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Natalia
@ironnatalia.bsky.social
story artist, writer, comic person. currently directing a series of shorts at MAKE called Sunny Side Down
Portfolio: nataliapoteryakhin.com
My short film of many years of production is out TOMORROW, on my youtube. For now- a slice:
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Because… she felt like it ;) Trailer for my short film CREATOR (2025)- coming this fall! Can’t believe it. Also btw- I’m not religious, haha. Themes may not be what they appear ;)
August 15, 2025 at 7:25 PM
@wishboneanimation.com healing me and my artist body with good good shit and a character design I instantly loved. Here’s Mirage in a distant dreamworld
May 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
pssst have some more stills from my upcoming short, Creator! I don't know how people sit on shorts for years in the festival circuit, I must stay strong haha and just focus on making a bts zine :)
May 14, 2025 at 4:19 AM
(3/3) I found out it is all too easy for people to move anyone with a disability into the “other” box, separate from their experience, so that they aren’t reminded of how fragile their own bodies are. But we all are. That is what I hoped to say. And I’m better practiced at caring for mine now :)
March 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
(2/3) Yum yum forbidden blue drink. I use salt pills now these days. For the longest time I think I sat on this because when I shared this zine in class- people started to treat me as if I was to be coddled. I didn’t expect that.
March 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
(1/3) A zine I made in 2021 and oddly got the courage to post now, randomly, 4 years later. Because I wish I had heard of POTS sooner. Hope this helps reach someone who doesn’t know why they get dizzy standing in long lines.
March 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
And the original board, made when I was 19:
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
A lil bts of a shot from my upcoming short Creator! (to be released late 2025 post festival circuit). The final animation:
February 25, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Hey! my recent big win is finishing my personal short film of over FIVE YEARS. (It survived the pandemic, a year of no drawing due to carpal tunnel, two breakups and it still, somehow, got done this weekend). Can’t wait to start showing bits and submit to festivals.
February 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
me dropping animatic scenes from #sunnysidedown out of context just so you know that we're still making it! My studio finished animating the first short (2 min), plus a trailer, and onto ep 2 now. I boarded this thinking of the ratatouille scene... duh
January 24, 2025 at 7:52 PM
my queer joy of the week was drawing my nonbinary hairdresser as a #winxclub fairy. Kajsa wears their hair like this IN REAL LIFE!! The heart braids are iconic... They were so kind in touching up my shaved sides for free recently, had to do something to surprise em :)
January 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM