Alexander Novitskiy

Alexander was born in Moscow in 1960 and was very creative from his youth. One of his early hobbies was building models from plasticine, putting them in a freezer and then playing self-invented war games with his brother and sisters. Later he began making more advanced models made of plastic, until he started building real copies of vehicles and airplanes in the 1:160 scale for his railroad collection. This is just one example of various hobbies, some of which he is still enjoying today. He started playing piano only learning few chords from his mother in the early age, and till today without knowing any notes he plays various music instruments and recorded two albums of music written by himself.

He studied in Stroganov School of Art in Moscow in the School of Jewellery. He chose that particular school for the vast range of arts taught there, giving him the opportunity to learn and practice in many subjects. He did not become a jeweller, having made a design of only one medal as his graduation work. Instead, he used his talent sculpturing, making very detailed and stylish models of characters for cartoons. After the university he began working in Studio of Animated Films as a Background Artist and then as a Director of a number...