Hybrid AI Animation Studio in London
Hybrid AI Animation
Traditional process. AI-powered motion. The result is animation that feels handmade, delivered in a fraction of the time.
Get in TouchHybrid AI animation at Myth Studio combines a fully traditional creative process with AI-driven animation at the point where it adds the most value. Hand-drawn storyboards, painted colour scripts, 3D environments built prop by prop, characters modelled with care. Then, at the point of animation, AI video models bring those hand-crafted assets to life. Everything the audience sees is created by artists. The AI only handles the motion.
Base images are not generated with AI
Human crafted imagery and traditional 3D software used
AI video used to speed up the animation process
Inchstones for Nestlé Compleat
A TV advert for Nestlé Compleat, featuring the possum family Penny and Piper. Built with a fully traditional creative process up to the point of animation, then brought to life using AI video models. Created in collaboration with Klick Health.
Compleat is Nestlé's tube-feeding nutrition brand. In early 2026 they launched Project Inchstone, a long-term platform built around the idea that families who tube feed measure progress in "inchstones": the small, hard-won steps that matter most, rather than the traditional paediatric milestones that often don't fit their experience.
Klick Health brought us in to direct and produce the animated film at the heart of the campaign. The brief called for something warm, patient-inspired and emotionally honest. It's based on a real caregiver story, and the protagonists are a family of possums, Penny and Piper, chosen because mama possums famously keep their young close.
We used a hybrid AI animation pipeline built around a stop-motion sensibility. The characters have the tactile, slightly handmade feel of physical puppets. The environments have the softness of a storybook. Generative AI tools carried a lot of the connective work between key frames and held visual consistency across a relatively long runtime, while our animators and illustrators led every creative decision, from character sheets to final comp.
The result is a film that feels hand-made and emotionally specific, delivered on a broadcast-ready schedule. It launched on Super Bowl Sunday and runs as the centrepiece of a sustained platform through 2026.
- Client
- Nestlé Health Science (Compleat)
- Agency
- Klick Health
- Deliverable
- Two-minute animated film, With You Every Inch, plus supporting campaign assets
- Launched
- US Feeding Tube Awareness Week, February 2026
Legs: stop-motion meets AI animation
Legs is an in-house Myth Studio film, currently in production, built on a three-layer hybrid pipeline: real stop-motion puppets, sculpted and shot by hand, placed inside fully built 3D environments and brought to life using generative AI animation directed by our team.
It's the clearest example we have of where hybrid pipelines are heading. The physical puppets give the film its tactile, handmade character. The 3D builds give us camera, light and scale that a traditional stop-motion set couldn't reach on the budget. And the AI layer animates the puppets through those environments, across shots that would be hugely expensive to capture frame-by-frame.
None of the three disciplines works without the others. What holds it all together is the direction: a human team thinking about character, performance and story the way animators always have.
Legs is in production now. More to come.
- Project
- Legs
- Format
- In-house short film
- Pipeline
- Stop-motion puppets, 3D environments, AI animation
- Status
- In production
A hybrid pipeline, end to end
- Hand-drawn concept art and storyboards
- 3D environments and character modelling
- AI-driven animation and motion
- Faux stop motion and mixed-media looks
- Broadcast commercials and brand films
- Proof of concept and pitch films
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about hybrid AI animation.
What is hybrid AI animation?
Hybrid AI animation is a production approach that combines traditional animation craft with generative AI and machine-learning tools inside a single pipeline. Traditional craft covers hand-drawn frames, stop-motion models, 3D environments and illustration. AI covers tasks like frame interpolation, background extension, style consistency and pose transfer. At Myth Studio, human animators and illustrators lead every creative decision; AI is used to extend what's possible on a given timeline and budget.
Is AI animation replacing traditional animators?
No. AI animation is not replacing traditional animators at reputable studios. At Myth, every hybrid AI animation project is led, directed and finished by human animators and illustrators. AI accelerates specific tasks (in-betweens, background work, style consistency, pre-production exploration) but doesn't make creative decisions. If a studio is pitching AI as a replacement for animators, it isn't the same service.
AI animation vs traditional animation: what's the difference?
Traditional animation is produced frame-by-frame by human animators, whether hand-drawn, stop-motion or 3D CG. Hybrid AI animation keeps the human creative direction but uses generative AI to accelerate specific, repetitive production tasks. The output of a well-made hybrid project should feel hand-crafted to the viewer; the difference shows up in the budget and timeline, not the finished frame.
Can you combine stop-motion with AI animation?
Yes, stop-motion and AI animation can be combined. Myth Studio is currently producing a film called Legs that uses real, physical stop-motion models inside digitally built 3D environments, animated using generative AI directed by our team. Combining stop-motion with AI is one of the areas where hybrid pipelines genuinely unlock new looks.
How much does hybrid AI animation cost?
Hybrid AI animation costs vary significantly by brief, runtime, style and delivery specs, so there is no single price. As a rule of thumb, hybrid pipelines are how we keep ambitious ideas inside realistic budgets, rather than a cheap alternative to traditional animation. We'll scope and quote properly once we've seen your brief.
Do I own the rights to AI-generated work?
Yes, clients own the rights to the work Myth Studio delivers. We provide full rights clarity and a clean audit trail on the tools and assets used on every project. If you have specific procurement or legal requirements around AI provenance, we're set up to handle that.
Where are you based?
Myth Studio is a hybrid AI animation studio based in London, United Kingdom. We work with brands, agencies and production companies in the UK and internationally.