Animation & VFX
Scalable pipelines. Smarter production.
Powering world-class animation and VFX with flexible, future-ready workflows.
Ireland’s animation and VFX industry is thriving — and Tyrell has always been right at the centre of it.
We’ve worked with leading studios including Brown Bag Films, Screen Scene, and Cartoon Saloon to design, deploy and support robust technical infrastructures that meet the evolving demands of this creative sector. Whether you're scaling up for a major project or future-proofing your pipeline, we’re here to make the process seamless.
From cloud-first render farms to on-prem storage optimisation, we don’t sell products, we deliver solutions. Solutions that remove bottlenecks, scale with demand, and keep your team creating.
Why Tyrell?
Animation and VFX pipelines are complex — but your infrastructure doesn’t have to be. Tyrell is at the very heart of the VFX and animation industry and we understand your pipeline. We assist in the running of industry training through the pioneering CMAI program. Via this, we help students across Ireland get the industry skills needed to create the next generation of VFX and animation creatives while taking away recruiting and onboarding overheads for our partners.
Tyrell can help you with:
- Expertise in both traditional and cloud-native animation workflows.
- Deep vendor relationships with Dell, HP, ERA, AWS, and more
- Hands-on support, from greenfield deployment to project-based scale-ups
- Flexible infrastructure: on-prem, hybrid, colocation and cloud-native
- Experience guiding teams through studio builds, storage design, and render provisioning
We work with you to make sure every piece of your pipeline fits together perfectly, without overengineering or overspending.
Scale without the stress.
Need to ramp up fast for a major production? We've been there.
With our partner ERA, Tyrell helped Joint Animation spin up 140 private cloud-based workstations with full render and storage support, then scale it all back down once the project wrapped. No waste. No long-term overhead. Just the power when you need it.
Whether you're expanding an in-house setup or testing the cloud for the first time, we’ll help you find the right balance of performance, cost and control.
Storage that speaks your language.
From high-performance online systems to flexible nearline and cloud tiers, Tyrell helps you define your ideal storage mix—and deploy it without disruption.
We understand the unique demands of:
- 2D and 3D animation pipelines
- Compositing and VFX workloads
- Real-time collaboration and multi-site access
We work with technologies such as Pixitmedia’s Pixtstor and Ngena, EditShare’s NVME or Storj’s Object Storage, helping you build storage architectures that support creativity without compromise.
Rendering and workstations made easy.
Workstations and render nodes are the engine room of your pipeline.
With Tyrell, you get:
- Access to trusted vendors like Dell, HP, and NVIDIA
- Support for on-prem and cloud-based rendering
- Smart procurement advice to help balance project timelines with infrastructure ROI
We’ve been helping studios navigate workstation upgrades and render planning for years—whether it’s for a long-term setup or a one-off crunch.
Cloud collaboration that actually works.
From secure, high-performance private cloud environments to globally accessible object storage, Tyrell helps you make cloud a practical reality.
We partner with:
- ERA to deliver on-demand private cloud render, storage and workstation platforms
- Storj enables global teams to access and edit shared files natively, without downloads, sync tools or workarounds
- Tyrell Cloud provides a virtual facility including virtualised compute, storage and GPU brokering services that are under your control. Create and manage your virtual machine room through our browser application.
It’s all about agility, speed and simplicity – so your artists can focus on what matters.
Get in touch.
Planning your next big project? Thinking about migrating to the cloud? Need help scaling render capacity?