♡ Hi, I’m Anastasia Golubeva, a 3D animator focused on character performance, body language and expressive movement. I work with animation, posing, facial expression and motion to make digital characters feel believable and alive, combining technical skills with an understanding of acting and visual storytelling ♡

This project consists of studying the principles of animal movement through 3D animation, using a bird and a tiger as the main references. I explored how anatomy, weight, balance, rhythm and physical structure affect the way different creatures move. The exercises included flight, walking and running cycles, as well as short animated scenes that helped me study transitions between movements and the overall dynamics of the body. The project strengthened my understanding of creature mechanics and showed how observation of real movement can be translated into more believable and expressive 3D animation.

This project focused on studying body mechanics and understanding how weight, balance, rhythm and intention shape movement. The exercises included a basic and stylized walk cycle, running, expressive posing, an obstacle jump and a pantomime study. Through these tasks, I explored how body language can communicate personality and emotion even without dialogue, helping me develop a stronger sense of character performance and more believable 3D animation.

I pracriced facial animation and rigging, with an emphasis on how expression, speech and subtle facial movement can strengthen character performance. I created two phoneme libraries, developed a dialogue scene with multiple characters and completed a facial acting study. The project helped me better understand how facial rigging, articulation and timing work together to make 3D characters feel more expressive, believable and emotionally clear.