Tender3D - Find the right 3D professional for you project

One of the hardest things I have always found when dealing with some clients is trying to keep your creative integrity and still having a happy costumer at the end of the project. I have no problem going the extra mile to make sure something turns out great but the trick is knowing when not to take that mile long journey. Both for the clients good and for your won.

The extent to which cultures are different can often only become painfully apparent the day that you have a tight deadline and are left pulling your hair out as they fail to send the deliverables on time. The guys you’re dealing with may be capable of beautiful work. However they could live in a tropical paradise and just generally take a more casual approach to life.

In one of the forums I was posting on today the topic of high cost suppliers competing with low cost suppliers cropped up in a thread. The general gist was that in a level playing field that cost would always win out. You put the supplier from a high cost economy up against a supplier [...]

If you are familiar with the storyboarding process you will know how important it is in the context of the overall project

Tender 3D is now looking for a range of purchasers and suppliers of 3D modelling and animation services for the beta period of the application. Whether you are designing extensions to houses, or storyboarding advertisements for television, we would like you to work with us as we test out our system. Tender3D will select the most representative sample of suppliers and purchasers from people who express interest. Commission will not be charged on transactions for pre-launch beta testers.

However, it takes more than using the right package to get top quality results. Real quality is the result of human skill and while 3D modelling is a commodity, high quality 3D rendering is a valuable one and is the product of labour and talent. There has to be a trade off between quality, cost and speed with which a scene can be prepared.

So what is the 3D modelling supplier online landscape? And how do suppliers vary from Region to Region?

In my experience although you will find good people everywhere, there have been hotspots of quality/ expertise, and these continue to emerge.

There are sites and people doing their best in a pool of confusion such as Jeff Mottle over in CGarchitect who’s sterling work is putting some sort of shape on the size and nature of that part of the industry, and sites like CGtalk, where artists and enthusiasts alike can get together and share a common interest.