Hello from me and our agency, SHARP. 

We are here to find and free your good.

A strategic creative agency. 
Problem solvers that bring clarity to complexity. 


We deliver:

- Strategic rigour
Using the power of insight to identify, understand and empathise.
Our strategic approach, ‘The Sharp EDGE’, unlocks critical insight from data, consumers, clients and employees.

- Customer Co-Creation
Connect with your customers through collaboration.
We understand why, when and how they engage with your brand and co-create with them using expert moderation and bespoke tools for exceptional outcomes.

- Creative power
Ideas that bring to life your one thing, to make you matter more.
Brilliant ideas, beautifully executed, are fuelled by strategic rigour and customer insights to develop work that delivers results to make clients smile.

Our Triple Bottom Line of People, Planet and Prosperity governs us, plus we are a Campaign ‘Best Place to Work’—ranking in the top 10 for the last two years.

DM me to find out more.

Richard Sharp

Back To Front Studios

Co-Founder and creative at Back To Front Studios - a practical, handcrafted production studio based in Bristol and working worldwide.

Back To Front Studios is an independent, craft-based animation studio based in Bristol, UK. Founded by Emma Windsor and Aiden Whittam, Back To Front Studios is committed to exploring new ways of working that support traditional craft but harness new technologies for amazing creative results.

Co-Founder, Creative Director

Yamination Studios

Fabrication of stop motion puppet for Olbas Oil advertising short.

Animation Studio: Yamination Studios
Production Company: Not To Scale
Client: Lanes Health

Freelance Stop Motion Puppet Maker

West of England Combined Authority

Upskilling with design and fabrication of ball and socket armature puppet for stop motion production. Supported with creative business development grant from West of England Combined Authority (WECA).

Professional Skills Development

Legal & General

A series of stop motion shorts to advertise new apartment buildings at Box Makers Yard  in Bristol City Centre.  Roles: Production Management, Direction, Design, Animation, Fabrication.  Software used: Dragon Frame, After Effects, Illustrator, Photoshop, Premier. (Production during COVID)

Freelance Animation Director, Animator, Fabricator

MOMA Foods

Design and production of corporate presentations. Software used: After Effects, Photoshop, Audacity.

Freelance Animator

Illustration and animation of several sequences for BBC Ideas documentary short.  Software used: Adobe After Effects & Illustrator.

Freelance Animator / Illustrator

Urban Fresh Foods Ltd (BEAR & Urban Fruit)

Production of retailer and product reels for marketing team.
Software used: Adobe After Effects, Premiere, Audition, Photoshop.

Freelance Animator / Motion Designer

DAYDREAM INTERACTIVE LIMITED

Production of an animated explainer in 2D and stopmotion animation to promote DAM services.  Software used: Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, Premiere, Photoshop, Audition, Dragonframe.

Freelance Stop Motion Animator / Motion Designer

Essity Group Limited

Model making support to creative team tasked with producing stop-motion animation sequences for Bodyform brand awareness campaign video.

Freelance Stop Motion Modelmaker

Senate Media Ltd

Animation production for explainer animations (social media)
Software used: Adobe Illustrator and After Effects.

Stop Motion Studio Founder || Creative Director 

I'm a creative who understands the needs of clients and producers - I love working with you and can listen, creative problem-solve with flare and deliver fast, effective results.

I worked as a freelance 2D animator/designer for 10+ years creating animation for advertising, marketing and e-learning productions, before returning to handcrafted animation in 2020.        

I've worked with all sorts; from new ventures like Legal & General's 'Box Makers Yard', NFPs such as Bristol Festival of Puppetry and The Lord Mayor of Bristol’s Children's Appeal, plus well-known brands like Mattel, LEGO, and the BBC.

I also create my own independent animated films, which have screened at international festivals including: Bristol Encounters, Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film and even Glastonbury Music Festival.  In my spare time I'm often found deep in the woods, armed with only a sketchpad and camera.

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