Craig Ramsay Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 My company needs an animation done of the interior of our largest project. The animation is needed to show the space and different lighting options so it might need to be a lightscape job nightmare. I don't have the time to do it as I am tied up with other things at the moment We need an external company with experience of this sort of thing to do the animation for us but i'm having a mental blank and cant think of any other companys apart from Smoothe. Can anyone suggest a company that can do this for us? I need to have showreals to show the client too Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 http://www.studioblue.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted April 10, 2003 Author Share Posted April 10, 2003 Ahh yes Matt I forgot about him! Cheers Strat. Any more? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ingo Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 virtual artworks in London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted April 10, 2003 Author Share Posted April 10, 2003 Oh yeah that's another one I missed Keep them coming Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mottle Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 How about Smoothe? www.smoothe.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted April 10, 2003 Author Share Posted April 10, 2003 Jeff I have already spoken to Matt Fairman at Smoothe just before lunch He's sending me some info Cheers Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Hi Craig, Just enquiring if you had any luck sourcing companies within the UK? The reason I ask is that im researching London based visualization companies for the purpose of making job applications. At present i'm finding it hard to find any specific directory relating to this area. I would be very grateful if anyone can help me in this matter. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Originally posted by Gander0: Hi Craig, Just enquiring if you had any luck sourcing companies within the UK? The reason I ask is that im researching London based visualization companies for the purpose of making job applications. At present i'm finding it hard to find any specific directory relating to this area. I would be very grateful if anyone can help me in this matter. Jan m8, ur best bet in the UK for this type of work is to apply to architectural practices. not private cga firms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernest Burden III Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 m8, ur best bet in the UK for this type of work is to apply to architectural practices. not private cga firms. Strat, Is that the norm in the UK--to have arch. vis done from within an architectural practice? In the US I would say the opposite is true. That may change as people are graduating from architecture schools with CG training. But for now, I still see most rendering being outsourced to a rendering firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Thanks Strat. Think i'll probably apply to all and sundry in the hunt for employment. I just thought that specific visualization companies would be a more managable way to start. Its easy enough to apply to the big well know architecture firms, but looking at Royal Institute of British Architects lists it hard to know where to start I know 'A' would probably be the obvious place but there are quite a few. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 23, 2004 Author Share Posted February 23, 2004 Well we used Smoothe for this project and gave Jeff a hard time Check out Prospect magazine and also Building Design... 3D firms usually advertise in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted February 23, 2004 Share Posted February 23, 2004 Cheers Craig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Hi Craig, Do you know Pixel Image in Edinburgh? Also, Prospect is no more, which is a shame because it was one of the more readable Architecture mags. Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Originally posted by Ernest Burden: Is that the norm in the UK--to have arch. vis done from within an architectural practice? In the US I would say the opposite is true. That may change as people are graduating from architecture schools with CG training. But for now, I still see most rendering being outsourced to a rendering firm. in the UK most established or mid-larger sized architectural firms (including allot of smaller and 1 man band firms) have their own resident cg artist in house with them. there are dedicated archi render firms in the uk, but they're few and far between, and much more ecconomical for architects to keep the job in-house. Now if the architects dont have an in-house facility they'd probably jump at the chance if they could - thats how i got my current. my previous job was working for a cg beuraux, which went under due to lack of work. I showed my current firm my cga portfolio and they were so impressed with the prospect of doing it in-house and saving a fortune from farming out they asked me what kit i wanted and they got it in. 6 years l8r i got my own in-house mini dept. set up with whatever software i ask for (within reason) with 2 dual xeons and another fast workstation just for myself. we are currently doing in-house 3d training on staff who want to learn 3d too so get urself a strong cga portfolio, printed in hard copy btw (more important to architects than an on-line web site) and go around selling urself. sooner or l8r someone will take you up on ur offer! you say you have the RIBA list of architects. so this may also help - http://www.ribafind.org/ [ February 25, 2004, 02:06 AM: Message edited by: STRAT ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 Sounds like good advice Strat! IC yeah we have used Pixel Image a couple of times when I have had too much work on... why do you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IC Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Just didn't know if you'd heard of them. I've seen some impressive architectural work done by them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 I'm not sure how impresive their work will be now as I know that the guy who did all Pixels rendering has just left and moved to an architects... I haven't seen any new images from them in ages either :???: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Denby Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 in the UK most established or mid-larger sized architectural firms (including allot of smaller and 1 man band firms) have their own resident cg artist in house with them. That's true, although the vast majority of this work is extremely poor (your self excluded of course, Strat! )I get alot of work because of this. To quote a client of mine recently.'We need you to take it to the next level'. At the moment, the mundane stuff is done in house, but the big projects are still being out sourced, especially by the bigger companies. I wonder if this will change in the coming years though? This is why I want to stay as a one man band, so my overheads are rock bottom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Originally posted by Dibbers: That's true, although the vast majority of this work is extremely poor (your self excluded of course, Strat! )I get alot of work because of this. To quote a client of mine recently.'We need you to take it to the next level'. At the moment, the mundane stuff is done in house, but the big projects are still being out sourced, especially by the bigger companies. I wonder if this will change in the coming years though? This is why I want to stay as a one man band, so my overheads are rock bottom. Again, true words. Allot, if not most, in-house 3d work has a tendancy to be well below par. this i suspect is due to inhouse staff taking it on themselves to basically learn 3d and thinking they're the dog's sphericles! where in reality it's drivel in the competative market. What to do? dunno. as i say, there are computer graphic architecture artists out there in the UK, but they either charge the earth, or are hard to find. particulaly hard to find the smaller guys who cant afford to advertise themselves very well. "take to the next level" is one of my boss's fav quotes to clients about what we can provide him. Personally speaking, if i were made unemployed tomorrow, there's no way i'd like to go freelancing. been there done that and hated it. I'd get a strong PF together (in hard copy format) and go around to various architectural firms convincing them that they cant do without me. * look how benefitial i can be to you not costing you to farm out. * Clients expect fast delivery of a high degree of quality these days, usually of the cg kind. dont want to keep loosing out to other architects do you? * cost of s/w and h/d can be offset from a job and effectively paid for by one job etc etc etc I'm sure it'd pay dividends extremely fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Denby Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 What to do? dunno. as i say, there are computer graphic architecture artists out there in the UK, but they either charge the earth, or are hard to find. particulaly hard to find the smaller guys who cant afford to advertise themselves very well. That's me! I'm here. I even like Wales. If you want me to send you my details etc, let me know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STRAT Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Originally posted by Dibbers: That's me! I'm here. I even like Wales. If you want me to send you my details etc, let me know? m8, if we ever need to farm out (which occasionally we do in busy times) i can assure you you'll be straight on the top of the reccomendation list. the last person's work we used left a lot to be desired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Most kind Strat! Invaluable information for me there. My main problem at the moment is my portfolio, my background is product and furniture design, with a recent MA in Digital moving image. My portfolio therefore is far from specific, which is why I was kinda hoping to go for cg companies in order to bring modelling skills while also adding to something to the animation side of things, something I can't see too many architecture companies doing much of on a regular basis. I guess to apply for architecture companies I need to knock out quite a few more interiors/exteriors quick smart before i can convince them to take me on board. Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gander0 Posted February 25, 2004 Share Posted February 25, 2004 Oh and is there any way to get an email alerting you of new posts on a topic in this forum, other than you being the topic starter? Cheers Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Ramsay Posted February 25, 2004 Author Share Posted February 25, 2004 there's no way i'd like to go freelancing Why is that Strat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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