Services / Rates / Engagement
Devanshu Tak. CG generalist and creative technologist, working with studios and brands that care about the craft.
Ads, film VFX, campaign launches, product visuals, game cinematics, interactive websites, and the small tools that make all of it faster. I work across CG and VFX, real-time and game engines, and 3D on the web. Freelancing since 2018, based in India, working with studios and brands worldwide.
01 Work I take on
Film, ads, and campaign CG
End-to-end 3D and VFX for commercials, film, title sequences, and branded content. Characters, products, environments, effects. Whatever the spot calls for, from first block-out to final picture.
Full 3D pipeline · animation · FX & sims · lookdev · lighting · compositing · Houdini · Blender · Nuke
Real-time & game engine
In-engine cinematics, game visuals, previsualisation, playable prototypes, and virtual production work. The kind of 3D that renders live instead of frame by frame.
Unreal Engine · Unity · real-time lighting · cinematic sequences · game cinematics · previs
Interactive 3D & web
3D experiences that run in a browser: campaign microsites, product configurators, generative visuals, creative coding experiments, and small interactive pieces that sit inside a bigger launch.
Three.js · WebGL · shaders · creative coding · generative systems · gaussian splatting · photogrammetry
Design, tools & automation
Small utilities, production tools, AI-assisted prototypes, and the quiet pipeline work that saves a team hours a week. Scripts, custom interfaces, and the invisible layer that makes the main work possible.
Python · TouchDesigner · custom DCC tools · AI-assisted workflows · pipeline automation
Stylized & non-photoreal 3D
Getting 3D to look like something it isn't: hand-drawn, painted, illustrated, graphic, cel-shaded. Signature territory for me, and where a lot of the work lands when a project wants to stand out from photoreal CG.
NPR shading · stylised lookdev · shader authoring · painterly rendering · offline and real-time
Within all of this, I'm strongest at procedural systems and parametric tooling, lookdev and lighting, compositing, and stylised rendering. But I take on broader generalist work happily: modelling, animation, rigging, asset prep, design, web build. I'm also open to conversations about projects that don't fit a neat label.
02 Engagements
Project work
One project with a defined scope and a clear deliverable: a film, a campaign, a site, a tool. Brief in, work out, review points along the way.
Monthly retainer
A set number of days per month, ongoing. For teams that want someone they can bring in regularly without re-scoping every time.
Consulting & advisory
Short engagements: technical direction, pipeline review, creative input on an approach, or help thinking through a problem before a project kicks off.
Something else?
Happy to talk through formats that don't fit the above: collaborations, co-productions, one-off experiments. Send a note.
03 Rates
Project minimum
From 1,000 USD
Most projects
3,000 – 15,000 USD
Monthly retainer
From 5,000 USD / month part-time
Hourly / daily
Available on request for consults, short engagements, and ongoing work where it makes sense.
All rates exclude applicable taxes. Quotes are scoped to the brief. Send project details and I'll come back with a number. Open to discussing what works for your side.
04 How we work together
01
Brief & scope
You send the brief and references. I come back with scope, approach, timeline, and a quote. Happy to iterate on any of that before we lock it in.
02
Agreement & start
A simple written agreement before work begins, with an advance to kick off. The split is usually around half up front, balance at milestones or delivery. I'm open to structuring it around the project's shape.
03
Reviews along the way
WIP reviews at checkpoints that make sense for the work: early concepts, key stages, final pass. You see progress and can steer.
04
Delivery & handoff
Final files in the formats we've agreed on. Source files and documentation where the project needs them. Happy to walk your team through the setup. Small revisions after delivery are usually fine; larger changes we'll scope together.
A written agreement and an advance to start. I usually pass on spec work, unpaid pitches, and equity-only deals. The rest is a conversation.
05 Best fit
Best fit: studios, brands, and teams with defined goals and realistic scope. People who value craft, clear communication, and collaboration. Repeat collaborators always welcome.
Less of a fit: very tight timelines paired with budgets that don't match the scope, or briefs that are still finding their shape. If you're not sure where your project lands, send a note anyway. I'm happy to talk it through, and if I'm not the right person I'll point you toward someone who is.
06 Tools
If a project needs something I haven't shipped before, I'll learn it. Pipeline flexibility comes with the territory.
07 Let's talk
Send a note. Happy to discuss your project.
