Animation & Technical Art Studio · Burnaby, BC

WE MAKE
CHARACTERS
MOVE.

Kickback Creative Studio crafts cinematic animation, character rigs, and custom pipeline tooling for productions that demand more.

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Character Animation✦ Technical Rigging✦ Pipeline Development✦ Unreal Engine✦ MotionBuilder✦ FX & Simulation✦ Dark of the Knight✦ Create With Us✦ Character Animation✦ Technical Rigging✦ Pipeline Development✦ Unreal Engine✦ MotionBuilder✦ FX & Simulation✦ Dark of the Knight✦ Create With Us✦
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What we do
CORE SERVICES
01
Character Animation

Performance-driven character work for film, games, and episodic production. From blocking to final polish.

02
Technical Rigging

Complex character and prop rigs built for production. Cloth, cape, procedural systems, and custom constraint networks.

03
Pipeline Tooling

Custom Python tools for MotionBuilder, Maya, and Unreal. We build the infrastructure that makes your team faster.

04
Rendering & UE Integration

Full Unreal Engine render pipeline — scene setup, camera management, lighting, and final output.

05
Production Support

Embedded studio support for active productions. We slot into your pipeline and help ship.

06
Consulting

Pipeline audits, tool assessments, and workflow optimization for studios scaling up.

Selected projects
OUR WORK
Feature Film · In Production
Dark of the Knight
Rigging · Technical Art
Cape & Cloth Systems
3D Printing · Character Sculpting
Figurines
Pipeline · Python
KCS MB Studio Suite
Unreal Engine · Rendering
UE Render Pipeline
KCS
Who we are
STUDIO
BACKGROUND

Kickback Creative Studio is a boutique animation and technical art studio based in Burnaby, BC. We specialize in character-driven productions — working at the intersection of artistry and engineering to build the rigs, tools, and pipelines that bring complex characters to life.

Currently deep in production on Dark of the Knight, our in-house animated feature, while taking on external productions through pipeline consulting and technical artistry.

DOTK
Flagship production
MB+UE
Primary pipeline
100+
Pipeline tools built
P4
Version controlled
Tech stack
TOOLS & SOFTWARE
MotionBuilder 2026 Maya 2026 Unreal Engine Python / pyfbsdk Perforce / P4V Houdini Substance Painter After Effects REAPER ZBrush Blender DaVinci Resolve Character Creator iClone Git
Get in touch
LET'S MAKE
SOMETHING.

Available for production support, pipeline consulting, and character work.

kickbackcreativestudio@gmail.com  ·  1+(778)-808-1586

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