Ilya Timofeev

3D Animator @ Bajka Games

About

Technical Animator with 5+ years of experience in the game development industry, specializing in Unreal Engineanimation systems, mocap pipelines, and rigging. Proven ability to build efficient animation tools and systems from the ground up, such as implementing a motion matching system. Skilled in Python scripting to automate workflows and reduce manual work for animation teams.

Country

Belarus

City

Minsk

Industry

Arts & Crafts

Skill

Unreal Engine, Mocap, Rigging, Character Rigging, Character Animation, Computer Animation, Github, Animation, 3D, Game Development, Maya, 3D Animation, Motion Capture, Unreal Engine 4, ZBrush, Art, 3D Modeling, Texturing, Modelling

Experience

3D Animator

Bajka Games

2026-2 - Present · 8 mos

Minsk, Belarus

Technical Animator

Lesta Games

2024-9 - 2025-5 · 9 mos

Minsk, Belarus

- Designed and implemented a motion matching animation system in Unreal Engine to create more fluid, responsive character movements and reduce the animation state machine complexity. - Authored technical documentation and workflow guides for the new animation system, enabling 10+ animators to adopt the new pipeline. - Refactored existing Animation Blueprints to improve performance and readability, reducing logic nodes by an average of 20%. - Created bespoke character animations for a limited-time in-game event

Facial Animator

GSC Game World

2023-4 - 2023-5 · 2 mos

Prague, Czechia

- Processed and cleaned high-fidelity facial mocap data for cinematic sequences in a flagship AAA title (S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2). - Collaborated with the cinematic team to ensure mocap performance was accurately translated to in-game character rigs, meeting strict quality standards.

Techinical Animator

GameMod LLC

2022-10 - 2022-12 · 3 mos

Poland

- Developed complex Animation Blueprints in Unreal Engine for player and AI characters, integrating IK systems and dynamic prop handling.

3D Character Animator

VIZOR

2020-9 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs

- Cleaned, retargeted, and integrated over 2 hours of mocap data for both gameplay and cinematic sequences across mobile titles. - Designed and built animator-friendly rigs for 10+ unique humanoid and creature characters, focusing on performance for mobile platforms - Established and documented the asset pipeline from Motion Builder to custom engine, standardizing the import process and reducing integration errors for the art team

3D Animator / Technical artist

Strikerz Inc.

2020-1 - 2020-9 · 9 mos

Minsk

- Processed full-body mocap data for realistic player animations in a football simulation game. - Creating, cleaning, implementing blendshapes - Managed the animation asset integration pipeline into Unreal Engine, ensuring assets were optimized and bug-free

3D Animator

Ray Games Mobile

2019-4 - 2020-1 · 10 mos

Minsk

- Created characters setups for animations (rigging, skinning, controls) - Animations cycles developing, implemented logic between states of character activities - Created VFX assets for in-game events: winning screen, canon blasts - Created character meshes (3d models).