Interior viz - client expectations on details

[wannabeartist]

Hi all,

 

Is there any rules of thumb on just how detailed an interior visualization work should be? I know it depends on a million things, but I guess there must be some sort of general understanding on how detailed work is expected and in what time frame?

 

I would guess, that for an average job you have maybe a week or even less to accomplish? Are you in that case, expected to model every piece of furniture, every room plant into photo-real detail?

 

I'm planning to offer visualization services to interior designers and such, but I have to confess, I have little idea in what they expect. There are great visualization master pieces to be found on this forum and many others, where everything is modeled to the finest detail, but I dear to guess that these are not made in a couple of days and by a single viz-artist.

[kippu]

well sometimes the interior designer would like show off every piece of furniture/decor that he wants in that room and in those specific cases , you either will have to model or get a similar looking piece and then modify it .....on the other hand there are others who want to show the space so then you are just free to fill it up with generic furniture according to the style of the space and design ,

in either case , keeping in hand some readymade models will be a good idea so that you dont have to waste time in modelling them all, fortunately there are some lots of free websites offering them, and also http://www.evermotion.org selling them

[ihabkal]

it depoends on where you live, middle eastern clients expect different level od details and color schemes etc... in an interior than US ones, UK ones, etc...

you need some solid answers from local artists.

[wannabeartist]

Thanks for the answers!

 

Yes, I guess I better figure out what is "common practice" here locally

 

Buying models is also a very good option, but if the client demands a very unique piece of furniture, then I guess he must also allow a little longer time to model it out from scratch.

[TheAllusionisst]

Your contract should state the use of stock content and a price for custom content so that you are covere up front IMHO

[wannabeartist]

That's good to keep in mind!

 

So, the use of this stock content is pretty common, then?

[TheAllusionisst]

You pretty much always need to do some custom work, we are in a service industry where you need to keep the client happy, but clients can get out of hand and expect the world and when you find yourelf in the position of losing money on a job if you do all the custom work they are asking for, it is good to be able to point to the contract and say you are exceeding the scope of services and that will cost you extra money.

 

I have found if you tell people right up front, or as soon as you know about it, about extra services/cost they are OK with it, but try going back after the fact and they will think you are trying to gouge them and are much more difficult.

 

Just be and honest up front, a majority of stuff can be covered by stock content or with some slight modifications if you invest in a good library and organize what you model, but some custom items can eat your whole budget and profitibilty, keep your clients happy, but make an honorable living and cover yourself as best you can with your contract.

 

Clients respect the professionalism of a well thought out contract much more than someone who hand writes or types out an amateurish agreement.