Tanya Yelchaninova

Illustration, Animation, Graphic Design

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Kyiv, Ukraine

Illustrator and Visual Artist at Freelance

Studied Illustration at "Projector" Creative and Tech School

Studied Fine Arts and Graphic Arts at National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Joined March 10, 2021

Skills

Languages

English

Fluent

Russian

Native or Bilingual

Ukrainian

Native or Bilingual

Chinese

Basic

French

Basic

About

I'm a professional artist specialising in illustration, graphic design, animation and photography. Traveler and explorer, with experience of living and working in China, Vietnam and Hong Kong. Holding Master's degree in Fine Arts, Certificate in Illustration and have 10 years of experience in hand-drawn and digital Illustration. I create illustrations for periodicals and advertisements, logo design, cover art, animation, children’s book illustrations, etc. Besides that, I work with different styles and mediums. In addition, I have an experience working as an Art tutor and English teacher and holding TEFL certificate.

Experience

Freelance

Jan 2015 – Present

Globally

Illustrator and Visual Artist

Running my private studio catering to various clients in the book publishing industry, music industry and those requesting personal commissions. Offering a wide range of styles from illustration, watercolor, ink, mixed media, sketch to digital animation, album artwork and more. Able to help realize a client’s vision from conception to completion

Art Loop

Mar 2019 – Mar 2020

Hong Kong, SAR, China

Art Teacher

Planning and teaching Art lessons to students from 2.5 to 17 y.o., preparing materials, class management, tracking individual progress of the students and assisting them with their projects, providing lessons at Montessori schools on behalf of Art Loop.

Photo Studio Exar

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015

Kyiv, Ukraine

Graphic Designer

Web design of Exar’s website, graphic design, preparing the photography exhibition of studio’s gallery, illustrating photo book and other products.

Air Polygraph

Mar 2012 – Jan 2014

Kyiv, Ukraine

Graphic Designer and Pre Press specialist

Creating design according to terms of reference for various printed products, correcting, creating layouts for printing. Working in Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and Acrobat

Education

"Projector" Creative and Tech School

Sep 2018 – Mar 2019

Certificate , Illustration

National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute"

Sep 2007 – Mar 2013

Master of Fine Arts, Fine Arts and Graphic Arts