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Projects by Ruslana Mirzaalieva

Ruslana Mirzaalieva

Director, Art Director, Character Designer

I have been working in the animation industry since 2013. I have experience managing teams as an art director and animation director since 2017. I can also art direct projects with multiple styles; in one of such projects, there were 18 styles.

In 2019, I directed a music video for the Ukrainian singer Ivan Dorn. The work became a part of a large campaign in collaboration with WWF, aimed at preserving the habitats of birds whose voices were used in the track. The video received over 20 awards at festivals worldwide: D&AD, Golden Drum, Cresta, One Show, Caples, and others.

Adobe Creative magazine interviewed me for the Best of Behance section in 2018. I have given 20 lectures on different stages since 2015: in schools, studios, and festivals.

In my works, I do not stick to a single style because I believe that the style should stem from the project's idea to reinforce it. Deep knowledge of composition, color, and visual storytelling helps me lead projects in almost any style and create a visual language ideally suited to the project.

I also love street art and dream that one of the projects will come out on a wall because I think our offline environment needs color. I am concerned about the feminist agenda and the fight against violence, patriarchy, and inequality, and I am happy to participate in projects on social issues. I love to observe how people express themselves through their clothes, behavior, or facial expressions. I collect photos with interesting examples and transfer them into my drawings. I design characters on almost all my projects.