App & game tutorialFor a game studio
Texas Hold'em: Word Edition
The official how-to-play tutorial for a mobile word game, built from the studio's own app, art and branding.
Custom animation services
Animated videos, made for you.
Explainers, tutorials, trailers and documentaries for businesses, startups, game developers and creators. Your style, your assets and your branding, with professional quality delivered in about 1 to 2 weeks, faster and more affordably than a traditional studio.
Who we make videos for
Businesses
Product demos, onboarding, training and SOPs that people actually watch.
Startups & software
Homepage explainers and feature walkthroughs built from your real product.
Game developers
How-to-play tutorials, trailers and Kickstarter videos using your own game art.
Creators & educators
Documentaries, science explainers and lessons for YouTube and the classroom.
Recent work
Four very different looks, all made by our team. Press play.
DocumentaryFor creators and YouTube
Theranos: The Machine That Didn't Work
An editorial collage documentary in the style of a news explainer: the science, the story and the machine behind a famous startup collapse.
Science explainerFor education
How Black Holes Form
A glowing, beginner-friendly tour of the universe: how black holes form, and what would happen if you fell into one.
Sports explainerFor leagues and new fans
How American Football Works
A full crash course from kickoff to touchdown, with a playable interactive lesson to go with it.
What we make
Short or long, playful or serious. If it needs explaining, we can animate it.
Product demos & tutorials
Show how your app, software or device works, step by step.
Explainer videos
One clear idea at a time, for your homepage, pitch or launch.
Game trailers & how-to-play
Rules, mechanics and hype, built from your game's own art.
Documentaries & stories
Research-driven, narrated films for YouTube and beyond.
Lessons & training
Science, history, onboarding and safety, made memorable.
Social cut-downs
Vertical versions and short clips for Reels, TikTok and Shorts.
Custom styles
Flat vector, glowing sci-fi, editorial collage, polished product UI or something new. Send us a reference and we'll match it.
Your assets & branding
Logos, fonts, colors, screenshots, game art and characters. Share a GitHub repo and we can work straight from your real product.
Faster & more affordable
Professional quality in about 1 to 2 weeks, at a fraction of traditional studio prices and timelines.
Introductory pricing
Every project includes the script, storyboard, animation, voiceover, music and final files. You get a fixed quote before we start.
Essential
from $1,500
- Up to 2 minutes
- Script, voiceover and music
- Your logo, colors and fonts
- 2 rounds of revisions
- About 1 week
Standard
from $2,000
- Up to 5 minutes
- Everything in Essential
- Built from your product, game or assets
- 2 rounds of revisions
- About 1 to 2 weeks
Most popular
Signature
from $2,500
- Up to 10 minutes
- A custom style for your brand
- Custom characters and scenes
- 3 rounds of revisions
- About 2 weeks
Studio
$3,000+
- Over 10 minutes: long films and series
- Custom characters and worlds
- Widescreen and vertical cuts
- 3 rounds of revisions
- About 2 to 4 weeks
Most projects take about 1 to 2 weeks, depending on length and complexity. Rush delivery is available for some projects. Not sure which fits? Tell us about it and we'll recommend one.
How we compare
Not our pricesWhat others typically charge for the same 5-minute video.
That's us
Holt Design Co.
From $2,000
1–2 weeks
Freelance animator
$5,000–$15,000
4–8 weeks
Animation studio
$15,000–$40,000+
6–12 weeks
Cost of a 5-minute video
Holt Design Co.
Freelance animator
Animation studio
Typical low endUp to the high end
About 80% less than the competition, in a fraction of the time.
How a project runs
You see and approve every step before the next one starts.
1
Tell us what you need
Fill in the form below. We reply within 1 to 2 business days with questions and a quote.
2
Script & style
We write the script and design style frames around your brand and assets.
3
Animation & voiceover
Every scene animated, narrated and scored, with a review link along the way.
4
Revisions & delivery
Polish until it's right, then final files in every shape you need.
Start a project
Tell us about your video. The more we know, the more accurate your quote.
Questions
Can you match our brand or an existing style?
Yes. Send your brand guide, logos, fonts and colors, or a video whose look you like, and we'll design the style around it.
Can you use our real product, app or game?
Yes. Share screenshots, builds, art files or a GitHub repo and we'll build scenes from your actual interface and assets, like our Texas Hold'em: Word Edition tutorial.
How can you be faster and cheaper than a studio?
We've built our own animation pipeline, so the slow, repetitive parts of production are automated and our team spends its time on the script, the style and the polish.
Who owns the finished video?
You do. You get full rights to publish it anywhere. We may show it in our portfolio unless you'd rather we didn't.
What counts as a revision?
A revision is a round of adjustments to what we've already agreed on: a reworded line, a different color, a scene that's a little faster, a label that's moved or a fact that's updated. You send us one list of changes per round. A revision isn't a rebuild: a new script, a new style or a different video after it's been approved is quoted as new work. You approve the script and style before animation starts, so changes later are usually small.
Is this AI-generated video?
No. We don't use generative AI video models: every shape and movement is built in code. We do use established third-party tools for the voiceover and for illustrated images in a scene.
Is there anything you can't make?
We can't make hyper-realistic animation. That means no videos of your own face, real people, realistic human bodies or lifelike live-action footage, and no detailed cartoon people who need to look or move realistically. If you're not sure whether we can make your idea, send us your request. It's free to ask, and we'll tell you honestly whether it's something we can do.
Do you work with marketing and development agencies, or white label?
Yes, and we love building partnerships with agencies. If you'd like to offer animation to your clients, bring them to us and we'll make the videos at a partner discount, under your brand or alongside you. Reach out through our contact form and tell us about your agency.
Animated videos are our main focus, but our team also builds:
Web design & development
- Landing pages
- Full websites
- Web applications
App & software development
- Mobile apps and MVPs
- Custom business tools and internal dashboards
- WordPress plugins and more