This is news of the week for January 16, 2017. Our weekly video news program covering Renderosity.com news and select CG Industry News via our Renderosity Magazine site.

Renderosity News

• Artist of the Year announced! After several weeks of voting, Renderosity members have selected Jollyself as the Artist of the Year! Congratulations to Jollyself. We will be posting a brief interview in the next several days along with a short tutorial that Jollyself has created for the community. Be sure to visit Jollyself's gallery to see why this artist's challenging and sometimes radical work!

• Gallery of the Week is the gallery genre Alternative. We will be exploring gallery genre's at least once a month through 2017. This week we have chosen the Alternative genre. This genre is for works that don't quite fit in with the standard categories. Our video features 11 works created by artists working in this genre.

• Poser Pro 11 & Upgrades Sale. Choose the software that's right for you and save 40% for a limited time only! Offer expires at 11:59pm (cst) on Thursday, January 19th.

• Vendor of Month interview and video. Rhiannon, our Vendor of the Month for January, has given an interview where she discusses her workflow and ideas about creating to sell. Be sure to watch the video as well which features 10 of her creations.

Renderosity Magazine & CG Industry News

• Art of Story: finding your audience. M.Haase's on going column on writing has a new chapter out. This time Michael discusses the problem of rejection that every writer faces and how to overcome this by find your audience!

• The Best ArtRage Edition Yet!. ArtRage, that excellent, but little know application that rivals PhotoShop for power and flexibility, has a new edition out. Read our coverage at Renderositymagazine.com

• Thin, Powerful HP ZBook 15u Mobile Workstation Gets Powerful Processor Upgrade. From the HP press release, Renderosity Magazine reports on a new powerful processor being included on the HP ZBook 15u mobile workstation. Link to story.

• Scavengers from Joseph Bennett. This short sci-fic animated film is a great example of how to tell an unusual story using 2D animation styles. Joseph Bennett has several other films he's created. Be sure to follow the link and learn more about this filmmaker.

Be sure to visit our new Renderositymagazine.com website which focuses on art and artists along with hand-picked CG Industry news, reviews and tutorials.