2008-2025

There comes a time when the light changes and you know the day is done.

I started this thing with two hundred dollars and a story I needed to tell. That was 2008. The world was different then. Animation was different. We were among the first to scatter ourselves across the map, to make something from nothing in spare bedrooms and home offices, connected by nothing more than bandwidth and belief.

We did good work. Netflix. Amazon. FOX. PBS. Names that mattered called and we answered. We built something small and true in a world that was getting bigger and stranger every day. From just me to a family of artists who have gone on to do work that matters, work that will outlast whatever this was.

The industry changed. We changed with it. We saw what was coming and we adapted. We pivoted from service to production. Sold properties to streaming platforms. Made our own shows. Learned what it meant to be the money instead of chasing it. We did what we set out to do.

But there comes a moment when you realize you've told the story you came to tell. The studio is quiet now. Has been for a while. Just me and the stories we never got to finish. Maybe that's how it should be. Maybe some stories are meant to wait.

I want to thank the people who trusted us with their stories. The artists who gave us their best work. The ones who started with us and grew beyond us. That's the only legacy that matters—the work that continues without you.

Every story ends, and not all of them end badly. Some of them just end.

Moving on to other things now. Different things. Still creating, but differently. Time to see what else is out there.

The road goes on. It always does.

Thank you for the ride.

- Esteban Valdez, Founder