We begin with greyscale wireframes in Figma, no colour, no polish, just structure and user flow. Once that's solid, we build out the full high-fidelity designs with every visual detail. For heavier animation we'll often mock it up in After Effects first, so you can feel the motion before we commit it to code. Then everything goes into real GSAP animation. No surprises, you watch the vision take shape one step at a time.

It depends on the scope. A straightforward custom Astro site is usually 4-6 weeks, climbing to 8-10 weeks when there's a lot of bespoke animation and special functionality. Adding GSAP motion to an existing site tends to run 2-4 weeks. We keep our project load small, so you always have our full attention.

Absolutely, we don't vanish at launch. Support comes in a few flavours, from simply keeping things updated and healthy to actively iterating on the design based on how people really use the site. We'll settle on whatever fits your situation.

Honestly, it ranges. A custom Astro build is a different animal from adding motion to an existing WordPress site. Design complexity, how much bespoke development is involved, any AI or automation you need, the kind of animation you want, it all feeds into the number. After we talk through what you need, we'll send a detailed breakdown.

Both. We love partnering with clients directly on their big projects, and we team up with agencies just as often. Agencies usually reach out when a client needs those buttery-smooth GSAP animations, or when they want a design-led team to handle the tricky interactive pieces. Dropping in to add an animation layer to sites built on other platforms is a regular part of our week.

GSAP is pretty much the gold standard for web animation. It's a JavaScript library that lets us build silky, performant motion without dragging your site down. We've relied on it for years because it simply works, you get rich interactions that make a site feel alive, minus the janky performance you often hit with other approaches.

Astro is fast. Almost absurdly fast. It ships static sites yet still lets us drop in interactivity exactly where it earns its place. It's also wonderfully flexible, so we can reach for the right tool per section. For anyone who wants something fully custom and lightning-quick, Astro is ideal, and it pairs beautifully with GSAP animation.

Definitely, it's a big slice of what we do. We've brought GSAP magic to Webflow builds, HubSpot pages, WordPress themes, Shopify stores, you name it. Agencies sometimes hire us just for this, and plenty of site owners come to us when their site needs more personality. We can almost always work with whatever platform you're already on.

Hugely important. We're not developers who only write code, design and user experience are where we spend most of our thinking. Every animation, interaction, and layout call comes back to making things better for your users. Our background in design and full-stack engineering helps us reason about flow and how people move through an experience.

Yes, e-commerce is on the menu. For a custom route we might build on Astro and wire it to a headless commerce platform, with automation handling the busywork behind it. Or we can take your current Shopify store and make it far more engaging with custom animation and a sharper design. It really comes down to what you sell and what you're aiming for.

You see designs and prototypes as we go, not only at the finish line. We'll typically run 2-3 rounds of revisions on the core direction, and we stay responsive to feedback the whole way. Since it's a two-person studio, communication is direct, no messages lost in a game of telephone.

Usually, yes. CRMs, email marketing tools, analytics, payment processors, we've hooked sites up to all kinds of business software, and automation and AI integrations are part of what we do. We make sure those integrations never compromise the design or slow the animation. If there's something specific you need connected, just ask and we'll tell you straight whether it's doable.

We don't disappear once the site goes live. Support scales to what you need, from basic upkeep that keeps everything running to hands-on work where we keep improving the site around how it performs. Some clients just want the reassurance that someone's watching over things; others want to keep iterating and adding features.

We define what success looks like before we begin, maybe that's more sign-ups, longer time on site, stronger conversion rates, or simply a site that truly represents your business. After launch we can show you how those metrics are trending and where it's worth making adjustments.