
Katya Mikheeva
Director, Animator and Character Designer
Katya loves dancing and does it anytime, anywhere. She advocates for freestyle in design, animation, and artistic forms. Her works have a lot of freedom and experimentation. Katya likes to create structure and improvise within it, inventing rules of the game to fully enjoy the process.
— How long have you been working in this field?
2018.
— What’s your job in the studio?
Cheburashka.
— What do you like about your job?
I like brainstorming characters and drawing them thoroughly, building up the structures, systems, and conspiracies.
— What do you hate about the job?
I hate it when work seems tedious, but I always find my way out of there.
— What is your dream (if you have one)?
Fly like a bird, like a thought, like a beam of light.
— What’s your top-3 animation movie recommendation?
“DONT KNOW WHAT” Thomas Renoldner, “Acid Rain” Tomek Popakul, “Mind Game“ Masaaki Yuasa.
Projects by Katya Mikheeva

Tinkoff City
Love Story

Petrick · Charity Foundation The Lighthouse
Diver

Mundfish · Atomic heart
The frostbite

Petrick
Stuntcat

My.Games · Rush Royale
The Archer

Tinkoff · Take a breath, Kitty!
Window

Tinkoff · Take a breath, Kitty!
Dog

Tinkoff · Take a breath, Kitty!
USB

Unofficial
Gus Dapperton

Unofficial
Caroline
Caroline
Polachek

Unofficial
Sevdaliza

Unofficial
Aurora

HeadHunter
Renovation

HeadHunter
Flower Shop

HeadHunter
Coffee Shop

Yota
Family

Rovio
Angry Birds

Tinkoff
Eco Challenge

Petrick
Pazt

Zemfira · Playrix
Austin

Super Sobaka
Love

Committee Against Torture
Police Cartoons

Petrick
Fly

Tretyakov Gallery
Russian
Russian
Fairytales

Ivan Dorn · WWF
Wild

Moscow
Moscow’s Coat
Moscow’s Coat
Of Arms

Lego
Birthday Studio

Petrick
Maneki Neko

Motion Design School
What Is Motion
What Is Motion
Design School

Tinkoff
Anniversary

Prada
Doll House

Rocketbank
Arcada
All projects
Artists

Ruslana Mirzaalieva
Director, Art Director, Character Designer

Oleg Kulinich
Director, 3D Visual Researcher

Ilya
Buzinov
Director, Lead Animator

Vova
Orlov
Director, Lead Animator, Puppet master

Denis Pisarev
Art Director, Character Designer

Katya Mikheeva
Director, Animator, Character Designer

Alexander Kovalevsky
3D generalist

Dasha Kuznetsova
3D generalist