Nikita Taranduke

Nikita Taranduke has a diverse work experience in the field of animation. They started their career in 2010 as a Maya Animator at the National Science Foundation and later worked as an Animator and Clean Up Artist for the SJSU short film "Green Ninja: For Goodness Rake". In 2013, they worked as an Animator at Whole Hog Games and as a Flash Animator at TinyCo. From 2014 to 2017, they were a 3D Character Animator at TinyCo. They then moved on to Blind Squirrel Games where they served as a Senior 3D Character Animator for a brief period. From 2018 to 2020, they worked as a 3D Character Animator at Nexon OC. In 2020, they joined Blizzard Entertainment as an Animator and stayed there until 2023. In the same year, they joined both Supergiant Games and Punkzilla as an Animator.

Nikita Taranduke pursued a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Animation/Illustration from San Jose State University. They attended the university from 2007 to 2012.