After finishing her studies in design at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 2004, Elena started to work as an illustrator. In the following years she illustrated  many kids’ magazines and several children’s books for publishing houses in Russia, Germany, Taiwan and South Korea. In 2015 she graduated at the renowned Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Since then she has worked as a director, animator and designer based in Stuttgart.