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Introduction: I draw agressive pictures in MS paint and make over-the-top trashy animation. My favorite part of animation is morphing, especiaslly when it comes to more or less abstract shapes. And there is one thing that I don't usually do on commercial basis, but it just fuels me with creativity. My guilty pleasure is worknig with a mouse or a touchpad, or even drawing in MS Paint, instead of using my tablet and Toon Boom. These awful methods really make me push my abilities to the maximum and make something original instead of relying on neat style and handy programs.

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What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
$6.66 for a second of animation on term that I do 2 seconds of animation on daily basis (I sertainly can animate faster, but 10 hours of lectures a day do drain your body until you find yourself graduated). Pre-payment is welcome. There are types of animation that are simply more resourceful, and if your project requires something tricky, I get a little more greedy. If you are in hurry, you have to pay for my coffe, energy drinks and brain cells that die because of hypoxia. I may also ask my fellow animators to work on the project, if time is essence, and their work will cost approximately as much as mine. I hate to be late with anything and prefer to always be on time. If your project is an impossible task, I'll have to refuse.
What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Generally, I ask what you need, develop characters and story (I prefer to develop something original instead of working with a provided plot, but I'm flexible). Meanwhile I figure out how much time it's going to take and adjust the price. After that I get to draw a black-and-white storyboard with analog tools and show it to you via skype (I may also send archived scanned copy of it if you've paid part of the fee in advance). On every project I've worked on there's been a Google Sheets table that says when and which scene was made. Such table is also one of the features that is availible after the prepayment.
What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I've finished Lyceum 1533 in Moscow, where I was trained for three years to specialize in web design. I was taught to use Adobe software (Animate a.k.a. Flash, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator and Photoshop). I was highly interested in Flash. Now i'm a sophomore in Saint-Petersburgh institute of cinema and television (or СПбГИКиТ), where I study as an animation director. I'm good with 2D-animation (Toon Boom Stage and Adobe Animate) and think that 3D is cancer that's killing animator's ability to work hard. My English level is upper-intermediate and I speak fluently, but I appreciate when people correct my mistakes.