Citadel

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A dynamic story where life flows, threats appear and get conquered, and dreams come true. The company's role in life is smoothly narrated from childhood to adulthood. 

The director’s decision was to mix 3D layers with 2D characters to create a fascinating, multi-layered animation.

Storyboard

Characters Development

Little Boy

In this story the main character is growing up as we watch it. For its younger version we created an adventurous young man with a big backpack. Small details, like Saturn on his T-shirt, tie the whole narrative together.

Big Boy

In just one shot, our boy gained a couple years and became a teenager. Still adventurous, but instead of exploring an enchanted forest, he’s roaming the campus on his skateboard.

Shark

One of the enemies the boy faces is a shark. We tried to make it not only massive and scary and showed that it’s been through many fights – its fins have bites and scratches.

Monster

The scariest part – a forest-dwelling monster. The challenge was to make this creature one with trees and soil to create a threat emerging from nowhere.

Frame in progress

Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrator
Olga Haletskaya
Animator
Ilya Isaenko
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Mariya Potekhina
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Lead Animation Team
Daria Merkulova
Illustrators
Alexander Belyaev, Polina Chadaeva, Dmitry Moiseenko
Animators
Pavel Zarubin, Anar Surataeva
Writer
Nikolai Titov
Sound Design
Dmitrii Nakhimov
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Screenwriter
Ivan Evdokimov
Illustrators
Anastasia Ozerova, Oleg Smirnov
Animators
Beibut Zakhin, Nikita Shabalin
Sound designer
Alexander Maslyuk
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Mariya Potekhina
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Lead Animation Team
Daria Merkulova
Illustrators
Alexander Belyaev, Polina Chadaeva, Dmitry Moiseenko
Animators
Pavel Zarubin, Anar Surataeva
Writer
Nikolai Titov
Sound Design
Dmitrii Nakhimov
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrator
Anastasia Ozerova
Animators
Anna Katyreva, Nikita Shabalin, Alexander Chun, Andrey Chzhan, Valeria Bogdanova
Clean-up & Coloring Artists
Nikita Shabalin, Alexander Chun, Andrey Chzhan, Valeria Bogdanova
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Director
Ekaterina Gornostayeva
Screenwriter
Nikolai Titov
Lead Illustrator
Ekaterina Murysina
Illustrator
Anastasia Ozerova, Ekaterina Borisova, Valeriya Tsimbalenko, Dmitrii Moiseenko, Yulia Dobrohod, Oleg Smirnov, Anatoliy Smirnov, Anna Yashina, Alexandra Chervyakova
Lead Animator
Daria Merkulova
Character Animators
Digitoonz Studio, Daria Merkulova, Svetlana Zhukova, Sofia Ligai, Tatiana Upkhonova, Kirill Vorontsov, Elizaveta Mikheleva
Background Animators
Dmitrii Pashkov, Ksenia Sorokina, Nursultan Nurlanov, Arsenii Garevskih, Vasilii Akimov, Maksim Tleubaev, Stepan Kutonov, Nikita Bannikov, Dmitrii Pastukhov, Andrei Chernov, Dope Motion (Anna Zhitkova, Irina Spasova)
Rigger
Margarita Kalinina
Composer
Yakov Aleksandrov
Sound Designer
Dmitrii Nakhimov
Voiceover Actors
Pavel Pudan, Marta Novach, Alexander Lapshin
Editor
Evgenii Gordeev
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Dima Ruppel
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrator
Tatiana Agievich
Lead Animator
Daria Merkulova
Animators
Avi, Tasya Efremova
Clean-up Artists
Avi, Tasya Efremova
Colouring Artists
Tatiana Agievich, Avi, Tasya Efremova
Writer
Gosha Sviridov
Sound Designer
Dmitrii Nakhimov
Compositing
Daniil Stroyev
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich, Ekaterina Borisova
Script
Vasilisa Minina
Lead Animator
Margarita Shalynina
Illustrator
Anastasia Yacenko, Polina Chaadaeva
Animators
Daniil Svetlov, Alexander Tereshin
Clean-up and Colouring Artists
Valeriya Bogdanova, Margarita Lamparter, Daria Ischeikina, Denis Litvin
Sound Designer
Dmitrii Nakhimov
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Screenwriter
Nikolai Titov
Illustrators
Valeria Tsimbalenko, Alexander Belyaev
2D Character Animators
Valeriya Bogdanova, George Starostin, Alexander Chun
2D Background Animator
Dmitrii Pashkov
Sound Design
Alexander Maslyuk
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Digital producer
Dmitry Ruppel
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Lead Animator
Margarita Shalynina
Designer
Aleksandra Albitskaya
Illustrators
Anastasia Ozerova, Ekaterina Ivanova
Animators
Ksenia Tsetkova, Marat Kodzaev, Anna Chekushkina, Anna Leonchenko, Margarita Shalynina, Anatoly Luk’yanchikov
Clean-up and Colouring Artists
Margarita Lamparter, Valeria Derevtsova, Nadya Gil, Daria Gorodishenina, Inga Shafeeva
Compositing
Dmitrii Pashkov
Sound Design
Balashov Fedor
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Lead Animator
Margarita Shalynina
Illustrators
Anastasia Ozerova, Ekaterina Ivanova, Ekaterina Borisova, Irina Pevneva, Aleksandra Chervyakova
Animators
Margarita Shalynina, Anna Perevoshchikova, Anastasia Vladishevskaya, Daria Zamyatina
Clean-up and Colouring Artists
Margarita Lamparter, Larisa Vorobieva, Valeria Derevtsova, Daria Gorodishenina, Valeria Bogdanova
Compositing
Aleksey Smirnov
Sound Design
Daniil Platonov
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Lead Animator
Margarita Shalynina
Illustrators
Tatiana Agievich, Anastasia Ozerova, Ekaterina Borisova
Cel Animators
Tasya Efremova, Ksenia Sibirko, George Starostin, Vadim Fedulkin, Marat Kodzaev, Anastasia Turaeva, Margarita Shalynina, Anna Perevoschikova, Diana Zagoranskaya, Alena Dudko
Animators
Ilya Isaenko, Beibut Zakhin
Clean-up Artists
Margarita Lamparter, Anna Perevoschikova, Daria Gorodishenina
Colouring Artists
Valeriya Bogdanova, Inga Shafeeva
Compositing
Yaroslav Danilov, Olga Evseenko
CG Studio
Ambition
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Sofia Solovyanova
Art Director
Avi, Alina Suprun
Lead Animator
Margarita Shalynina, Anya Leonchenko
Illustrators
Alina Suprun, Avi
Animators
Margarita Shalynina, Anya Leonchenko, Masha Tyapkina, Tanya Bolotnova, Abuka, Marina Patrakeeva, Ostin Lein, Marat Kodzaev, Vadim Fedulkin, Veronica Bogdanova, Daria Zamyatina
Clean-up and Colouring Artists
Margarita Lamparter, Larisa Vorobieva, Daria Gorodishenina, Valeria Bogdanova, Anna Perevoshchikova, Marina Kastor, Alina Ivshina
Agency
Fonk Amsterdam
Creative Director
Erick de Jong
Video Editor
Jurre Visser
Project Manager
Sophie Raeymaekers
Voice Over
Eelke Leeuwerink
Showrunner & Creative Director
Anton Ten
Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Creator
Valya Grechkosey
Concept artist
Katya Murysina
Designer
Masha Popova
Modeller
Ilya Dyadyura, Kirill Samorukov
Rig
Ravshan Gaziev
Lead Animator
Margarita Shalynina
Animators
Anya Dyachok
2D VFX
Lora Buchatskaya
Rendering & Look development
Artem Kazakhunov
Composer & Sound design
Aleksandr Maslük
Special thanks
Maria Golubeva, Tasha Agievich, Polina Chuykova, Avi
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Head of production
Sofia Solovyanova
Line Producer
Rita Nelzina
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Lead concept artist
Nastya Ozerova
Illustrators
Nastya Aldokhina, Natasha Utochkina, Dasha Antonenko, Sasha Chervyakova
Animators
Dima Pashkov, Dasha Tokareva, Vladislav Olshevskiy
Agency
Times Two
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Head of production
Sofia Solovyanova
Lead Animator
Fanil Findullin
Illustrators
Nahuel Bardi, Nastya Aldokhina
Animators
Diana Prota, Fanil Findullin, Dmitry Pashkov
Creative DirectorAnton Ten
Executive Producer Nikita Tikhonov
Account managerSofia Solovyanova
ProducerAnya Ursa
DirectorTata Krylova
Art DirectorTata Krylova, Iaroslav Kurianovich, Avi
GeneralistIaroslav Kurianovich
Lead 2D AnimatorMarina Patrakeeva
StoryboardingKatya Sviridova
IllustratorsAvi, Alexey Pakhomov
ModelingKostya Buzmakov, Iaroslav Kurianovich
RigStepan Kiselev
2D AnimatorsDima Pashkov, Heart Beat Motion team
Clean-up and Coloring ArtistsHeart Beat Motion team
3D AnimatorsIaroslav Kurianovich, Lena Shchelkonogova
MetahumansVlad Maleev
Lookdev, Render, CompositingIaroslav Kurianovich
CompositorAndrey Polyakov
Sound designerAlexey Denisov
Margarita Kalinina

Citadel

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Zebra Hero Team
Creative Director
Artem Tsaregorodtsev
Creators
Yulia Frolova, Vladimir Vaulin
Head of production
Andrey Paoukov
Producers
Natalia Agapova, Lena Samoilova
Sound designers
Yulia Shirokova, Evgeny Isaev
Music
Alexander Shtefanets, Sergey Mezentsev
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Director/Animator
Igor Komarov
Animator
Yaroslav Kuryanovich
Illustrator
Misha Hamchanovskiy
Music
Serafim Salnikov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Igor Komarov
Writer
Anton Klepov
Illustrator
Sonya Filimonova
Animators
Vadim Luks, Yaroslav Kuryanovich, Mac Wojcik
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
Agency
Departament
Production
Zebra Hero & PAPATON Studio
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Animator
Yaroslav Kuryanovich
Illustrator
Misha Hamchanovskiy
2D Celluloid Team
Producer
Vasiliy Soloviev
Director
Michlail Morskov
Photographer
Danil Salkhov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Illustrator and Animator
Igor Komarov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Writer
Yuriy Shlyakhtin
Illustrator and Animator
Igor Komarov
Composer
Yuri Negrebetsky
Sound Designer
Maxim Khrychev
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Illustrator and Animator
Ivan Popov
PAPATON Team
Director & Illustrator
Anton Ten
Animator
Andrew Chaushesku
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Art Director 
Maxim Kulemza
Writer
Anton Klepov
Illustrator and Animator
Artur Tolstobrov
Sound Design
Daruma Audio
PAPATON Team
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Producer
Anastasia Perova
Storyboard
Alexander Von Berg
Writer
Georgy Sviridov 
Illustrator & Animator
Igor Komarov
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Director/Animator
Igor Komarov
Illustrator
Veronika Vieyra
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
2D Celluloid
Executive Producer
Vasily Soloviev
Director
Oksana Karas
Compositor
Michael Morskov and Neopoleon band
Line Producer
Borislav Gourin
PAPATON Team
Art Director
Maxim Kulemza
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Illustrator
Ilya Kutoboy
Animators
Alexey Dubnichenko, Pavel Vasin
CG
Nikolay Nesterov
Sound Editor
Alexander Maslyuk
Sound Design
Daruma Audio
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Illustrator
Dmitrij
Animator
Igor Komarov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Illustrator and Animator
Igor Komarov
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Creative Director
Rodion Arsenyev
Illustrator and Animator
Igor Komarov
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
Client&KidZania Team
Brand Manager
Olga Antonova
Creative Director
Rodion Arsenyev
Industry Partners
Katya Mokina
Design Producer
Olga Konstantinova
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Director/Animator
Igor Komarov
Script
Yuriy Shlyakhtin
Illustrator
Misha Hamchanovskiy
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director and Illustrator
Igor Komarov
Animators
Igor Komarov and Alexey Dubnichenko
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Igor Komarov
Writer
Anton Klepov
Illustrators
Radik Zagidullin, Misha Hamchanovskiy, Stas and Diana Tikhomirov
Animators
Igor Komarov and Ivan Popov
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Writer
Yulia Frolova
Illustrator
Sonya Filimonova
Animator
Yaroslav Kuryanovich
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Art Director and Designer
Maxim Kulemza
Copywriter and Editor
Anton Klepov
Illustrator
Anastasiya Moshina
Editors
Lise Biletskaya, Lawrey Prior, Nina Krivtsova
Animators
Artur Tolstobrov, Mariya Gavrilenko
Sound Design and Music
Daruma Audio
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Art Director and Illustrator
Igor Komarov
Animator
Sergey Galata
Sound Design
CM Records and Maxim Khrychev
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Writer
Yuriy Shlyakhtin
Illustrator
Sonya Filimonova
Animators
Igor Komarov and Sonya Filimonova
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Writer
Yuriy Shlyakhtin
Illustrator & Animator
Igor Komarov
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
Animator & illustrator
Anton Ten
Music & Sound Design
Daruma Audio
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Motion Designer
Dmitry Palagin
Client
"Perspektiva" disability organization
Creative agency
Social Advertising Laboratory
PAPATON Team
Director
Anton Ten
Creative Producer
Georgy Molodtsov
Animator
Dmitry Palangin
Illustrator
Radik Zagidullin
Music composer
Yury Negrebetsky
Sound director
Ilya Pevtsov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Vadim Luks
Storyboard
Igor Komarov
Illustrator
Dmitrij
Animators
Marco van der Vlag and Yaroslav Kuryanovich
Designer
Bogomazov Alex
Sound Design
Daruma Audio
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Vadim Luks
Storyboard
Igor Komarov
Illustrator
Dmitrij
Animator
Yaroslav Kuryanovich
Designer
Bogomazov Alex
Sound Design
Daruma Audio
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Elena Tatarinova
Art Director
Vadim Luks
Illustrator
Veronika Vieyra
Animators
Alexey Smirnov
Ilya Isaenko
Writer
Gosha Sviridov
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Vadim Luks
Illustrators
Maria Harlamova
Sonya Filimonova
Animators
Alex Smirnov
Ilya Isaenko
Tigran Manukyan
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Vadim Bulgakov
Art Director
Anton Ten
Illustrator
Sonya Filimonova
Animators
Sonya Filimonova
Igor Komarov
Sound Design
QB Sound
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Yulia Melnikova
Illustrator
Daria Semenova
Writer
Gosha Sviridov
Animators
Alexey Smirnov
Maksim Tleubaev
Maria Gavrilenko
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Irina Khoroshun
Writer
Gosha Sviridov
Illustrator
Sasha Bogatov
Animators
Irina Khoroshun, Leonid Pustelenin
Sound Design
Waveme Pro
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Alexander Von Berg
Illustrator
Daria Semenova
Animator
Alexander Von Berg
Sound Design
QB Sound
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Vadim Bulgakov
Art Director
Vadim Luks
Illustrator
Olga Khaletskaya
Animator
Alexey Rubischev
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Irina Khoroshun
Illustrators
Tatiana Agievich, Daria Semenova, Yulia Evstratova
Animators
Irina Khoroshun, Leonid Pustelenin, Arsentiy Lesnik, Dmitry Pastukhov, Nikita Bannikov, Stepan Potoskyuev, Arseniy Garevskih, Maria Gavrilenko
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Irina Khoroshun
Illustrator
Oleksandr Aleksandrov
Animators
Irina Khoroshun, Leonid Pustelenin
Sound Designer
Alexander Maslyuk
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Irina Khoroshun
Illustrator
Stanislav Stanovov
Animators
Yaroslav Kuryanovich, Maxim Tleubaev
Sound Designer
Dmitrii Nakhimov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Irina Elshanskaya
Illustrator
Vasilii Karmazin
Font Designer
Masha Bazilevskaya
Animators
Karolina Andrianova, Masha Dubinina
Writer
Gosha Sviridov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Creative Director
Tim Raiter | BREX Team
Art Director
Denis Sartakov
Shooting
Anton Rodin
Animator
Vladimir Lutaenko
3D Generalist
Denis Sartakov
Sound Design
Daruma Audio
Writer
Gosha Sviridov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Ksenia Goncharik
Art Director & Illustrator
Tatiana Agievich
Animators
Alexey Smirnov, Vasily Akimov, Roman Karasev
Sound Design
Dmitrii Nakhimov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Ksenia Goncharik
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrator
Anna Chebarsy
Animators
Igor Komarov, Arsentiy Lesnik, Vlad Yastreb
Sound Design
Dmitrii Nakhimov
PAPATON Team
Creative Producer
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Ksenia Goncharik
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrators
Tatiana Agievich, Aleksandra Cherviakova
Animators
Arseny Garevskikh, Mikhail Kamnev
Composer
Daniil Stroyev
Sound Design
Dmitrii Nakhimov
PAPATON Team
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Producer
Ksenia Goncharik
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrators
Tatiana Agievich, Polina Vlasova, Anatoly Smirnov, Dmitry Izotov, Ekaterina Murysina, Maria Volkova
Animators
Tatiana Bolotnova, Igor Oleynik, Aleksandr Chun, Daniil Svetlov, Lisa Kharchenko, Valentina Shargatova, Mikhail Kamnev, Daria Schekotova, Aleksina Babadjan
Clean up
Tatiana Bolotnova, Igor Oleynik, Mikhail Kamnev, Daria Schekotova, Aleksina Babadjan
Composer
Daniil Stroyev
PAPATON Team
Creative Director
Anton Ten
Executive Producer
Nikita Tikhonov
Art Director
Tatiana Agievich
Illustrators
Maria Volkova, Anna Chebarsy, Aleksandra Cherviakova
3D
Dmitry Balandin
Animator
Beibut Zhakhin
Sound Design
Dmitrii Nakhimov
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