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Katrin Ignatova

Intermediate

Adobe Photoshop
Storyboard Pro
Adobe Premiere Pro

LA-based Bulgarian Storyboard Artist with a passion for comedy

Biography

My name is Katrin and I am an LA-based Bulgarian Storyboard Artist with a passion for comedy. I graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2022 with a BFA in Computer Animation and a minor in Film Studies. I have worked as a Storyboard Revisionist on a 3D-animated comedy series at Nickelodeon, as a Storyboard Artist on a 2D-animated musical series at Echo Bridge Pictures and as a Storyboard Intern on a 2D-animated actions series at Chase a Cloud.

I've lived in three countries in my life and I have had to learn several languages as a result, as well as adapt to different cultures. Growing up, I always loved to tell stories in any way that I could. It was my way of expressing how moving from one country to another made me feel. I wanted to be a filmmaker, a writer, an actress, a painter... Anything that would allow me to tell stories that could have an impact on people. Growing up in the 00s, there were tons of amazing shows and films that I was influenced by, such as The Powerpuff Girls, Phineas and Ferb, The Emperor's New Groove and Shrek 2. Through watching cartoons, I discovered my passion for animation early on. It combines everything I love and comedy is my comfort zone. Now, I feel extremely lucky that I get to use my skills as a storyboard artist to make people laugh.

Skills

Roles

  • Basic

Software

  • Advanced
  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Soft Skills

  • Advanced
  • Advanced

Work Experience

2022 – 2024

Freelance Storyboard Revisionist

Nickelodeon Animation (Burbank, CA, USA)
- Revised storyboards on a CG-animated series - Communicated with the director to revise storyboards, address production notes, enhance acting and staging - Software: Storyboard Pro

2022 – 2022

Storyboard artist (Freelance)

Echo Bridge Pictures (St. Petersburg, FL, USA)
-Made storyboards for a musical 2D-animated online series -Edited storyboards into an animatic using Premiere Pro - Software: Photoshop and Premiere Pro

2021 – 2021

Story Intern

Chase a Cloud (Sofia, Bulgaria)
-Pitched storytelling images and boards to studio directors and creators -Produced storyboards for a 2D-animated show for an internal client

Education

2018 – 2022

BFA

Ringling College of Art & Design

Computer Animation

-4 year BFA program in Computer Animation -Learned fundamentals of Storyboarding, 2D Animation, 3D Animation, Modeling, Lighting, Texturing, Compositing -Produced an animated short thesis film