About me
Hello! My name is Elina, I’m an illustrator and animator based in Russia. My portfolio showcases my character design work: I create and develop expressive characters suitable for most animation pipelines. This includes 2D and 3D animation, frame-by-frame or rigged.
A drop in the Ocean
After his spaceship crashes into the ocean, a small scavenger robot must brave the deep sea to find fuel for his ship, unexpectedly befriending the strange underwater creatures he meets along the way.
A drop in the Ocean. Production Frame.
The main character is a curious, adventurous little robot. His design was supposed to reflect these qualities: technical, advanced, yet friendly and almost animal-like.The robot’s color scheme is supposed to contrast with the deep blue ocean and bright, cool-coloured critters living in the sea.
A drop in the Ocean. Production Frame.
The sea animals, instead, have friendly-shaped silhouettes that were designed specifically to contrast with the technical look of the main character.
A drop in the Ocean. Sequence from the animated short.
She rose from the dead, and everyone fell in love with her
After getting dumped by her boyfriend and abandoned by her friends, a young lady gets into an accident and finds herself in the world of the undead. With the power of personal growth, acceptance — and some divine intervention! — she returns to the living world as a new version of herself.
She rose from the dead, and everyone fell in love with her. Production Frame.
The main character was meant to rock a spooky, goth look, while at the same time appearing cute or even whimsical. I’ve attempted to design her in a way a very young girl might imagine herself after a bad day — as a cool, striking demoness with fishnets and horns.Her real-world design is plain and quaint compared to the transformed look, but it retains the main color — bright pink — as a pastel pink hoodie to tie the two looks together.
She rose from the dead, and everyone fell in love with her. Sequence from the animated short.
