Vanitas

Vanitas

In this work, a traditional Vanitas, which is a still-life painting of a Dutch genre containing symbols of death or change as a reminder of their inevitability, is modernized and turned into a personal themed 3d modeled digital illustration. The personal theme illustrates items that are most important to me, such as the jewelry box and all the jewelry in it, the sketch book, and the picture frame.

The evening sun that shines through the window and casts a shadow on the wall, creates a warm evening mood. The lighting was made specifically to remind the viewers of the warm and calm feeling of being at home.

All the 3d models in this illustration were modeled and textured separately in Cinema4d. The models were then brought into one scene and composed thoughtfully on the dresser, to create a sense of realism in the composition. The lighting was done by adding a physical sky, setting time to evening hours, and rotating the sun so that it cast its rays on the wall behind the dresser, creating realistic and dramatic shadows. The final render was done in Cinema4d using Global Illumination and highest rendering quality.

Post-processing and color correction was done in Adobe Photoshop.