The primary responsibilities of a 3D designer are designing, creating, and providing aesthetic advice for presentations. Producing compelling, photo realistic 3D renderings, animation, and photo composites is also a part of a 3D designer's job.• working creatively to produce original and aesthetically pleasing designs and solutions
• using specialist computer generation software such as Maya, Flash and After Effects
• presenting designs to customers for evaluation
• promoting and running the business
• negotiating contracts
• liaising and working effectively with other design and production staff.
• Developing animation video from company concepts
• creating storyboards that depict the script and narrative
• drawing in 2D to create sketches, artwork or illustrations
• designing models, backgrounds, sets, characters, objects and the animation environment
• developing the timing and place of the movements of a character or object during the sequence of images and ensuring they follow the soundtrack and audio requirements
• using technical software packages, such as Flash, 3ds Max, Maya, LightWave, Softimage and Cinema 4D
• building up accurate, detailed, frame-by-frame visuals
• recording dialogue and working with editors to composite the various layers of animation (backgrounds, special effects, characters and graphics) in order to produce the finished piece