Giuseppe Candido Freelance Animator

Giuseppe Candido at graphicchameleon.paintmine.com

Giuseppe Candido completed the Maya core and animation short course here at Escape Studios a few years ago.

Today, Giuseppe is one of the many Escapees who has built a successful career as an animator and 3D generalist, working on many and varied projects for a wide variety of clients.

So, what does it take to be a successful freelance animator?

Soluis: Design Visualisation

Escape: What work have you done since leaving Escape Studios?

Giuseppe: I recently finished work at Soluis, a studio based in London and Galsgow which deals with Architectural Visualisation ("ArchViz"), Camera paths, Constuction animations, Augmented Reality and Realtime in Unity and Unreal).

I have also worked at Cityscape Digital, an in-house Visualization Studio which blends Vfx and architecture in one shot, using motion tracking as well. 

My job title there was "3-D construction animator and visualiser".  The role consisted in createing animated constructions, buildings and architectural sequences, and also creating still renders for external and internal visualisations.

Escape: How did you develop your career in this area?
Giuseppe:  I applied to an agency which deals with architectural visualisation, augmented reality and real-time with Unity and Unreal engine.  The agency specifically helps anyone who wants to develop a career in 3D architectural construction animation and visualization.




Escape: Are you able to apply your skills as an animator and 3D artist?
Giuseppe: Of course. I can also apply my knowledge as a 3D modeler but my main skill remains 3D animation.

I have also developed new skills, such as learning to animate a good camera path, which I think is really important to sell an architectural building. Also I learned how to deal with CAD drawings and new modeling softwares for architectural work.  Also very important is the quality of the final render.

Escape: What advice would you give to a student who wants to find a job doing similar work?
Giuseppe: I would strongly suggest to focus in architectural modeling and animation. Make sure you understand how to make a good render quality, how to manage a sequence animation and also a strong and solid understanding about camera path animation.

I have also mentored tutorials at Digital Tutors which explain how to rig a crane in 3DS Max, and also how to create animation in Maya.

To see more of Giuseppe's work, follow this link to his official site.

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