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September 1, 2020 1:00 PM
by Editor in Chief
Another excellent "case study" of using Blender for concept art!
How, then, can you too qualify for this award? Please have in mind that this award is reserved for those that are on par with or that excel top-notch works published by artists and studios. If such work does not appear during a given week, this award is not being given to anyone. So please submit your best work to www.blenderartist.org or to the Member's Gallery of this site, or Contact Us to show where your work is available on the internet. It doesn't have to be a Blender render, internal or Cycles. Any other render engine is fine as long as Blender was used as a part of your workflow.
So, it is with great pleasure that www.BlenderNews.org introduces to you the winner of the Render of the Week Award for the week of September 1, 2020: Nina Leinwatter.
Title: "Dead End"
Genre: Concept Art
Renderer: Cycles
Renders:
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Making-of:
https://www.instagram.com/nina_leinwatter_art/?hl=de
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Artist's Comment
About Me:
My name is Nina Leinwatter, 25 years old. I am a freelance concept artist living in Austria, working and learning in the CG industry for 3 years now. I was a student of the SAE Institute in Vienna and then participated on some online courses of CGMA to improve my 3D and 2D skills. I am working in the fields of Keyframe Illustration where my workflow is to create 3D
scenes and paint over them.
scenes and paint over them.
About "Dead End:"
I was doing these Keyshots for my CGMA Course with Ricardo Lima. It is mostly inspired by “The Witcher” and took me about 6 weeks to finish.
The programs I have been using were: Photoshop, Blender, Marvelous Designer, DAZ 3D and Quixel Suite. Rendered in Cycles.
You can check out my Instagram for a detailed breakdown of the shots!
https://www.instagram.com/nina_leinwatter_art/?hl=de
Related LInks:
1. https://blenderartists.org/t/3d-keyframe-illustrations/1237036
2. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L32yoR
3. https://www.instagram.com/nina_leinwatter_art/?hl=de