Process

Sheet 04 · for producers
  1. Step 01

    Find the look

    Three directions, one chosen.

    • 3 look directions
    • character & world sheets
    • colour keys
    • key art

    ~3–6 weeks

  2. Step 02

    Lock the story

    Board it, time it, act it out.

    • storyboard
    • timed animatic
    • acting tests

    ~4–10 weeks

  3. Step 03

    Prepare the machine

    Built before the first frame moves.

    • pipeline document & production bible
    • schedule & budget frame
    • team plan

    ~2–4 weeks

SheetHow we workTechnique2D · hybrid when askedDrawnStudio Dashak · rev B

Working with us

for producers

Minority Co-production

Your regional co-producer & 2D animation engine

  • Local Fund: Audio-visual Centre of Republika Srpska (AVCRS) co-production grants
  • European Eligibility: Eurimages member state, Creative Europe MEDIA (LCC Group B), and pegged euro currency
  • 30% Cash Rebate: Available for animated series, shorts and features
  • Production Scope: Layout, Illustration, Animation, Clean-up, and Compositing supervised by an Annecy-selected director

Bridge your financing gap with public funding in Bosnia and Herzegovina and a dedicated crew. Studio Dashak acts as your minority co-producer and production engine for 2D and hybrid animated series, features, and auteur shorts.

Development & Pre-Production

Grant-ready packages for series & features

  • Visual Bible & World Design: Characters, environments, color script, and turnarounds.
  • Storyboarding & Animatics: Professional animatics ready for pitching and commission boards.
  • Pipeline Architecture: We help develop tailor-made workflows that help your production to stay on track and keep your budget lean.

Turn your concept into a fundable European application. We collaborate with your director to build the visual assets European public funds and Pitching events:

Look Sprint

A low-risk test run (2–3 weeks)

  • a distinct visual direction tailored to your project’s tone
  • one main character design + expression sheet
  • one fully rendered key visual / color key
  • one technical handover & review call

Test the chemistry before committing a budget. Send us your script, treatment, or moodboard. We deliver an early visual identity to test how your story looks in movement. Fixed price, zero friction. If we continue into development or production together, 100% of the sprint fee is credited toward the contract.

start with a sprint →

What you take home

Sheet 07 · samples
real pages from real projects
visual developmentLook biblecharacters, world, colour keysopen the PDF ↗
storyboard & animaticTimed boardevery shot boarded and timedsample on request
production planningPipeline documentstages, team, schedulesample on request

Co-producing with Bosnia & Herzegovina

Sheet 09 · for co-producers

Studio Dashak as your minority partner: development and animation in Banja Luka, financed partly from the region.

Local funds
Audio-visual Centre of Republika Srpska (AVCRS) · Federation film fund
Europe
Eurimages member · Creative Europe MEDIA
Series
Council of Europe series co-production pilot (since 2024)
Our share
development · layout · animation · clean-up · colour
Working language
English
Time zone
CET, same working day as most of Europe

We help with the paperwork on our side.

The studio, in numbers
Core team
[n] artists
Scales to
[n] with our network
Output
[n] seconds of finished 2D a week
Software
[Toon Boom Harmony · TVPaint · …]
Languages
English · Bosnian / Serbian / Croatian
Time zone
CET

Colour keys

Sheet 03 · visdev
Through the Blizzard
cold present
Thrall
loud & flat
Red River
forest dusk
The Cycle
olive & ochre
every film gets its own key, before a single frame moves

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