ER
Rigging Reel
I'M
Elena
Rasskazova.
TECHNICAL ARTIST
CHARACTER & MECHANICAL RIGGING
01. PROFESSIONAL
SKILLS AND SOFTWARES
AUTODESK MAYA
AI-Augmented Tooling
UNREAL ENGINE
Python/MEL/PyMEL
ZBrush
VRAY
Unity
Full proficiency in rigging toolset and custom tool development for cinematic and gameplay rigging
Acceleration of custom tool development and complex problem solving using AI
Animation essentials, Control Rig, Blueprints, and Animation Blueprints
Custom tool development for rigging and animation workflows by hand or agentically
Organic and hard-surface modeling
Lightning and texturing essentials, rendering capabilities
Ability to create basic visual effects on demand
02. Experience
OCT. 2025 - AUG. 2026
Sauce NYC
Rigger
Rigged all 12 characters in "Karen"—the player character plus 11 NPCs—using a modular rig system built from the ground up on the Unreal Engine mannequin, adapted for physics simulations and cutting rig build time by 50%. Also built a dedicated cinematic body and facial rig for the main character, blending joint-based deformation with blendshapes for fleshy, lifelike, easy-to-animate performance.
JUN. 2023 - AUG. 2023
CAPITOL SQUARE DENTAL
Marketing Lead
SEP. 2018 - APR. 2022
DigiPen Institute
of Technology
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Focus in technical arts such as
rigging, scripting, VFX (Unity)
Also capable of modeling,
retopology, UV unwrapping.
MAY. 2019 - AUG. 2019
PROJECT FUN
Assisting Manager
Tasks included constant
communication, management,
event organization.
JUN. 2018
AT&T SHAPE
Volunteer
Volunteer for AT&T Shape as a facial capture artist. In charge of setting up facial capture system and introducing it to non professionals.
FEB. 2017 - AUG. 2018
NEW YORK
FILM ACADEMY
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Focus in technical arts such as
rigging, VFX (Houdini), as well
character modeling, texturing
and rendering (with VRay)
MAR. 2013
MIPCOM
Stand Assistant
In charge of managing
network problems,
introducing film industry
products to potential buyers.
SEP. 2010 - JUN. 2014
VRUBEL'S FINE
ARTS SCHOOL
Student
LETS STAY IN TOUCH!
It was nice having you here! Please, reach out if you have any questions or just want to chat!
Thank you,
Elena Rasskazova
