Andra-Mihaela Popa

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Hi! My name is Andra and I'm a 3D Artist who specializes in 3D Rigging and Animation.

About

Hi! My name is Andra and I’m a 3D Artist who specializes in 3D Rigging and Animation.

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  • Joined September 2025

Languages

  • Romanian, Moldavian, MoldovanFluent
  • EnglishAdvanced
  • FrenchIntermediate

Industry experience

  • Media & Entertainment
  • Gaming

Projects · 2

Ray is a stalagmite that comes to life. He is so happy to finally be able to move that he starts dancing everywhere! Film: https://vimeo.com/1041113450?fl=pl&fe=sh Behind the scenes: https://vimeo.com/1041353667?fl=pl&fe=sh Rig demo: https://vimeo.com/1041367012?fl=pl&fe=sh Meet the team! Jolien Vansteenkiste : Animation Minh Thao Trinh : Character Art and Texturing Andra-Mihaela Popa : Rigging Jeffrey Vandenameel : Environment, Lighting and Compositing Joe Frackiewicz : Simulations -Tijn Valcke and Charlie Vervaecke : Sound Design -Igor Szuniewicz : Music

  • 3D Animator
  • 3D Modeler
  • Character Rigger

https://vimeo.com/952061941?fl=pl&fe=sh Rig Demo: https://vimeo.com/945487173?fl=pl&fe=sh This is a short film I worked on with some classmates for the Film Projects course at DAE. My part in this project was to handle the rigging and to do a small part of the animation (the part where he throws the croissant and catches it). During this time I learned how to work together with other people and I also gained some more knowledge about the pipeline. It was a very interesting experience and I can't wait to work on more projects like this! Credits: Lena Wielandts Layout, Retopo and Animation Siebrand Verhulst Concept Art, Storyboard and Animation Richard van Bergen Layout, Lighting and Compositing Stefan Schrauwen Simulations Loraine Vekemans Modeling, Texturing and Animation David Senabre Sound Design Andra-Mihaela Popa (me) Rigging and Animation

  • 3D Animator
  • 3D Modeler
  • Character Rigger

Work experience

3D Character Rigger · Tiny ShortfilmDec 2025 – Sep 2025

Rigged 2 characters with highly deformable limbs for a shortfilm entitled 'Tiny'.

Character Rigging Intern · Say It LabsJan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Character rigging intern; rigging faces for facial tracking; expressions and inner mouth rig to be used for a speech therapy game.

3D Rigger · Digital Arts and EntertainmentFeb 2024 – Jan 2025 · 1 yr

Rigged the main characters and helped with animation for several short films.

Education

Bachelor of Arts · Howest Digital Arts and Entertainment2021 – 2025

Learned everything about the 3D pipeline.

Certifications and awards

Bachelor of Digital Arts and Entertainment (Specialisation in 3D Animation)2021 – 2025
Liceul Teoretic Nicolae Iorga2017 – 2021

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