For over 15 years, Atomhawk has contributed to the world’s most iconic IPs, supporting every stage of the development pipeline, from early visual development through to game-ready asset creation and in-engine implementation. We define unique art styles and execute creative visions with precision to deliver standout results.
Atomhawk delivers
award-winning creative
innovation and problem solving.
The go-to creative innovation partner
Flexibility and innovation are at the heart of everything Atomhawk does. Our multidisciplinary teams adapt as project needs evolve, ensuring seamless integration, consistent quality, and creative cohesion throughout. With a global client base, we operate effortlessly across time zones, underpinned by a premium approach to production management and client service.
Every project is unique. We collaborate with our partners to define the right team blend, drawing from our deep mix of disciplines and skill sets. By pairing multiple areas of expertise, we’re able to support development from day one through to launch and beyond, offering custom-fit solutions and pipelines that evolve with the project. Get in touch today to see how we can help you.
Innovation at Atomhawk
Invested in R&D. Atomhawk leverages tools like Unreal Engine 5 and Blender to prototype directly in-engine in the earliest stages of development.
Innovative Pipelines. Complex, fast moving projects require outside of the box workflows. We design our pipelines to support creativity, efficiency, and scalability.
Embedding Strategy. We establish a clear embedding strategy upfront. Our teams are set up to optimise output and support project success from day one.
Why work with Atomhawk?
Multidisciplinary Teams
Our multidisciplinary teams are central to this approach. Whether your project requires concept development, illustration, motion design, 3D, UI/UX, or technical art, we bring together the right combination of talent to deliver cohesive, end-to-end creative support. This structure streamlines communication, maintains creative consistency, and allows us to adapt quickly as your needs change.
Long Term Partners
Long-term partnerships offer strategic advantages that bring real value. By working closely with our team over time, we’re able to develop a deeper understanding of your creative vision, style, and workflows to promote a more consistent, high-quality output with a faster turnaround. These relationships reduce onboarding effort and foster a collaborative dynamic where we become a true extension of your internal team.
IP Experts
Atomhawk is trusted to work on some of the most iconic IPs in the world—a responsibility we take seriously. Whether we’re following established guidelines or reimagining beloved characters and worlds for new audiences, we bring deep experience and sensitivity to every project. See a selection of the work we’ve done with our incredible clients.
Bespoke Project Management
Atomhawk’s Production Team manages 30+ concurrent projects, each with unique requirements and expectations. Our robust internal systems ensure work is delivered on time and to the highest quality, while always remaining flexible and quick to adapt to the needs of the project. We operate as an extension of your team, relieving day-to-day project pressures and administrative overheads.
Holistic Project Support
Our Producers oversee budgets, communication, and delivery milestones, while our Art Leads guide the creative direction, maintain quality, and ensure consistency across disciplines. This dual leadership model creates a structured yet flexible environment where teams can thrive, challenges are proactively addressed, and clients benefit from clear visibility and confidence throughout the development process.
Established and Secure
Client confidentiality is paramount to our business. Our dedicated legal team at Sumo Digital work directly with new and existing clients to ensure we have all relevant NDA’s and due diligence in place. For our extensive IT security credentials, please reach out to us on our contact page.
Working with
“It’s a pleasure working with Atomhawk. The quality of the work they produce always hits the mark as they spend time understanding our needs and work with the IP to capture every nuance of detail that brings the character to life and make the asset creation process much quicker. Their attention to detail, subtle changes in material rendering and visual effects all feed into and support other pipelines and have enabled us to create a better product.”
Lead External Development Manager
“I had the pleasure of working with Team Atomhawk. My creative director and I chose them out of several options while searching for the right fit for concepting. Well, we certainly made the right choice. Their quality and efficiency is unmatched from groups I have worked with in my 30+ years in the industry. I would work with them in a second, and highly recommend any studio and or project will be very lucky to choose Atomhawk for their Concepting needs.”
Principal Artist
“With the volume of work that we need to get done and the quality that it needs to be executed at, Atomhawk delivers on both fronts. We've been able to plan further and get started on projects much earlier with the help of their highly talented artists and excellent production coordination. We're able to do this because we trust the Atomhawk team and know that they always understand the assignment by providing fresh ideas that we're excited to explore and proud to share.“
Producer
"Working and partnering with Atomhawk was an incredibly positive experience. They worked with us to understand our needs and collaborated well with our internal team. They were always enthusiastic in our meetings and brought a high level of quality and craftsmanship to the project. We appreciate all that Atomhawk did in delivering something beautiful that we all had fun making.“
Client Team
Ready to see why we’re the games industry’s go-to creative innovation partner? Send us an enquiry today.
What types of games outsourcing services does Atomhawk provide?
Atomhawk covers a broad range of services lines, including: art direction, pre-visualisation, concept art, character art, environment art, production art, technical art, 2D game art, graphic design, 3D art, UI/UX, games animation & trailers, marketing art, and creative consultation.
Our multidisciplinary teams are central to this approach. Whether your project requires concept development, illustration, motion design, 3D, UI/UX, or technical art, we bring together the right combination of talent to deliver cohesive, end-to-end creative support. This structure streamlines communication, maintains creative consistency, and allows us to adapt quickly as your needs change.
How experienced is Atomhawk’s studio team?
Our studio team comprises of over 60 specialists across key game development disciplines – art, design and technical. Most of our artists and designers have a minimum of 5 years’ experience in commercial game development, from global IP for AAA to indie developers.
How secure are Atomhawk’s NDA’s and confidentiality agreements?
We have over 15 years of experience with high-security projects at all levels. Our parent company, Sumo Digital, has an in-house legal team who work directly with new and existing clients for all relevant NDA’s, due diligence, contacts and concerns.
- Our business security certifications include:
- ISO27001 Certified
- General commercial liability
- Public & Products liability
- Employers’ liability
- Professional Indemnity to Cyber liability
We also have an extensive list of IT security credentials. If you would like to find out more, please send us an enquiry on our contact page.
Can Atomhawk work with tight deadlines?
Atomhawk is accustomed to working under pressure and with tight deadlines, with a no-crunch philosophy. To achieve this, our expert, in-house production team create detailed project plans to support both our clients and creative teams. Producers also manage a robust qualification and scoping process that takes place in collaboration with clients before every project begins.
This is all achieved by using a powerful project management resourcing tool, Forecast App, to guarantee we will deliver projects on time and on budget without putting unwanted stress on our talented teams. Our Production team put an enormous focus on taking a flexible approach to project management utilising both waterfall and Agile methodologies where needed.
What is Atomhawk’s typical turnaround time?
Every concept art project is unique, and we treat them as such. We have experience running rapid short-form projects that have been turned around in as little as a week, to a proven track record of delivery with long-term, established clients for over 10 years.
Our projects are categorised into asset-based and retainer projects. Asset-based projects are timed with specific turnaround deadlines. Retainer projects are better suited to an exploratory approach, where asset delivery is flexible and can evolve over the course of the engagement. We have over 15 years of experience delivering both project types.
How does Atomhawk ensure the result matches my vision?
Atomhawk works collaboratively with clients to ensure the agreed benchmark is achieved with quality and consistency. Before beginning every project, we have in-depth meetings with the client team on the project’s unique needs and approach to reduce feedback loops, time and cost.
Our in-house production team is essential to achieving client results. Many of our engagements involve more than one of our discipline teams, which is why we have a producer assigned to every project, who manages the account relations, project assets, and team schedule.
How do I submit a project enquiry with Atomhawk?
There are a couple of ways to engage in a new project with Atomhawk. One is to contact our business development or production team, or alternatively through our contact form.
All new enquires go through our efficient qualification process. First, we sign NDA’s. Then, RFP’s, rate cards and bespoke creds decks can be requested. We work in collaboration with you to meet your timescales, budget, and project needs.
Some common qualification challenges we work with are:
- Budget restrictions in early-stage exploration: we can assist with long-term vision and provide a flexible or streamlined approach in the early stages, and then add further value when the project needs more substantial support.
- Traditional concept approaches ballooning the costs of in-game assets: we will explore alternatives and find a more cost-effective solution through leveraging tech and new and innovative pipelines.
- Plans to stay small and keep overheads low: we can adopt a flexible model, provide cross discipline support, and reduce QA and production burden, alongside creative services.
What is Atomhawk’s embedding process?
Our embedding process is where our team members work alongside client production teams to onboard new projects. We adhere to your production processes, join internal client calls/meetings and become an extension of client teams. This process allows for great collaboration, less miscommunication and clear alignment with expectations.
This phase acts as a due diligence and information-gathering period, which helps to minimise risk and ensure a smooth transition into scaled production.
Key benefits include:
- Alignment on communication styles
- Understanding of production practices and workflows
- Insight into the client’s creative content pipeline and processes
Once a project is fully embedded, we offer the flexibility to ramp up teams, scaling resources to meet production demands, tight timelines, or expanded scope.
What software and pipelines does Atomhawk use?
Our software suite and pipelines vary depending on the project and desired output. We are professional artists, designers and technical artists that use all commercial art and design tools, work in all game engines across multiple devices. Just a few of the common programs we use on a daily basis are: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Unreal Engine 5, Unity, Blender, Confluence, Figma, Jira, and Adobe After Effects.
If we don’t have a tool or process as part of our toolbelt, we will do due diligence to learn it and apply it to the client projects where needed. As an agency, we cover a very broad range of software and pipelines known within the entertainment industry.
