Pillowfort Creative is a specialist animation studio founded in 2017.
It is Geelong’s only animation studio, offering 2D and 3D animation and illustration services for local, national, and international clients. Leigh Ryan and Stuart Murray are joint Creative Directors of the start-up company, and have over 30 years collective experience in the creative industries.

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Illustration

You dream it. We draw it. Sometimes exactly as you saw it inside your own head. Especially if you’re thinking of things like, storyboards, mascot design, infographics and 3D visualisation.

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Animation

Life breathed into inanimate objects, to delight, amuse and inspire! Animated logos, mascots, motion graphics, title sequences, social media advertising. The World speaks this language, you should too.

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Consultation

Love animation, but are unsure as to how the moving pictures get inside the glowy windows? Contact us now and we can point you in the right direction.

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Our Services

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Who are we?

Leigh Ryan - Creative Director
Born in Geelong and raised in Bannockburn, Leigh is an illustrator of some renown, a 2D animator of some skill and a genuinely funny guy. Intelligent, driven and truly passionate about the process, Leigh loves the possibilities that can arise when working on a new project. Leigh has worked for commercial companies such as, Toyota, Coca-Cola, Barwon Water, Aeroplane Jelly, and has worked on animated TV shows for Galaxy Pop (Get Ace) Working Dog (Pacific Heat) and Moose Toys/Cartoon Network (The Grossery Gang) Leigh once embarrassed himself on live national radio in front of celebrated radio host Waleed Aly, and Oscar winning animator Adam Elliot. He hopes to one day write a novel about this experience and then burn it.
Stuart Murray - Creative Director
Hailing from the small coastal town of St. Leonards, Stuart is a highly skilled 2D and 3D animator, an accomplished illustrator and an all-round super nice guy. From his humble beginnings making stop motion videos with his Dad in the 80’s at age 5, Stuart pursued his passion for animation to eventually work on animated film and TV productions, such as Get Ace (Galaxy Pop) and Pacific Heat (Working Dog). He has most recently contributed to the soon-to-be-released feature short, Troll Bridge; an adaptation of a short story by Terry Pratchett of the same name. Stuart’s attention to detail, his intuitive approach, and his easy manner is why he has proven himself to be, time and time again, the go to guy for anything animated.

Get in touch

At Pillowfort we don’t discriminate and are accepting of all briefs, jobs, projects, concepts and ideas. Regardless of size, scope or budget. If you are a small business, an established studio or just someone genuinely interested in getting involved in one of the most amazing and fastest growing industries of the last ten years, then give us a call. Type us an email. Or thumb us a text. Or carrier us a pigeon. * We’d love to chat with you.

*We have a strict No Return policy on pigeons. So, think long and hard about the bird you are currently holding, before flinging it out the window.



Centerpoint Arcade, Shop 8, 132 Little Malop St, Geelong, Victoria
Leigh: 0422 697 749
hello@pillowfort.com.au