Ruslana Mirzaalieva
Director, Art Director and Character Designer
“Sailor Moon” of our studio. Her characters always reflect a delicate inner state. Ruslana has a fondness for touching stories and magical pink-and-blue color schemes, but she can also create horror in bloody tones. She would like to have the ability to become invisible to eventually discover all the secrets.
— How long have you been working in this field?
2013.
— What’s your job in the studio?
Depends on the project: art direction, direction, or character design.
— What do you like about your job?
Brainstorming cool visual solutions and trying to improve the result together with the team. Brainstorming characters.
— What do you hate about the job?
Giving feedback to freelancers that they need to change something.
— What is your dream (if you have one)?
Visit the Blendfest festival in Vancouver, host a public talk there together with the Petrick team, and chat with foreign colleagues.
— What’s your top-3 animation movie recommendation?
Paprika, I lost my body, Kill la kill.