SUMMARY
Hi! I'm a 2D artist with over 10 years of professional experience in the animation industry. I have worked as a classical animator and storyboard artist for feature films, TV shows and commercial projects. I completed a Master's Degree in Gobelins in 2023 and then animated for Glen Keane on his short film in traditional paper technique.
EXPERIENCE
Glen Keane production - Animation assistant
OCTOBER 2023 - JANUARY 2024
Together with other extremely skilled animators, we were drawing classical, hand-drawn animation on paper. Working with Glen’s key frames, my role was completing boardomatic with inbetweens using his guidance and animate secondary motions. I got to learn how to draw like him (almost) to be able to complete the shots. I enjoyed studying Glen’s style, how to draw characters and elements of the shot together with camera movement on the same layer, and how to achieve the golden middle - so that the line is looking light, professional but at the same time intentionally rough.
School of images GOBELINS - Student
SEPTEMBER 2021 - 2023
In the first year we worked on the Annecy openings shown at the festival. I was responsible for the storyboard, animatic, character exploration and I animated a couple of shots. In the second year, I worked on my own graduation film pitch with three other students. I worked on the story, animatic, characters and animation. All the way we were given creative tasks, tight deadlines and high expectations. Our teachers were skilled animation masters who successfully worked in the industry.
Brikk Animation & Film - Senior 2d Animator
NOVEMBER 2018 - JULY 2021
At Brikk I was working across multiple projects in a short time. My main role was creating keyframes, animation and layouts, and sometimes supervising scenes until completion. Apart from that, I was responsible for storyboards, visual development, stylistic and technical choices.
Melnitsa Animation Studio - Lead 2D Animator, Animatic Artist
JUNE 2014 - JULY 2018
My role included overseeing the shots created by our team of animators, checking the consistency of the style and that the scenes match the storyboards and director's vision. With our team we worked on: Ivan tsarevich i seryy volk 2 (2013), Krepost' (2015), Ivan tsarevich i seryy volk 3 (2015), Tri bogatyrya i Morskoj tsar' (2016), Tri bogatyrya i printsessa Egipta (2017)
As a part time job I was working as an Animatic Artist for children's TV show "Luntic". Using the specifications provided by the art director and script writers, I sketched storyboards, reviewed them with the Lead director, and then produced the animatic.
Another exciting experience for me was to coordinate delivery during 2 months from Shanghai (China) on one of our projects which we were creating in partnership with a large Chinese animation studio.
Melnitsa Animation Studio - 2D Character Animator
MARCH 2011 - JUNE 2014
My career as a 2D artist started here and I was working on 2D character animation for the films: Ivan Tsarevich i Seryy Volk (2011), Tri bogatyrya na dalnikh beregakh (2012), Tri bogatyrya: Khod konem (2015)
I enjoyed working with action shots, long monologues, and scenes where characters have intense emotional states. I also tried myself as a storyboard artist and did a storyboard for the Moonzy cartoon series episode from scratch.
Apart from "commercial" projects I took part in working with "We can't live without cosmos (2014)" short film directed by Konstantin Bronzit. (Nominated for Oscar in 2014).
EDUCATION
School of images GOBELINS - 3d animation in maya, storytelling, storyboard, visual development, character design, layouts and backgrounds, acting, compositing.
SEPTEMBER 2021 - MAY 2023
Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design - Academic drawing and painting. Visual communication design. Graphic design and illustration
SEPTEMBER 2010 - MAY 2011
Chelyabinsk Art College - Graphic and media design. Typography, calligraphy and illustration, Academic drawing, painting and history of Arts. Composition (Visual arts) and color course. Human anatomy course.
SEPTEMBER 2006 - MAY 2010
LANGUAGES
English (working proficiency), Russian (native)