Re: C3/C4 Projects (also - job ideas?) 2005-04-01 - By Andrew
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Any chance that the company will let you post a pic of this
illustration for us to look at?
AWBenson
--- In Carrara@(protected), "keysersozekill" <keysersozekill@(protected)>
wrote:
>
> Glen,
>
> Doug's got some good advice there about knocking on manufacturing
> companies' doors
> (in my experience the ones with in-house art departments are easier
> to hook). Ad agencies
> are trickier, but if you can build some trust and convince them that
> you're not going to
> steal their clients, they'll throw you some work now and then. I've
> done renderings for a
> wide variety of businesses -- medical, editorial, electronics,
> software, communications,
> trolling motors, fishing reels and lures, toys, and heavy industry --
> some of it for their
> internal use and some of it for business-to-business print. There's
> very good money to be
> made, and, as Doug said, the clients can get pretty excited about the
> the work. It
> eventually starts to sell itself.
>
> A quick example: A few weeks ago a new client of mine had spent a lot
> of money
> photographing a beautiful location shot of their products only to
> discover too late that
> their art director had incorrectly mounted some of the parts. It was
> too spendy to reshoot,
> so they called me. I built accurate models, matched the perspective,
> texture and lighting,
> and dropped the corrected parts into the photo in a few hours. The
> client was
> flabbergasted when he saw that even the shadows and reflections
> around the products had
> been corrected. Now they act as if I'm George Lucas or something.
> Seriously. They enjoy
> seeing the magic of it and really seem to be eager now to give me
> projects that go beyond
> mere retouching. Very rewarding. :-)
>
> J
>
>
> --- In Carrara@(protected), Douglas Alden Peterson
> <visualeyes@(protected)> wrote:
> > Glen Allen said:
> > > My question is what type of industry do you think would be good
> > > for that type of career? I'm considering TV stations, maybe
> advertising
> > > companies...any ideas?
> >
> >
> > Glen,
> >
> > I think you shouldn't spend your time schmoozing
> > ad agencies. I think the folks who need your
> > services are small manufacturing companies;
> > companies too small to hire someone to do CAD
> > work but who need illustrations of their *proposed*
> > products. Every town has a bunch of these small
> > companies. I'll bet you can get work from them
> > if they know you can make products "real" for them.
> >
> > In my own business I can tell you that, even though
> > 3D work isn't the bulk of what I do, nothing receives
> > more praise from my clients. They see their product
> > come to life and they get wet all over. :-)
> >
> > In the past two months, I've done Carrara illustrations
> > for four such companies: A book publisher who wants
> > to see how their book will look before it goes to the
> > printer, a manufacturer who wants to promote a free
> > brochure in a trade magazines, a builder who wants to
> > sell homes before they are built, and a tool manufacturer
> > who is trying to raise money to introduce a new power
> > tool to the marketplace.
> >
> >
> >
> > Doug
> > --
> > Douglas Alden Peterson
> > Graphic & Web Design; Illustration
> > Visualeyes
> > Brighton, MI USA
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