Marina Kalugina-balashova
Freelance Character Artist at Фриланс
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMarina Kalugina-balashova is a freelance 2D character artist based in New York with 13 years of creative experience designing game-oriented characters, silhouettes, and costumes. She combines a strong visual sensibility with pedagogical experience, having taught a "Basics of Digital Art" online course and guided around 150 students through live critiques and feedback. Her background includes writing for Game Insight, which informs her ability to blend narrative intent with character design for interactive worlds. Trained with a master's degree in Personality Psychology, she brings an unusual depth in character motivation and visual storytelling to her art. Comfortable working remotely since 2018, Marina delivers concept-to-polish assets for game projects while mentoring emerging artists. Her GitHub bio hints at a playful, literary imagination that often inspires distinctive, mood-driven character work.
13 years of coding experience
Master's degree, Psychology of Personality, Master's degree, Psychology of Personality at State Academic University for the Humanities
English, Spanish, Russian
Github Skills (5)
python9
internet4
react3
nodejs3
dialect1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
KaluginaMarina/algorithms_and_data_structures
Feb 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:33 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
KaluginaMarina/system_software
Mar 2019 - Dec 2019
Contributions:150 commits, 72 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
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