Hi, I’m Sophia Smolenkova — a CGI artist focused on distinctive female characters and visual storytelling. I can: develop concepts, sculpt, model, retopologize, texture, create lookdev, pose characters and prepare final renders. My focus: expressive faces, unusual silhouettes, materials and strong character identity. Software: Blender, ZBrush, Substance 3D Painter, Marvelous Designer, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

Babulita is a character-driven CGI project set in a world where garden pests have suddenly grown to enormous proportions. To protect her beloved garden, Babulita turns to an unusual solution: cultivating dangerous Venus flytraps inside an old broken pot.The project was developed as a full character pipeline, from concept and sculpting to retopology, texturing, rigging, posing and final presentation. I focused on giving Babulita a strong personality through her exaggerated facial features, accessories, clothing and body language, while keeping the visual storytelling clear across both close-up character studies and the final environment scene. The result is a stylized heroine whose design communicates humor, determination and narrative at first glance.

ORCHID is a character-driven CGI project set in a future where almost all natural life has disappeared. Somewhere far from the rest of the world, the last surviving orchid is protected by a young woman whose body has been modified by advanced technology.The project explores the contrast between organic fragility and artificial evolution. I developed the character through sculpting, modeling, texturing, lookdev and final rendering, focusing on the relationship between her facial features, technological modifications, clothing and the orchid itself. The final image presents her not simply as a futuristic character, but as a guardian whose identity is inseparable from the last piece of living nature she protects.