PORTFOLIO ANIMATION & ILLUSTRATION
Negrush Sofya
Who am I
Hi!!My name is Sofya NegrushI’m an animation director, artist, animator and illustrator. I graduated with honors from the St. Petersburg Art School, took animation courses at SPBGIKIT, 2023-2027 studied animation directing at the HSE Art and Design School.I love vibrant textures, creating stories and trying out new techniques — I’ve drawn on glass, fabric, canvas, walls, and floors; painted on tableware and clothing; worked with linocut and sculpting. These days, I mainly focus on animation.
What can I provide
Animation direction • script development • storyboarding • concept art • animatic • rough animation • line art animation • clean-up animation • coloring • compositing
2D Animation techniques:
Digital frame-by-frame animation
Frame-by-frame animation on paper/any surface
Digital Cutout animation
Traditional Cutout animation
Object animation
Claymation
Stop-motion
Pixelation
Rotoscope
Illustration • concept art • character design • book illustrations • postcards • calendars • music covers
illustration techniques:
digital illustrations
traditional techniques
3d illustrations
batik
glass painting
linocut
Some animation projects
Animated etude «The jump»
Technique: cut-out (paper animation), frame-by-frame paper animation, frame-by-frame 2D computer animation.
Task: development of a character walk cycle, 360° character turn-around.
My role in the project: concept, storyboard, concept art, animatic, puppet creation, puppet animation, rough animation, clean-up animation, compositing.
Short animated film «Metsä»
in collaboration with Arina Ivanova
Technique: frame-by-frame 2D computer animation.
My role in project: concept, script development, storyboarding, concept art, animatic creation, final animation, and compositing.
The film is currently being actively screened at festivals and public events.
«Happy New Year» animated promotional video
Technique: Frame-by-frame 2D computer animation.
Brief: A New Year’s greeting commercial for KHL fans, designed for screening at hockey arenas.
Result: A 30-second narrative-driven spot featuring dynamic action, produced in the client’s brand colors.
My role in the project: concept, script development, storyboarding, concept art, animatic, rough animation, final animation, compositing, sound design.
«Energy» animated promotional video
Technique: Frame-by-frame 2D computer animation.
Brief: Promotional video for a liqueur targeted at a youth audience.
Problem: Alcohol cannot be advertised using depictions of people or animals.
Solution: An abstract video with no plot or characters.
My role in the project: Concept, storyboard, visual style, animatic, rough animation, final animation, and compositing.
Some illustration projects
a project featuring portraits of Russian indie-pop artists
