Eat Rice Studio

Eat Rice Studio is a small animation studio near Detroit, Michigan, led by freelance character animator and storyboard artist Mel McCann. She founded the studio in 2016 to work with other studios and individual clients.

What Eat Rice Studio offers

• Character animation — performance-driven animation for a wide range of styles.
• Storyboarding — visual planning of scenes before production.
• Design and visual development — character and look development.
• Compositing — combining finished elements into final shots.
• Production support — assembling a tailored crew of cel animators, storyboard artists and compositors for larger jobs.

Who it works with

The studio takes contract freelance work as well as large campaigns, for individual clients and busy studios alike. It also produces original animation, shown on a demo reel.

Key facts

• Based in: near Detroit, Michigan
• Founded: 2016
• Lead: Mel McCann, who has more than ten years of freelance experience and has taught animation at a Detroit college