Elvira Zakharova

Many people have told me, 'There's nothing to do on Contra.' However, in just a few weeks, I'll be receiving my first contract along with a milestone payment of $1,000. It seems like most people aren't actively seeking new opportunities; instead, they are just waiting for someone to hand them a business as an inheritance.

Which stage takes you the longest?

✏️ Sketch: too many options, and all of them look good  🎨 Color: cracking a safe, looking for the combination that clicks  ✨ Final: nothing left to decide, just do it well and listen to the client

I’m team color 🙋

Not every direction I create makes it to the final storyboard; here's one that didn't.

For a recent B2B SaaS intro video, I explored two very different illustration approaches before landing on the final style.

A: a friendly mascot character guiding viewers through dashboards and...

Turning a voice-over script into a visual story, frame by frame.

I was brought on to storyboard a 70-second intro video for a B2B SaaS product in construction estimating. The script followed one estimator's night: spreadsheets, a costly near-miss, the pressure of tight deadlines,...