Greg Hess Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Hey Fella's, Quick question for you guys. As some of you know, I design and visualize a variety of modern furniture. Most of the designs are realitively simple To the slightly more complex... Either way, it usually takes a few hours from sketch to final visualization. I've recently been approached by some clients through my business partner, who would like similar visualization work done (Currently I do viz work on the designs for pure commission), and I'm trying to figure out a rate to charge. Has anyone done similar renderering and care to share the rates you charged? My business partner tried to get me to only charge 50 bucks a model, which I felt was absolutely absurd, considering I can make 3x that just doing consulting. I was thinking somewhere around 300-400 USD a model, which includes around 10-20 renders. As always, any thoughts and suggestions is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. [ August 05, 2003, 01:50 PM: Message edited by: Greg Hess ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schmoron13 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 I know this is tangent to the discussion, but could you describe your two pieces, jeff? I'm fascinated. Those weren't done with viz's scanline renderer, where they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Knourek Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 hey Greg, you mite want to consider billing on a hourly rate than a flat rate depending on how much you are going to get from this client. I have a few clients that give me a truckload of work and they get a flat fee from me but, others that I get only a little work from now and then are charged on a hourly basis. Hope that helps a little -dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcahunak Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Jeff??? Greg, 300-400 is probably a little on the high side, but you know what you want to earn, you know what you can make in those hours if you were not to take that jo... you do the math.Truth is that if their models look anywere around the complexity of what you showed above, then 300 is very high...Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazdaz Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 I like those 2 pix, but like you mentioned, they are VERY simple models. If the lighting and materials were already setup, I couldn't imagine it taking more than an hr or two to do those pix, right?? While $50 sounds WAY too low - why not break down your 'normal' salary and then see how much you roughly make per hour and conpare that with how long it took you to do those pix. I would think that that is a fair way to look at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1587140445 Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 Definatly $50 is to low of a price. And yes these renderings may only take a couple of hours. But you have to think of the mileage that these clients are going to get out of those renderings. They will be published on the web, in magazines, etc. So for $50 bucks they are saving a butt load of money, because they do not have to build the actual product and then hire a photographer to shoot it and then choose the images they like. So I honestly do not see why charging around $250 per model would be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Hess Posted August 5, 2003 Author Share Posted August 5, 2003 Aye simple models. Quite true. The 300 comes into play cause they won't want one render, or two, but 10-30. Thirty Renders + Simple Model = 4-5 hours of computer time. And when I say render, I'm usually talking 3000xXXXX or higher (print res's). The renders are done with Vray in Max5. Top piece hasn't been produced, lower one has. Thanks for your feedback everyone. I thought 300 might be a bit high...but I've also got a pretty full plate right now, so I kinda of feel justified in charging a higher rate. If they don't want to pay it, fine by me, more free time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbr Posted August 5, 2003 Share Posted August 5, 2003 I can't see the pics ( ), but I'll assume they were made very quickly. Personally, $300 seems more than reasonable. If it were one image, that would seem fair, but more than 10? They are paying for your skills, the hardware usage, software knowledge, etc., all of which you are at the top of this profession. So $100 per hour does not seem that high for a job that is so short. If you look at it from their view, they need these to sell. The difference between $200 or $500 is minimal (although they may argue it's not), really. If it were $2000 to $5000 I could see the huge difference. But as mentioned above, these are going to go a long way for these guys. This kind of job should be the best of both worlds. Little time/stress, simple, quick money and it means a big deal to the client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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