About

“Storytelling is not something we do. Storytelling is who we are.”

Edit Ballai is a visual artist with over seven years of experience in environment and architectural concept design, focusing on story-driven worlds for film, games, and animation.

Since 2016, she has collaborated with studios and companies in the feature film, animation, television, and commercial/corporate marketing industries, contributing several environment and architectural concept art pieces and art direction.

Her background in creative writing and passion for world-building allow her to create and develop believable worlds with immersive and rich backstories.

FEATURES/PUBLICATIONS

- Several artworks have been displayed at the Autodesk conferences, in 2021, 2022, 2023.
- A talk at the School of Design & 3D Digital Design of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) about
Concept Design, Storytelling, IP Development, and Digital Matte Painting. (October 2022)
- Artist of the Month article, AREA Autodesk, November 2021
- Interview with 3DTotal, 2021
- Interview with Fabrik, 2021
- Final judge at Rookie Awards, since 2019
- Featured in ImagineFX, October 2021
- Short story publications from 1996

CERTIFICATIONS

Matte Painting Course Vancouver Animation School
3D Graphics & Animation Certificate Autodesk Authorized Training Center
3D Graphics & Animation Certificate SAE Institute Amsterdam

Currently, she is working on a dystopian sci-fi novel and an accompanying artbook.

More details about this project will be available on a separate website, where I will also share practical tips and exercises on creative writing and storytelling techniques. Stay tuned!