Use Blender to make a hero render of Suzanne, the Blender monkey, good enough for Blender's own homepage. Do the real work in Blender itself (install it if needed and drive it headless with Python/bpy): model the scene, shade Suzanne with a striking material, light it like a studio product shot, set up the camera with depth of field, and render with Cycles. Deliver a 1920x1080 PNG hero still and an 8-second 1080p MP4 turntable of Suzanne spinning. Make it gorgeous from the first frame.