3D
Houdini · Blender
Mira Volkova.
CGI & VFX artist. Berlin / worldwide. Eight years inside the pixels — and counting.
I approach design with intention and restraint, shaping structure and nuance into systems that feel human. Each project is a process of translating ideas into forms that communicate without excess.
Where the time goes.
Houdini95
Nuke92
Blender85
Unreal Engine 580
Mari / Substance75
Python / VEX70
Tools of the trade.
Comp
Nuke · After Effects
Look Dev
Mari · Substance
Render
Karma · Cycles
Real-time
UE5 · Lumen
Tracking
SynthEyes · PFTrack
Pipeline
Python · USD
Color
Resolve · Baselight
A short history.
2025
VFX Lead — Aurora Drift
Framestore · London
2024
Senior Compositor — The Mill
London
2023
Compositor — MPC
London
2022
Studio founded
Berlin · Independent
2020
Junior FX — Framestore
First studio role
2017
BFA, Animation
Ural State Academy
A few kind words.
VES · 2025 01
Outstanding Compositing Nominee — Aurora Drift third-act aurora sequence.
Shots Awards 02
VFX category Finalist — Glasshouse (personal short).
SIGGRAPH Talk 03
2024 · "Procedural aurora volumetrics at feature scale."