Zabughina Marina

About

Marina Zabugina is a remarkable illustrator and graphic designer, primarily active in the Russian Federation, with an impressive portfolio on platforms like behance.net. Her freelance career, which began in January 2016, includes diverse creations such as illustrations for children's books, book covers, calendars, stickers, posters, and short comic strips, like "Metamorphosis" or the "Marine" series. She has undertaken projects for book illustration festivals and travel clubs, accumulating thousands of views and accolades for works like "Collage 'I Am Home'" or conceptual triptychs on psychotherapy, demonstrating versatility in styles ranging from collage to concept art. Between 2013 and 2020, she collaborated with the Moscow-based company Russkaya kosmetika, where she contributed as a designer, illustrator, and copywriter, creating illustrations for packaging, updating the website, and managing social media content. Her professional training is solid, with specialized courses at Soloma Studio (Conscious Illustration "Illusstory" in 2020-2021 and "Applied Magic" ongoing), the Everydayidraw school for layout and design (2019), children's illustration lessons with Elina Ellis (2018), lettering at the Veronika Kalacheva school (2016), and character design with Natalie Ratkowski (2015). These trainings have refined her skills in sketching, graphics, art direction, and character design. Her online presence is active, including a personal journal on LiveJournal created in 2005, with over 2,400 entries on design, politics, travel, literature, and construction, reflecting an independent personality passionate about interests such as Georgia, cinema, and cuisine. Although based in Moscow, Zabugina represents an example of a creative artist within the context of contemporary Russian visual art, where digital and print illustration merge with authentic personal expressions, inspiring communities of creatives.