– What’s your Nickname?
Alina
– Where are you from?
Novosibirsk, south-west of Siberia, Russia
– Your years?
30
– What have you studied?
I studied the technology of the garment industry in the Moscow state university of design and technology.
– How and when did you become an illustrator?
I’ve been drawing since childhood and first heard about computer graphics in 2010. Then I made the first portfolio and got an internship in a game studio called Friday’s Games, where I painted graphics for the hidden object games.
– What have you worked before an artist?
I sewed wedding dresses.
-Where do you work and what are you working on at the moment?
I’m painting backgrounds for an animated film.
– Favorite and good artists for you?
Eyvind Earle, Ralph Hulett, Alan Lee, Nathan Fowkes, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Ivan Aivazovsky, and many others.
– Favorite drink?
Tea
– Favorite place?
Altai mountains
– Favorite movie?
Almost all the films of the Pixar Animation Studios.
– Advice to young artists:
It’s important to be able to love the process of working and learning as much as the result.
– Your strong side?:
Responsibility.
– Sports?
Walking
