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Hi, I’m Sergei Zakharov, a 3D Generalist and VFX Artist with 5+ years delivering visual solutions for commercial productions. I’ve partnered with production companies on campaigns for Celebrity Cruises, UKG, and UGREEN, and I excel across the full 3D pipeline from previsualization to compositing and post-processing.\n\nI’m a versatile problem-solver who handles CG environments, product animation, motion graphics, architectural visualization, and VFX integration. I thrive at making creative decisions independently while collaborating remotely with production teams to deliver broadcast-quality work on multiple parallel projects.…Hi, I’m Sergei Zakharov, a 3D Generalist and VFX Artist with 5+ years delivering visual solutions for commercial productions. I’ve partnered with production companies on campaigns for Celebrity Cruises, UKG, and UGREEN, and I excel across the full 3D pipeline from previsualization to compositing and post-processing.\n\nI’m a versatile problem-solver who handles CG environments, product animation, motion graphics, architectural visualization, and VFX integration. I thrive at making creative decisions independently while collaborating remotely with production teams to deliver broadcast-quality work on multiple parallel projects.

Sergei Zakharov

3D Visualizer, Visual Effects Artist, Motion Graphic Designer, +3

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Hi, I’m Sergei Zakharov, a 3D Generalist and VFX Artist with 5+ years delivering visual solutions for commercial productions. I’ve partnered with production companies on campaigns for Celebrity Cruises, UKG, and UGREEN, and I excel across the full 3D pipeline from previsualization to compositing and post-processing.\n\nI’m a versatile problem-solver who handles CG environments, product animation, motion graphics, architectural visualization, and VFX integration. I thrive at making creative decisions independently while collaborating remotely with production teams to deliver broadcast-quality work on multiple parallel projects.…Hi, I’m Sergei Zakharov, a 3D Generalist and VFX Artist with 5+ years delivering visual solutions for commercial productions. I’ve partnered with production companies on campaigns for Celebrity Cruises, UKG, and UGREEN, and I excel across the full 3D pipeline from previsualization to compositing and post-processing.\n\nI’m a versatile problem-solver who handles CG environments, product animation, motion graphics, architectural visualization, and VFX integration. I thrive at making creative decisions independently while collaborating remotely with production teams to deliver broadcast-quality work on multiple parallel projects.

Available to hire

Hi, I’m Sergei Zakharov, a 3D Generalist and VFX Artist with 5+ years delivering visual solutions for commercial productions. I’ve partnered with production companies on campaigns for Celebrity Cruises, UKG, and UGREEN, and I excel across the full 3D pipeline from previsualization to compositing and post-processing.\n\nI’m a versatile problem-solver who handles CG environments, product animation, motion graphics, architectural visualization, and VFX integration. I thrive at making creative decisions independently while collaborating remotely with production teams to deliver broadcast-quality work on multiple parallel projects.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

Russian

Fluent

Slovene

Advanced

English

Fluent

Spanish; Castilian

Beginner

German

Intermediate

Work Experience

CGI Artist at Various projects

May 23, 2020 - Present

Freelance 3D Artist for Commercial Video Projects, including Motion Graphics and VFX Shots integrated into live footage

Lead 3D Artist at Brotherhood Production

January 1, 2023 - January 1, 2026

Lead 3D Artist for multiple Celebrity Cruises campaigns including 'Welcome to the Bazaar', 'Dreammakers - We Built it Solstice', 'Riverboat', and confidential Project X, as well as UKG's 'United by Purpose' corporate campaign. Developed comprehensive production pipelines including photorealistic CG environment creation, video planning and previsualization, location look development, and seamless integration of live footage into 3D environments with complete post-processing. Integrated 3D ship model into real footage for the Riverboat campaign; managed multipass rendering and Light Groups for compositing pipeline on Bazaar campaign; integrated AI-generated animated extras into scenes; implemented Unreal Engine with Chaos Anima for cinematic architectural walkthroughs of Solstice ship locations. Planned and executed complex shot sequences for Project X including underwater and above-water movement, drone footage, live actors and extras stitched into a single no-cut sequence featuring env

Lead 3D Artist at Artex Productions

January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2023

Lead 3D artist for Celebrity Cruises 'Have It All' campaign and VFX artist for 'Nothing Comes Close' campaign, UGREEN commercial series, and Dr. Teal's product presentation. Created environment art, previsualization, and planning for complex VFX shots while providing on-set VFX supervision aboard Celebrity Cruises ship and production assistance during filming. Delivered 3D matte paintings, multipass management, and compositing workflows for cruise campaigns, and executed physics simulations for UGREEN product animations.

VFX Artist at Self-Employed

January 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022

Produced 3D motion graphics and product animations for commercial clients including Lumaflex, Saniton Plastics, and GFS Store, delivering polished presentations that showcased product features and functionality. Created architectural visualization projects for Slovenian construction company EuroMlin using Twinmotion, providing photorealistic renderings for real estate marketing. Delivered VFX and complex character animation for Radio Gamma music video, including integration and interaction with live-action actor plates. Developed and sold personal brand NFT collection on Rarible marketplace; created and published Blender Motion Graphics Course for Beginners to share knowledge with aspiring 3D artists.