Protagonist of ARTYFICIAL, Artyom Petrovich Nikolaev – simply known as Tyoma to his closest friends, is a 43-year old man situated in a small town to the north of the now fallen Moscow.

Having died alongside his family, and husband Fyodor, at the age of 31 and revived 12 years later, the once influential communist fashion designer turned depressed middle-aged Artyom wanders the post-apocalyptic lands of a country forever changed by the advent of nuclear weaponry in the Great War, alongside the facsimile of his dead husband that represents his inner turmoil. All while trying to reason with the cause of his revival: pulling on the strings that tie his body together; and his body to the veil between the sleeping and their waking dreams.

VOICE NOTES:

VOICE INSPIRATION: Daniil Dankovsky (with accent)

-Middle aged, older sounding

-Shouldnt be extremely masculine

-Mid-high range voice, but not squeaky or young-sounding, slightly rough

-Not very expressive, not very confident, somewhat mumbly

-Subtle russian accent, nothing too heavy

-Sad, forlorn, distant. Most lines should have a dejected, pessimistic tone.

-Slightly slow talker