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Deborah A.

3D Modeler

Los Angeles, California
$40 per hour
5 jobs
$1K+ total earnings

I am a hard-surface modeler with proficiency in Maya, Cinema 4D and Blender. I have industry experience from working at Digital eMation on projects such as Family Guy, The Cleveland Show, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Scooby-Doo. I also have industrial manufacturing experience from working as an Animation Specialist for LED FastStart.

Maxim T.

3D Web Developer | 3D Web Design | 3D Website Developer WebGL Three.js

Los Angeles, California
$60 per hour
126 jobs
$400K+ total earnings

The brief said "make it pop." ✨ This is a WebGL renderer, not a toaster. I made it pop anyway. ✨ I'm Maxim, an Expert-Vetted 3D web developer and 3D website developer. I build real-time 3D experiences, configurators, and AR/VR products that run straight in the browser. In the last 6+ years I've shipped 300+ projects and hold a 5-star rating on Clutch. I rank in the top 1% of freelancers on Upwork, and I was the technical partner behind a project that went on to raise over $5M 💰. Send me a message, tell me what you're building and I'll tell you how I'd approach it. ---- 🖥️ 3D WEB DEVELOPMENT - 3D web developer: built 40+ interactive product viewers that run in-browser, cutting bounce rate 24%. 📉 - 3D web design: redesigned a furniture brand's product pages in Three.js, lifting time-on-page 3.2x. - 3D website developer: shipped 18 full 3D-enabled storefronts end to end since 2020. - WebGL Three.js: rebuilt a client's scene load time from 6 seconds to under 2. ⚡ 🎛️ 3D CONFIGURATORS - 3D web developer: built a jewelry configurator that lifted average order value 22%. 💍 - 3D web design: designed a furniture configurator UI that cut return requests 30%. - 3D website developer: delivered a 3D storefront for an industrial equipment client, cutting demo calls 60%. - WebGL Three.js: built configurator rendering pipelines on Node.js and AWS S3 for 12+ clients. 🥽 AR & VR - 3D web developer: built a WebAR try-on tool that raised add-to-cart rate 19%. - 3D website developer: delivered a WebXR training simulation adopted by 400+ trainees in year one. - WebGL Three.js: built shader-based AR effects for an 8th Wall project viewed by 50,000+ users. 👀 🎮 GAME DEVELOPMENT - 3D web design: built 6 browser games with average load time under 3 seconds. - 3D web developer / game designer: shipped a browser game that hit 100,000+ plays in month one. 🕹️ - WebGL Three.js / Unity: reused game logic across 4 titles, cutting dev time 35%. 🌍 MORE INDUSTRIES - 3D web design: built real estate walkthroughs credited with a 15% lift in qualified leads. - 3D web design: delivered a media brand interactive experience with 2M+ views. 🎬 - 3D website developer: built a government data visualization platform serving 8 departments. - 3D web developer: built a manufacturing visualization tool that replaced physical demo units on 3 product lines. - WebGL Three.js: built a Web3 interface handling 5,000+ on-chain interactions monthly. 🔗 - 3D web design / WebGL Three.js: rebuilt a SaaS dashboard's 3D visuals, cutting first render time 45%. - 3D website developer / WebGL Three.js: delivered a crypto platform's 3D interface, used by 8,000+ wallets. 💻 FULL STACK & WEB - Full stack developer / front end developer: delivered 25+ React and Next.js apps at 99.9% uptime. - WordPress developer: rebuilt 10 WordPress sites, cutting load time to under 2 seconds. - 3D web design / 3D website developer: took 9 projects from plain website development to full 3D builds. - 3D web developer: paired with full stack developer work on 14 projects needing a custom backend. 🛠️ MORE SKILLS - Front end developer / WebGL developer: built 15+ WebGL frontends with sub-3-second load times. - Full stack developer / web developer: shipped 30+ full-stack builds across 6 years. - Web design / website design: redesigned 20 sites, lifting average session time 28%. - WordPress developer / WordPress: migrated 8 WordPress sites to modern hosting, cutting downtime 90%. - Web design animation / Blender 3D animation: produced 12 animated product spins for ad campaigns. - Game designer / 3D environmental artist: designed environments for 5 shipped game titles. - Bootstrap 5 / website builder: delivered 6 rapid-turnaround marketing sites in under 2 weeks each. - Graphic designer: created brand assets for 40+ client projects. 🎨 - Website / website development: built 50+ websites from scratch since 2018. - Three.js / Three.js developer: shipped 30+ Three.js scenes to production. - Threejs developer / SEO: optimized 10 Threejs-built sites for search, raising organic traffic 35%. 📈 - WebXR / Unity: built 5 WebXR experiences and 8 Unity builds for cross-platform clients. - React / Babylon.js: ran Babylon.js on 3 client-mandated stacks alongside React frontends. - 3D website designer / 3D modeling: modeled assets for 15+ storefront designs. - AI 3D / 3D video advertising: used AI tools to cut 3D ad render time 40%. - 3D animation website / 3D animation: replaced static hero videos with 3D animation on 6 sites, cutting bounce rate 18%. 🧰 Toolkit: Blender, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max, Pixologic Zbrush, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, JavaScript, PHP, CSS, and HTML, covering 3D rendering, photorealistic rendering, architectural rendering, 3D product rendering, 3D game art, graphic design, 3D design, and general animation work.

Fares H.

Experienced 3D Generalist

Los Angeles, California
$35 per hour
40 jobs
$40K+ total earnings

With over 10 years of professional experience in 3D modeling, rendering, and animation, I have honed my skills in delivering high-quality results for a wide range of industries. My expertise spans both high-poly and low-poly modeling, creating photorealistic renders, and crafting engaging animations. As the leader of a dedicated team of highly skilled professionals, we handle large-scale projects efficiently, ensuring precision, creativity, and timely delivery. Using cutting-edge software such as 3ds Max, V-Ray, Corona, Lumion, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Substance Painter, Photoshop, and Premiere, we bring your vision to life. Let’s work together to create extraordinary visuals that exceed your expectations.

Jeffrey B.

3D Artist // Modeler // Sculptor

Los Angeles, California
$55 per hour
3 jobs
$1K+ total earnings

Freelance 3D Generalist, specializing in 3D Modeling and Rendering, utilizing industry-standard software such as Maya, Zbrush, Redshift, and Substance Painter. My expertise lies in crafting stylized to semi-realistic characters, vehicles, and props. Whether it's designing whimsical characters for animation, modeling sci-fi vehicles for games, or sculpting fun quirky toys, I deliver high-quality assets tailored to meet the unique needs of each project.

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