Nykolai Aleksander (born 1978) is a German artist and a German Stellar Art Award recipient.
Biography
Nykolai Aleksander was born in Germany and emigrated to England in the late 1990s. In 2001 she began working with
Andrew E. Maugham on his book, ''
Convivium'', which led her to pick up drawing, first simply to visualise the characters from the book, but by 2002, getting her hands on a
Wacom tablet, she made the move into digital art. In 2005, she was asked by
Ballistic Publishing to submit her work for publication, and for the next few years, her paintings were regularly featured in their books.
Working for both private and commercial clients, with commissions ranging from portraits and book covers to character illustrations and painting tutorials, she made a name for herself in the
CG art world. Until 2013, her work was published in numerous magazines, such as ''
2Dartist'', ''
Advanced Photoshop'', ''
Imagine FX'', ''
Intel Visual Adrenaline'' and ''Fantasy Art China'', as well as in over a dozen books, among others
Digital Art Masters and
Digital Painting Techniques by
3Dtotal and
Focal Press
Focal Press is a publisher of creative and applied media books and it is an imprint of Routledge/Taylor & Francis.
Company history
The firm was founded in London in 1938 by Andor Kraszna-Krausz, a Hungarian photographer who migrated to England ...
, and received the Excellence Award by ''
3DTotal'', the CG Choice Award from
CGSociety, the
Stellar Art Award
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Stellar'' (magazine), an Irish lifestyle and fashion magazine
* Stellar Loussier, a character from ''Mobile Suit Gu ...
from
Digital Arts California
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Technology and computing Hardware
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** Digital camera, which captures and stores digital ...
and
CG Excellence Award
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Arts and entertainment
* Chaotic Good, an alignment in the role-playing game ''Dungeons & Dragons''
* Classical guitar, a type of guitar
Businesses and organizations Businesses
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nomination at the 2009 CG Overdrive Expo in
Singapore.
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In 2013, she withdrew from online and CG art communities and began focussing on her traditional work again, including a small handcrafted jewelry line called SuiGeneris. However, she continues to work selectively for clients in both digital and traditional media.
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References
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1978 births
Living people
German graphic designers
Date of birth missing (living people)
21st-century German women artists