Dancing Ponies Drawing

Natalia was born in Russia in 1973 and started drawing and painting at an early age. After completing her MA in Film Art Approach at the oldest school in the world that specializes in the movie industry ("All-Russia Institute of Cinematography" (VGIK) in Moscow), she has worked at Soyuzmultfilm animation studio and later as the Art Director in advertising agency until 2003. That year she moved to the US. While living in New Jersey, she worked on projects creating animation for Nickelodeon and Michael Sporn studio in New York City. Over her professional career, Natalia has worked on various animation projects for TV and short films, illustrated books and designed characters, objects, clothing, packaging and everything in between.