THE TEAM BEHIND THE TOONS.

MEET SPUD GUN

Who ARE WE?

SPUD GUN STUDIOS IS A STORY DRIVEN INDEPENDENT ANIMATION STUDIO WITH AN UNMATCHED TRACK RECORD IN CREATING ONLINE ANIMATED CONTENT FOR YOUNG VIEWERS.

We are the creative force behind Mashed, one of the biggest online animation channels in the world. Our work has been showcased at major events across the globe, we’ve gone viral more times than we can count, and we’ve created official content for some of the most iconic games and IP around.

To date we’ve created hundreds of animated shorts with over 2 billion views across YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and more. We understand the hard to reach young male audience and what they want to watch, resulting in us building dedicated communities across the globe that love our content. Mashed combines genuine passion for what we do with high quality content and an instinctive understanding of what fans love.

Our ability to develop, produce and distribute content to an engaged young audience is a unique proposition that other studios cannot offer.

Based in the UK, with a diverse range of collaborators across all major territories, we are very comfortable with a huge range of visual styles and genres, allowing us to create killer content that is tailored to your needs.

Animated fantasy characters, including an elf, a dragonborn, a human, and a tiefling, standing in front of a blue sky with clouds, posing confidently.
Anime-style character with long light hair, screaming and holding a gun to their head, with blood and dark background.
A cartoon illustration of five men and a sheep. The men are dressed in colorful work or athletic clothing, some with goggles or headphones, and they are all looking at the sheep. The sheep has a tired or bored expression, and it is being held by one of the men. The background is black.

The Team

  • Black and white portrait of a bearded man with glasses, short hair, and wearing a dark shirt, standing against a white brick wall.

    Tom Payne

    MANAGING DIRECTOR

  • A smiling man with a beard in front of a brick wall, wearing a sports jersey.

    Tom Jenkins

    CREATIVE DIRECTOR

  • A smiling man with short dark hair and a beard, wearing a dark sweater, in front of wooden paneling and plants.

    Ben Michael

    SERIES PRODUCER

  • Black and white portrait of a young man with spiky hair and a goatee, wearing a plaid shirt over a T-shirt, standing in front of a plain wall.

    Liam McKeown

    ANIMATION DIRECTOR

  • A black and white photograph of a young man with glasses, short dark hair, wearing a patterned sweater over a collared shirt, standing indoors in front of a plain wall and a wooden door.

    Jason Alan Dewey

    POST-PRODUCTION

  • A young man with dark curly hair, smiling, wearing a Metallica t-shirt, standing against a plain light background.

    Joseph Kime

    SOCIAL MEDIA + COMMUNITY MANAGER

  • A woman smiling outdoors near a body of water, black and white photo

    Ashley Rosse

    PRODUCTION COORDINATOR