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, and studied animation directing at the HSE Art and Design School from 2023–2027.I love vibrant textures, crafting stories, and experimenting with new techniques—I have drawn on glass, fabric, canvas, walls, and floors; painted on tableware and clothing; and 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: developing a character walk cycle and a 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: A promotional video for a liqueur aimed at a youth audience.
Problem: Alcohol cannot be advertised using depictions of people or animals.
Solution: An abstract video devoid of 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
