How much is a character for a feature film?

alphajayel

I was asked for my rate as a freelance artist but I really don't have an idea how much to charge. I know my rates for game models, not for feature film characters.

They will be cartoony with semi realistic texturing in the style of dreamworks/sony. What I know is that I will be responsible for finalizing the models, with hair/fur, cloth sim, and shading,

I hope you guys can give some light on this!

Clark Coots

they are fairly similar in process. Differences are retopo will be higher density, you'll probably bake a displacement map. I assume you know what renderer they are using since you'll be doing the shading, so set that displacement map up properly. You'll use higher texture resolution most likely.

If you have experience with hair/fur and cloth sim then you should have an idea of how long that will take. Just calculate the time I'll take to do all the stuff and multiply it by your hourly rate for an estimate. With all that it sounds like it would be more than your standard game model rate.