Nako Baev (; born Atanas Baev (Атанас Баев)) is a Bulgarian visual artist. His main interests include 3D art, such as computer-generated artwork, video games, and CGI films.

Early life and education

Nako Baev was born to Kalinka and Nikolai Baev in

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, Bulgaria. He is also the grandson of Bulgarian businessman Atanas Baev. He spent his childhood in

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. Later on, he continued his studies in

, Bulgaria where he established himself as a 3D Generalist in Computer Graphics. Baev graduated from ARC Academy in 2021. Afterwards in 2023, he pursued his education at

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Career

In 2021, Baev published the video games ''Caim'', an action-adventure side-scroller game, and ''Shadow Plays'', a first-person indie horror game. In 2022, Baev released a CGI animated short film titled ''Till This Day'' in Hollywood. "The Homecoming Exhibition," a virtual 3D gallery by Baev, was displayed at

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in New York City, USA in 2023. The piece was inspired by

Hiroshi Senju is a Japanese ''Nihonga'' painter known for his large scale waterfall paintings. Biography Hiroshi Senju was born in Tokyo. He has one brother, composer Akira Senju, and one sister, violinist Mariko Senju. He completed the BFA, Tokyo Universi ...

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. Baev also works on

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and offline rendering, graphic design, photography, and computer-generated artwork.

Projects

Baev's projects include the following. *"Homecoming Exhibition", inspired by Hiroshi Senju's Museum and displayed at

in New York City, USA *''Shadow Plays'' (video game) *''Caim'' (video game)

Filmography

*''Till This Day'' (2022 CGI animated short film)

Awards

*Platinum Best Animated Short at Independent Shorts Awards - Hollywood, Los Angeles *Platinum Best Sound Design at Independent Shorts Awards - Hollywood, Los Angeles *Silver Best VFX at Independent Shorts Awards - Hollywood, Los Angeles *Best VFX at Reale Festival in Milan, Italy *Annual Finalist at Independent Shorts Awards - Hollywood, Los Angeles *Finalist in Immersive Media at Rookies 2023 *Semi-Finalist on Cannes Indie Shorts Awards, The Magic of Animation

Personal life

Baev currently lives in both

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, Netherlands and

Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

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