For 3D artists & visualisers
A design change after lighting is a new render. Price it before you start.
3D work — architectural visualisation, product renders, assets for games or AR — starts with inputs the client often doesn't have ready: final CAD files, material samples, an agreed camera angle. You quote a number of images, model from what you have, and then the drawings change, the client wants a different time of day, or someone asks for the model file to use elsewhere.
ApeiroCraft sends the proposal as a link that fixes the inputs you'll work from, the views and resolution, the rounds of clay and final changes, the file formats and the usage. You see when it's opened and reopened, the client signs in the browser, and stages are invoiced from the accepted proposal.
Where 3D projects run over.
Changing inputs
The architect revises the plans after you've modelled the building, or the product design changes after materials are set up. Rework is the biggest hidden cost in 3D, and it's rarely priced.
'Can we see it from over there?'
New camera angles, a dusk version, a different season. Each view means composition, lighting and rendering time — but to the client it's 'just another angle'.
Who owns the model?
The client asks for the source model to use in their own configurator or in another studio's animation. If it wasn't agreed, you're negotiating after delivery.
From brief to final renders, on one record.
Views and inputs, fixed
List each view with its angle, resolution and lighting, and name the drawings or CAD revision you'll model from. Changes to either are clearly new work.
See when the client's reviewing
Opens and re-opens are recorded on the link. A proposal reopened when the developer's marketing launch is near is a cue to confirm the schedule.
Signed before modelling
The signature records name, email, IP address and a UTC timestamp, and the signed proposal can't change — so the rounds and inputs are on record.
Invoice by stage
Convert the accepted proposal to a draft invoice for the deposit, then again at clay-render approval and on final delivery.
What a 3D visualisation proposal has to include.
The more expensive the render, the more important the paperwork that comes before it.
Inputs and revision of inputs
If it's left vague
You model from version 2 of the drawings and the client sends version 4.
With ApeiroCraft
Name the drawings or files you'll work from and that changes to them are quoted as rework.
Views and resolution
If it's left vague
Extra angles and higher resolutions are requested at no charge.
With ApeiroCraft
List each view, its resolution and aspect ratio, and the price of additional views.
Clay and final rounds
If it's left vague
Material and lighting tweaks continue after final renders.
With ApeiroCraft
State rounds of changes at clay stage and at final stage, and the cost of further rounds.
Model files
If it's left vague
The client expects the source model and textures.
With ApeiroCraft
Say whether model files are included, licensed for a fee, or not supplied.
Usage
If it's left vague
Images made for a planning application end up in a sales campaign.
With ApeiroCraft
State the usage licensed — marketing, planning, print, online — and the term.
- Stage invoices from one accepted proposal.
- Notes for camera positions, material references and feedback.
- Invoice currency set per invoice for overseas developers and brands.
Common questions.
How do 3D artists usually price work?
Common models are a price per image or view (varying by complexity), a fixed project price that includes modelling, an hourly or day rate for modelling and changes, and separate pricing for animations by length. Additional rounds and extra views are usually priced on top. ApeiroCraft holds the model you use; it doesn't set rates.
What does an archviz proposal look like here?
Inputs: the architect's planning drawings at a named revision and a materials schedule. Deliverables: two exterior views and one interior at a stated resolution, daylight. One round of changes at clay, one at final. Model changes from drawing revisions quoted separately. Model files not included. Licensed for the developer's marketing and planning use. Deposit, payment at clay approval, balance on delivery.
When is ApeiroCraft not the right fit for a 3D artist?
It doesn't host renders for review, track render hours, or manage asset libraries. If you sell assets on marketplaces, you don't need proposals for that. ApeiroCraft is for commissioned work where a scope and staged payments matter.
Can I charge a rush fee?
Yes. Add it as a separate line in the pricing section with the deadline it applies to. It carries through to the invoice when you convert the accepted proposal.
What template should I start with?
The graphic design template — deliverables with sizes and formats, revision limits per item, pricing per piece — is the closest. Add your inputs and model-files sections.
Fix the inputs before you open the scene.
Write your views, rounds and file terms once, and reuse them on every brief.
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