Back in 2018, ECD Ryan Honey and the crew at Buck spun the dating app Tinder into something timeless and wonderful by creating a warm and lighthearted mix of CG characters and practical miniature sets.

From Buck: “In this epic history of man and womankind’s eternal struggle to couple… and do other things, the good folks at Tinder let us get our art on to create a luscious world where people have wonderbutts… and the same face.”
 

 
Client: Tinder

Production: Buck
Executive Creative Director: Ryan Honey
Executive Producer: Maurie Enochson
Creative Director: Joe Mullen
Head of CG: Doug Wilkinson
Producers: Nick Terzich, Emily Rickard
Post Producer: Kaitlyn Mahoney
Production Managers: Danielle Suarez, Cody Ross
Production Coordinator: Solana Braun
Animation Director: Alex Ceglia
Art Director: Richard Gray
Character Designers: Tony Legato, Jerry Suh
Concept Artists: Debora Cruchon, Vincent Tsui, Elaine Lee, Jigyu Yoon, Dae-Han Yi, Lauren Gaballo
VFX Supervisors: Marc Steinberg, Jens Lindgren
CG Lead: Alex Dingfelder
Hair & Fur: Wing Sze Lee, Michele Herrera
CG Modeling & Look Development: Alex Dingfelder, Michele Herrera, Wing Sze Lee, John Niehuss, Jens Lindgren, Arvid Volz, Meng-Chwn Tien, Sana Srinivasan, Brice Linane, Joao Rema, Elijah Akouri, Ana Luisa Santos, Christina Faulkner
Rigging: Ernesto Ruiz Velasco, Alex Mann, Xiong Lin
Compositing Lead: Marc Steinberg
Lighting & Compositing: Alex Dingfelder, Wing Sze Lee, Jens Lindgren, Michele Herrera, John Niehuss, Elliot Brennan
Character Animation: Tyler Lancaster, Dony Permedi, Adam Floeck, Alex Ceglia, Peter DeSalvo, Eric Molina, Nicole Ridgwell, William Trebutien, Sana Srinivasan
2D Animation: Moses Journey
Directors of Photography: Tripp Watt, Jonpaul Douglass
Set Design & Lighting: Richard Gray, Jenna Watt, Tripp Watt
Assistant Fabricator: Josh Lopata
Additional Grips/Gaffers: Matt Wheat, Brody Engelhard
Production Assistants: Josh Lopata, Madeline Rocco, Gianni Consiglio, Diego Lizarazu, Jon Brogan