Experienced Ukrainian ⭐️2D Illustrator (digital and traditional) and ⭐️ 2D Animator, creating unique
☑️illustrations (hand-drawn 🔸vector🔸graphic design 🔸infographic 🔸sketch 🔸freehand drawn 🔸logo 🔸traditional art) and
☑️2D animation (▫️Visual Storytelling ▫️Storyboarding▫️Whiteboard animation ▫️Motion Design ▫️Traditional animation ▫️GIF ▫️Lottie ▫️Hand drawn animation). 🔺NO AI
Around 10 years of experience on Upwork (200 jobs)
More than 500 projects
100% job success
🔶 Why Clients Choose Me
• Strong artistic background as an illustrator
• Solid expertise as an animator
• Ability to combine both roles for consistent storytelling
• Full cycle: ideas, sketch, storyboard, drawing, animation
• Flexible style range (cartoon, realistic)
• Hand-drawn style, vector illustrations
As a 2D Illustrator and Graphic Designer, I work in a wide range of styles, from line art and cartoon art to realistic painting, in hand-drawn style or vector art, to support clear, engaging visual storytelling. I also work as a medical illustrator and scientific illustrator; I create infographics and children's book illustrations.
As a 2D animator, I can create various types of animations, such as hand-drawn Whiteboard animation, Motion Design, Motion Graphics, GIFs, Lottie, freehand-drawn cel animation (frame-by-frame), and PSA-style animation.
I combine the skills of an illustrator and an animator, which allows me to produce consistent-style art and videos.
My workflow is simple and clear:
🔸BRIEFING
Gathering information about the project. As a digital artist, I ensure the visual approach aligns with your goals. All visuals — 2D illustrations, sketches, storyboards, digital art, GIFs, cel animation, Lottie animation, motion graphics, hand-drawn whiteboard animation, line art (line drawing)— are created by hand. As a 2D animator, I draw and animate everything manually using:
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
After Effects
Adobe Audition
Adobe Premiere Pro (for video editing).
🔸STYLE and FIRST DRAFT
As a skilled artist, I prepare the first sketch to define the style. You can choose between freehand digital style illustrations (freestyle drawing) or vector illustrations. As well as type and format of 2D animation (🔹Whiteboard animation 🔹Motion Graphics, Motion Design 🔹Frame-by-Frame animation, Cel-animation 🔹GIF animation 🔹Lottie animation 🔹RSA-style animation)
My experience as a 2D animator allows me to adapt any idea to a smooth visual flow.
Possible style choices for digital illustrations and 2D animations include:
COLOR PALETTE
🔹 Black and white; Limited; Colorful
COMPLEXITY
🔹Minimalist, Medium-detail, or Complex illustrations
ART STYLES:
🔹Cartoon art | Cartoon style
🔹Realistic | hand-drawn
🔹Pixel-perfect vector art
SPECIFIC ILLUSTRATION STYLE:
🔹Line-art (usually black-and-white pictures)— including
one-line drawings
simple minimalist drawings
hand-drawn style
sketchy style
cartoon style
comic style
and pixel-perfect style, among others.
You can use these drawings for book illustrations, explainer videos, and 2D animations. As well as for hand-drawn infographics, presentations, posters, coloring pages, explainer videos, educational videos, doodle videos, children's book illustrations, and storyboarding.
🔹Vector Illustration. Graphic Design—smooth lines, scalable graphics, perfect for icons, cartoon art, UX/UI visuals, posters, infographics, illustrations, and 2D animations (including GIF animations and Lottie animations).
🔹Watercolor style and Realistic digital painting—created in Photoshop—fits for game art, books, medical illustrations, and high-detail 2D illustrations and 2D animations
🔹Traditional drawing and painting with digital polishing.
🔸ILLUSTRATION & ANIMATION PRODUCTION
Once the style is defined, I start preparing digital art (2D illustrations). For 2D animation, I create a storyboard. As a 2D animator, I work on composition, smooth transitions, and clear storytelling. Hand-drawn whiteboard animation and RSA-style animation often include a step-by-step drawing effect, which I craft manually.
🔸FINAL DELIVERY
You receive polished 2D illustrations or 2D animations (including video editing, if any).
Additional information:
✅Long-term and short-term projects;
✅Over 10 years of experience on Upwork;
✅More than 15 years of experience as an artist and illustrator
✅More than 200 jobs on Upwork
✅More than 20,000 illustrations and drawings
✅More than 200 videos and animations
✅Quick Turnaround Time
✅Open Communication
✅Customized Solutions
✅Proven Experience
✅ Children's book illustrator with more than 100 books illustrated. Plus character design.
TOOLS
🔹Adobe Illustrator🔹Adobe Photoshop 🔹Videoscribe 🔹After Effects 🔹 Premiere Pro 🔹Adobe Audition 🔹 MS Office 🔹 and traditional media like pencil, watercolor, paint, ballpoint pen, ink
I’m here to bring your idea to life!
Animation
Digital Illustration
Freehand Digital Illustration
Graphic Design
Hand-Drawn Style
Illustration
2D Animation
Line Drawing
Whiteboard Animation
Infographic
Explainer Video
Cartoon Style
Vector Graphic
Lottie
Drawing
GIF
Cartoon Art
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe After Effects
Polina L.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
$22/hr
5.0
11 jobs
Hi there 💦 I'm a European-based artist specializing in custom illustrations that blend traditional, digital and AI art techniques. I specialize on creating symbolic, pagan, mythical artworks that bring to live archetypes from Noosphere. In my working process I value clear communication and flexible mindset. I would love to collaborate on fun, non typical tasks, including long-term projects. My main goal is to provide you with a beautiful high-quality work that would satisfy given requirements. Need something special? Contact me!
Digital Art
Digital Painting
Illustration
Book Illustration
Vector Art
Icon Design
Album Cover
Book Cover
Image Editing
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Lightroom
Botanical Illustration
Watercolor
Oil Painting
Savina D.
Burgas, Bulgaria
$12/hr
5.0
7 jobs
Hi! I’m Savina — 2D artist, based in Bulgaria, with over 8 years of traditional art experience and 3+ years specializing in digital illustration. I bring characters, creatures, and stories to life through expressive design, bold colors, and strong visual storytelling.
I specialize in comic-style illustrations and concept art for games and books. I have multiple personal and work art projects, which you can view in my portfolio.
Other skills:
✏️ Proficiency in Photoshop and Illustrator
📖 Visual storytelling
🌆 Environments with mood, depth & atmosphere
🌈 Playful, dynamic color palettes & linework
Digital Painting
Graphic Design
Illustration
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Character Design
Logo Design
Famous Cartoon
Freestyle Drawing
Drawing
Art & Design
Photo Editing
Color Balancing
Radina V.
Burgas, Bulgaria
$22/hr
5.0
34 jobs
⭐ Digital Artist with extensive experience in creating Brand illustrations | Logo designs | Editorial designs | Event posters | Professional Pitch Deck designs.
Let's collaborate to create something amazing!
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿:
✅ Illustration & Cartoon Art: Unique mascot illustrations for brands and other projects.
✅ Graphic Design: Everything you need from a logo to event poster, brochures and business cards.
✅ Presentation Design: Visually appealing and effective pitch decks to showcase your ideas and win over your audience.
𝗠𝘆 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀:
✔️ Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects
✔️ Other Creative Softwares: Figma, FontLab, Canva, Pitch.com
✔️ Vector Art: I can create icons, logos, vector graphics
✔️ Traditional Art & Cartoon Art: Hand-drawing with a variety of materials and understanding of human anatomy, allowing me to create characters with realistic yet adaptable features often seen in cartoons.
I look forward to working together! :)
Hand-Drawn Style
Drawing
Poster Design
Design Concept
Illustration
Editorial Design
Art Direction
Art & Design
Logo Animation
Logo Design
Adobe Inc.
Website Prototyping
Concept Development
Figma
Mural
Kristina K.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
$30/hr
5.0
8 jobs
I was born in April 1994 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. I have been studying art since a very young age and have always been passionate about it. I am keen on experimenting with different traditional and digital media styles and exploring new techniques, including composition, anatomy, perspective, colour theory, values, and silhouette.
My education and job experience are as follows:
2008 - 2013 Graduated High School - National High School of Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2013 - 2017 Graduated Academy - National Academy of Arts, Sofia, Bulgaria
2013 3 months-long internship in the comics company Grozen Entertainment LTD
2018 - 2020 Working as the primary digital artist for a startup entertainment company. I have gained much experience in Comics, 2D Games, and 2D Pixel Games - Illustration, Concept art, Level Design, Character Design, Pixel animations, Raster, and Pixel UI.
2020 - until now, I have been working as a freelancer and created art for various projects, including games and comics.
There is always more to learn, so I try my best to do that. So don't be afraid to reach out; I would happily answer all your questions!
Concept Artistry
Digital Illustration
Digital Painting
Character Design
2D Design
Illustration
Adobe Photoshop
Comic Art
Pixel Art
Freestyle Drawing
2D Game Art
Poster Design
Drawing
Acrylic Painting
Elvira Z.
Veliko Turnovo, Bulgaria
$28/hr
4.9
231 jobs
My name is Elvira Zagorova. I was born in 1982 and live in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. I graduated from St. Cyril and Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo, Faculty of Fine Arts in Painting in 2006. In February 2010 I successfully graduated from the Pedagogical Faculty at the same university majoring in Computer Multimedia.
I’m a freelancer who has been creating art for 18 years. I have been working as an Illustrator, Graphic Designer, Digital Artist, Photo editor for 8 years. I have a strong knowledge of a majority of the current, most updated versions of the Adobe CS6 Software, Photoshop, Illustrator. I work mostly in vector and raster graphics and I believe that every design needs to be attractive, eye-catching and unique. I always try to provide high quality work with a fast turn around for a fair price.
Give me a chance, and you'll find out what I can really do for you!
Graphic Design
Infographic
Vector Graphic
Logo Design
Adobe Photoshop
Icon Design
Adobe Illustrator
Photo Editing
Vector Tracing
2D Illustration
Photo Retouching
Photo Restoration
Photo Manipulation
Image Editing
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