rkuchinsky:
I have no issues with hiring students. I have no issue with hiring professionals. I do think you get what you pay for. You need to clearly weigh your needs, your ability to manage/frame the project, your timelines, and the cost/benefit of the objectives. Some projects may be done at 1/4 the cost and good enough to not make a difference, others might be under a time pressure so you have no margin of error to experiment or try out a new resource.
…spending money because other people are spending money isn’t always the best answer nor does it always get you the best results though, in my experience. If you want to run with the big dogs you can’t beat them by trying to outspend them…
R
Again, you are an experienced design professional managing the process. You can project manage less experienced resources. What I gathered from the OP is that they are less than experienced in this area since they didn’t know where to even begin looking for rendering talent, so an experienced professional or agency is likely the way to go… from the little info provided.
I wound’t disagree. Someone not knowing what they are doing managing someone else who doesn’t know what they are doing is not a good recipe for success
R
