Global animation team - best known for our work on Vampire Survivors, Smiling Friends, Sonic Mania, Rick & Morty, Neon White, Amphibia, OK K.O.!, and many more.
For Animators, but also Artists who want to animate but haven't gotten comfortable with the process yet: What do you consider to be the hardest thing about doing animation?
For the first time in quite a while, Yotta is officially expanding! If you are a skilled animator looking for remote work with our team this season (especially on action-focused animation), please send your portfolio/demo reel to:
apply
@studioyotta
.com
Huge thanks to Warner Bros for inviting us to work on the anime sequence on Animaniacs! It was a huge honor to take part in and a fun challenge. We're stoked to see it's out, and the response we've seen to it is extremely heartwarming. Thank you!
Yotta is CURRENTLY OFFERING WORK for Cleanup Animators / Background Artists primarily for February. If you're interested, hit up apply
@studioyotta
.com (with portfolio)!
Ability to adapt to anime styles is helpful for either role, as it is an aesthetic requested of us very often.
We are currently seeking clean-up animators proficient in Clip Studio to assist us in wrapping up our final project of the year. Looking especially for artists that possess strong draftsmanship skills and are comfortable working with high-fidelity drawings!
apply
@studioyotta
.com
If you are an experienced background artist or clean-up animator, we are now recruiting for both positions. As always, this post is for remote work; send your portfolio and/or demo reel to apply
@studioyotta
.com anytime before May 29th, 2023 in order to apply.
Massive thanks go out to the DuckTales team for giving us the opportunity to work on "Astro Boyd" — and to the eight wonderful animators who made the scene possible with their work:
Kofi Fiagome
Michael Sung
Ida Bagus Yoga
Husain Untoro
KiloCrescent
Ma Lok Man
失足壁虎
Maisie Li
Currently seeking out (1) skilled background artists capable of working in an anime style, as well as (2) a digital painter skilled in realism. If you are interested in remote work in one of these two categories, please email apply
@studioyotta
.com with your portfolio to apply!
Calling for two animators:
1. An animator comfortable with animating shots with ~10 moving characters and having them all feel natural/varied in their timing.
2. A game animation specialist who can nail crisp poses and work well within limited framecount.
apply
@studioyotta
.com
We are currently searching for artists and animators specializing in producing 2D game assets! If this describes you, we would love to check out your portfolio at apply
@studioyotta
.com (and as with most Yotta jobs, this is for a remote position!)
Looking for skilled, fast, reliable cleanup animators to help out on our projects over the next week and possibly beyond. Contact apply
@studioyotta
.com with samples of your work, even if you've applied previously!
It's recruitment time. Looking for the following applicants in order of priority:
1. Animators who are capable of strong BACKGROUND ANIMATION.
2. Looking for experienced CLEAN-UP ANIMATORS to try out and bolster the strength of our clean-up crew.
apply
@studioyotta
.com
Many thanks to
@PahdoLabs
for giving our team the opportunity to produce 2D animation for their immensely promising co-op title,
#StarlightRevolver
. Double thanks for allowing us to share this sneak peak! (Below shot animated by:
@AzouraArt
)
Artists: If you're on the improvement grind and had to pick one skill or technique to practice for the next six months, what would you most want to put time into?
Our sincerest congratulations go out to
@MichaelRCusack
@psychicpebble
@adultswim
for tonight's special and the upcoming release of Smiling Friends Season 2. It is a genuine honor to have had the opportunity the participate - thank you for having us onboard!
We are also searching for background artists — If you are a background artist capable of producing BG's for TV / promo-level projects (or games, even), please shoot us your portfolio at apply
@studioyotta
.com !
Looking for solid clean-up animators — if you're interested, please send your reels to apply
@studioyotta
.com ! This also applies to artists who have applied or who we've been in touch with before, so don't be shy!
Thank you so much to
@Jerma985
@meekcheep
@GrottoBeastsTCG
for giving us the chance to work on the commercial for Grotto Beasts. It was a blast to work on, and Jerma & Hollulu are some of the loveliest folks we've ever had the pleasure of working with.
Thank you very much to
@ToeiAnimation
@TonariAnimation
@Sakamin0417
for giving Studio Yotta the opportunity to help out with Digimon Ghost Game Ep 3! Full credits list for our team will be posted momentarily.
Looking for an animator comfortable with/specializing in handling relatively complex background animation for at least one shot on one of our current projects. Send examples of background animation you've done to apply
@studioyotta
.com if you're interested!
Looking for an effects animator with experience working in Clip Studio to help us tackle some effects over the next couple weeks — If you're interested, please send your portfolio to apply
@studioyotta
.com !
Massive thanks to
@Radrappy
and his team at Disney for giving us the opportunity to animate Amphibia's intro! We're thrilled to see it released in full form and are proud to have had the chance to take part.
For those who have asked — yes, this recruitment is for people who are interested in working remotely. As long as you have an e-mail, a PayPal address, and THE CHOPS, we're interested in checking out what you've got.
Yotta's hiring, spread the word! apply
@studioyotta
.com
Looking for clean-up animators for remote part-time work over the next couple weeks! If you're confident in your skills and are interested, please send a direct e-mail to jake
@studioyotta
.com (this time instead of the apply e-mail we normally use)!
[Flash only, FBF 2D only]
MAJOR: We're looking for more FX animators! If you're an FX animator and are interested in doing remote work with us, please email apply
@studioyotta
.com with samples of your FX animation comparable to what we've done on our most recent projects. (See Sonic Mania and Brawlhalla)
Studio Yotta is currently hiring for the positions of animation director and cleanup director for upcoming projects. If you would be interested in applying for this position, please email us at apply
@studioyotta
.com .
ONE more project remaining in Yotta's queue of releases set to come out in the coming months — then we can show what our directors have been developing in-house this year. YOTTA 2021 ! ! ! ✌️
As Studio Yotta continues to expand, we are pleased to announce that we are now open to discussing new projects in 2023. If you're looking to develop a promotional animation, intro cinematic, or long-form animation, we'd love to hear from you anytime at services
@studioyotta
.com.
Looking for animators specializing in animating solid 2D walk cycle and run cycle animation. If you have samples of this kind of work and are available to work with us in the next couple weeks, please send to apply
@studioyotta
.com !
The gloves are off! We're excited to finally share the details on our upcoming co-op beat-'em-up, River City Girls, which hits Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and PC this September! You can play it at
@ArcSystemWorksU
's
@AnimeExpo
booth this week!
While we're at it, we'd also like to catch up on one belated release announcement: we worked on LO for scenes 1&2 in Urusei Yatsura ep 22, and want to take a sec to credit the animators who worked with us. Thank you to the participating animators from our crew and
@shinobi_CJP
!
Looking to work with a background artist for a deadline crunch this week, to help handle a few BG's. Needs to be able to quickly draw clean, lined backgrounds in Flash. Taking applications until tomorrow (Thursday) only! Apply now at apply
@studioyotta
.com
Happy Pico Day! Fun fact: Studio Yotta would never have existed without
@Newgrounds
- and after so many years, the community continues to flourish. Eternal thanks to
@TomFulp
for paving the way for so many of us in animation!
River City Girls is out, go check it out! Massive thanks to
@adamctierney
@WayForward
and
@ArcSystemWorksU
for giving us the opportunity to animate the game's main intro and boss intro cutscenes (the latter being viewable for the first time today)!
Searching for a 3D artist for remote work! If you are skilled in 3D environments and lighting in particular, we'd love to hear from you at apply
@studioyotta
.com !
Thank you so much to all who have applied in the past day. At this time, we are posting one more call: We are currently looking for artists with anime industry experience on Sakkan work, character Settei, or action LO. Please send your work to apply
@studioyotta
.com if interested!
Studio Yotta will be at Anime Expo 2024! No panel or booth or anything, just sending one guy to walk around with this hat on. If you can find him and successfully say "give me the goods, anime man" before he escapes, he'll give you a special prize!
Our official credits list for the Grotto Beasts animation (Yotta staff specifically - for full staff credits, check this Tweet: ) Thank you very much to everyone who took part and made this possible!
Lastly, we want to take one more chance to thank
@MichaelRCusack
and
@psychicpebble
. In many ways, a show is only as strong as the creators behind it - and these guys are undeniably two of the greatest. Thank you for giving us the chance to be part of the journey from the start.
A surprise animation we worked on recently came out last week for Netflix's Biggie Smalls documentary film, "Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell": — Huge thanks to
@kimsonian
for having us on, and to
@jar_kofi
for setting up such a killer animatic to work from!
When it comes to CLEAN-UP ANIMATION, we're looking for a few reliable animators capable of strong SPACING, and who are also willing to work doing clean, solid, on-model drawing instead of jumping right into crazy rough animation. Flash users highly welcome!
apply
@studioyotta
.com
We want to take a moment to thank everyone who responded to our recent call for animators. There were so many amazing applications this time — we can't thank you all enough for taking the time to apply. We have begun hiring, and will be sending all confirmations by Friday, Nov 4.
We'll be taking a break from starting up new anime projects for December, but will be resuming in Jan 2022! It's been a blast and we seriously look forward to doing more — thank you for all of your support!
Happy New Year from Studio Yotta ❤️🥂 Thank you to all of you who have supported our work, especially during 2020 — Looking forward to 2021 and showing you what we've been up to!