land where the sound does.

Generated with Seedance 2.5 on fal.ai. The workflow: character sheets and style bible locked first, then boarding against the track, then production. Doing it in that order is why characters hold their design shot to shot instead of drifting.

Concept, character design, animation, voice, sound design and final edit, all handled in one pipeline.