Need a killer ad? Help me build a killer portfolio!

David Edwards
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Hello! I'm curious if anyone would like an animated ad / commercial for their product or service? I'm a VFX artist by profession. I want to transition into providing a solo commercial service, however I need to build a portfolio of real commercials to sell to potential clients. At the moment I'm currently taking on projects at a heavily discounted cost in exchange for the right to use the work as portfolio pieces. For context a typical commercial can cost anything from $5000 to $500,000 depending on the client. And yes, the $500k commercials are real! lol .. I worked on a Coca Cola Ad some years ago that had a $500k budget :) To be clear, this needs to be a portfolio piece, so its heavily in my interest to produce a really nice quality commercial that can be produced within a narrow scope of resources. A little inside knowledge; most VFX work is heavily bloated with unnecessary costs, which can be reduced by perhaps 80% if took a more efficient approach. For example I was once part of a team that blow around $30,000 on developing the fat simulation for a CG cat, which was barely noticeable in the final spot due to the amount of fur! Or another project where we blow away $20,000 developing the individual fibres and strands of a rope which was never seen in the final shot due to motion blur. Sh*t like this happens all the time. So its my goal to use that to my advantage as a solo service and cut out the bloat! The cost i'll be charging will heavily depend on the scope of the work, however I'm aiming for minimum cost to be around $500 - $2000. Note, my goal is to produce quality using high end 3d techniques and motion graphics, so I will not be producing or accepting any requests for automated one click BS videos like what you find on Fiverr. I'm only interested in creating a killer professional portfolio that will win work in the future, the kind that you see at Super Bowl. davidedwards.meATgmail_DOT_com A few of my credits and clients include; Avatar, Wonder Woman, Blade Runner 2049, Coca Cola, Google, Microsoft, Madonna, Clint Eastwood, Land Rover, Samsung. Me: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3068138/ https://www.youtube.com/@glowshedfilms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u67Xb2pf7U Thank you!

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Sidra Arif
Quite impressed with the kind of work you have done, unfortunately I am not looking for any such service But I wish you luck. Would love to keep in touch with you.
Liam Patrick Sullivan
Sorry to hear that, but thanks for the kind words! Would love to connect - I'm always looking to expand my network and learn from talented folks like yourself. Feel free to shoot me a message anytime if you'd like to chat more. Wishing you all the best in your work!
Emily Rose Johnson
Hey there! I recently wrapped up an AI branding project and was super impressed with the results. Have you checked out Midjourney or DALL-E? They can generate some seriously cool and unique visuals for ads, social media, websites, you name it. Might be worth experimenting with to level up your portfolio. Best of luck putting together that killer portfolio!