KRISZTINA
VICHNAL

STILL LIFE & PRODUCT CGI ARTIST

AS A STILL LIFE & PRODUCT CGI ARTIST, I CREATE STUDIO-LIT PRODUCT AND STILL LIFE IMAGERY WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER’S MINDSET. MY WORK FOCUSES ON MATERIAL FIDELITY, CONTROLLED STUDIO LIGHTING, AND SET-DRIVEN COMPOSITION — CRAFTING CLEAN, PHOTOREAL VISUALS BUILT AROUND SURFACE DETAIL, STRUCTURE, AND INTENTIONAL DESIGN.

Porsche / Microsoft Design / NVIDIA Studio / Cinema 4D / Visual Atelier 8 / Greyscalegorilla

Freelance / Independent Practice — Still Life & Product CGI

2021 — Present

Creating product and still life CGI across commercial and self-initiated projects, with a focus on set design, refined composition, and material realism.

  • Look development, materials and shader creation
  • Studio lighting, rendering, and final image polish
  • Set-driven still life composition and prop-based storytelling
  • Client collaboration, iterations, and delivery-ready assets

Studio Practice / In-house — 3D Artist + Look Development

2021 — 2025

Worked within a commercial production pipeline delivering photoreal CG assets and final frames for campaign and brand visuals.

  • Material and look development for product-focused shots
  • Lighting, scene setup, rendering, and consistency across frames
  • Collaboration with creative and post-production teams
  • High-quality output under production timelines

Architectural Visualization — 3D Artist

2020 — 2021

Produced interior visualizations for residential and hospitality spaces based on architectural plans and design concepts.

  • Photoreal materials, lighting mood, and presentation-ready renders
  • Spatial accuracy and clean, marketable imagery
  • 3D Cinema 4D
  • Render Octane Render · Redshift · Corona
  • Post Photoshop · Lightroom · Premiere Pro · DaVinci Resolve
  • Look Development · Material & Shader Design
  • Studio Lighting · Photoreal Rendering
  • Still Life / Product Visualization
  • Set Design (CGI) · Composition & Image Polish
  • Budapest Metropolitan University
  • BA Environmental Design