Creative Still Life Masterpieces
January 23rd, 2009
Nowadays modern art gives the artist more leeway in technical execution as well as concept expression and arrangements of design elements. There are no strict rules and obligations the artists must stick to. Let’s take for example, still life. Conveying the original ideas, it breaks the two-dimensional barrier. The artists began to use three-dimensional mixed media, computer graphics, photographs and even video and sound accompaniment.
So, this time we decided to gather original and creative still life masterpieces to feel the spirit of our time and demonstrate new ideas. Enjoy!
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Title: Homage to Master Claesz
Author: Kornél Ravadits
Location: Hungary
Software: 3ds max, ZBrush, Bodypaint
Portfolio here
Kornél Ravadits is a freelance graphic artist currently living in Budapest, Hungary. He finished High School of Art and Design, and 1994 graduated the University of Fine Arts in Budapest as a graphic artist and teacher.
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Title: Stilleben 2
Author: Hao Aiqiang
Location: China
Software: 3ds max
Portfolio here
Aiqiang Hao graduated from Fushun Teacher College in Liaoning Province, China with a specialty in fine art education. Eleven years ago, he also began to work in digital format and within a year ago or so, he felt ready to give away the traditional way almost completely. “I still like draw a lot of classic still life – of course I use 3D software to create them. There is always more room to learn while you work.”
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Title: Still
Author: Hyung Jun Kim
Location: South Korea
Software: 3ds max
Portfolio here
Hyung Jun Kim got into the world of computer graphics in 1997. He studied painting at college. Being not completely satisfied with drawing using only brush and pencil, he became interested in animation and 3D software. Game genre attracted him most of all, so he started working for a game company NCSOFT as a manager of visual production team.
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Title: Still Life
Author: Camila Davila
Location: United States
Software: Maya, Photoshop
Portfolio here
Camila Davila got a Bachelor of science in computer animation, she also attended courses in graphic design for two years. This image Camila created for her demoreel, all the elements were modeled, shaded and lit in maya, and the textures were all hand painted in photoshop. She used a combination of displacement maps, bump maps and normal maps.
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Title: Still Life
Author: Bartek Nowakowski
Location: Canada
Software: 3dsMax, Photoshop
Portfolio here
Bartek Nowakowski is a Canadian digital artist. In his portfolio you will find 3D and 2D works, animations,
cinematics and his short films. Visit Bartek studio website, Studio Armata, to view more his work samples.
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Title: Still Life
Author: Francesco Giroldini
Location: United States
Software: Maya, Photoshop
Portfolio here
Francesco Giroldini was born in Italy, then moved to Florida to study Computer Animation. He has been drawing since he was a kid. At high school Francesco got interested in computers and after graduation immediately joined the entertainment industry.
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Title: Still Life
Author: Sebastien Chort
Location: United States
Software: 3ds max, Brazil r/s
Portfolio here
Sebastien Chort, aka Zeb, is working as a CG Lighter at DreamWorks Animation (Glendale / California). He worked on a lot of great projects, among them Bee Movie, Kung Fu Panda, and etc.
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Title: Pomegranate Still Life
Author: Viktor Titov
Location: Russia
Software: unknown
Portfolio here
Viktor Titov’s gallery strikes by dynamism, expressiveness and great diversity of colors. Visit his DeviantArt portfolio to view more his works.
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Title: Still Life of Memoirs
Author: TeoZhoo
Location: Malaysia
Software: Maya
Portfolio here
This 3D image created by a Malaysian digital artist known as TeoZhoo (or as Aquilateo on DeviantArt) impressed me much. I love the concept and its mood. The details are amazing!
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Title: Still Life
Author: WilliamShade
Location: United States
Portfolio here
Nice composition: grapes, a glass, a pencil, and a plant sprouting from who knows what. Good shades and reflection. The glass looks so real.
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Title: Self Ingesting Still Life
Author: 8025glome
Location: South Africa
Software: Photoshop
Portfolio here
Here is one of the most creative still life images. Extremely interesting concept, together with perfect technical execution create a good lasting impression.
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Title: 3D Still Life
Author: Allie Katz
Location: United States
Software: 3D Studio Max, Photoshop CS
Portfolio here
Allie Katz, an American digital artist, graduated the Art Institute of Houston with a Bachelor degree of Fine Arts, Media Arts and Animation. She demonstrates excellent skills using both traditional media (such as acrylics, watercolors, markers, pencils, pen, ink and pastels) and digital (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects and 3DS Max and etc.)
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Title: Friuts
Author: Kornél Ravadits
Location: Hungary
Software: 3ds max, ZBrush, Bodypaint
Portfolio here
Another great image created by the Hungarian CG artist Kornél Ravadits. Due to the master’s technique, the fruits look like real.
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May 8th, 2009 at 6:30 am
nice work