CGI Artist Services
3D artistry and CGI talent across New York, from Manhattan to Brooklyn and Queens.
A CGI artist builds computer-made visuals. These range from lifelike settings and characters to subtle set extensions and effects you never notice. In New York, CGI artists work inside set VFX pipelines at houses like Picture Shop and PostWorks NY. They model, texture, light, and render elements that blend cleanly with live-action footage shot across New York.
We connect you with CGI artists who deliver production-grade work for features, series, and commercials in New York. Our network holds pros in character animation, environment creation, hard-surface modeling, and simulation. Each one is ready to slot their work into New York and global VFX pipelines at studios like Picture Shop, PostWorks NY, and Harbor.
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Capabilities
CGI Expertise
We connect you with skilled CGI artists who build striking 3D worlds, from lifelike characters and settings to stylized animations and product visuals that hold an audience.
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3D Modeling
- Character modeling
- Environment creation
- Hard surface
- Organic sculpting
- Photorealistic assets
Detailed Models
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Animation
- Character animation
- Creature animation
- Mechanical animation
- Dynamics/simulation
- Motion capture
Fluid Motion
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Lighting & Rendering
- Photoreal rendering
- Stylized looks
- HDRI lighting
- Arnold/V-Ray/Redshift
- GPU rendering
Stunning Visuals
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Technical Skills
- Maya
- Houdini
- Cinema 4D
- Blender
- ZBrush
Industry Software
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Why Us
Why Choose Our CGI Artists
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Award-Winning Artists
Our CGI artists hold credits on major New York and global film and commercial projects, and they work through New York's VFX community.
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Technical Excellence
Our artists have mastered the standard 3D software and rendering pipelines used at Picture Shop and beyond.
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Creative Problem Solvers
Our team finds fresh fixes for tough CGI challenges, from wide landscape settings to dense Manhattan street scenes.
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New York VFX Network
We hold deep ties to New York's busy CGI and animation community, including houses like Picture Shop and PostWorks NY.
On Location
CGI talent from NYC's tier-one VFX and design houses
New York's CGI talent pool sits inside one of the strongest VFX clusters in the world. The Mill NY in Chelsea, Method Studios NY, MPC NY, Framestore NY (Gravity, Avengers, Doctor Strange), DNEG NY, Brickyard, Charlex, Eyeball, Buck DUMBO, Imaginary Forces, Trollbäck+Firm, Loyalkaspar, and Roof Brooklyn together staff the broadcast graphics, commercial VFX, and feature work that defines NYC's post-production name. Most of our CGI roster has passed through those houses on credited projects.
This market demands pipeline parity with global vendors, so the artists in our network work fluently in Maya, Houdini, Nuke, V-Ray, Arnold, Redshift, and OCIO/ACES color workflows. Those tie in cleanly with the post pipelines at Light Iron NY at Harbor Picture Company, Goldcrest Post NY, PostWorks NY, Technicolor PostWorks, and Final Frame. The brief sets the shortlist: hard-surface modellers from automotive and luxury commercial work, environment leads from Marvel and HBO series, and character TDs trained on the SVA computer-art and Pratt animation programs.
Selection runs against your pipeline first and your shot count second. We open each brief with the toolchain your VFX supervisor has already locked: Maya or Houdini for assets, Nuke or Fusion for comp, and ftrack or ShotGrid for production tracking. Then we present artists who can drop into that pipeline with no rework.
For broadcast and streaming work tied to HBO Hudson Yards, Netflix NY, Apple TV+ NYC, Amazon NY, Showtime/Paramount, or NBCUniversal 30 Rock, we confirm TPN-aligned data handling, encrypted vendor handoff, and turnover ALE/CDL ingest against the dailies workflow your edit has set in Manhattan or DUMBO. For Madison Avenue commercial work, we stage artists who can iterate at agency tempo while holding lookdev parity with the live-action plate shot through Mercurio-tier NYC houses.
Our CGI roster works under freelance W-9 or union IATSE Local 829 contracts based on buy-in. The work ships eligible for the NYS Film Tax Credit (30% + 10% NYC uplift) where the production qualifies through MOME (Made in NY), and it holds up on the Tribeca and DOC NYC screening path that NYC supervisors deliver into.
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FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What does a CGI artist do?
A CGI artist makes computer-made visuals for film and television. They build 3D models, settings, characters, and effects. In New York, CGI work spans subtle set extensions for shoots at Steiner Studios through to wild creatures and big sequences finished at houses like Picture Shop.
What skills should a CGI artist have?
A CGI artist in New York needs strong skills in 3D modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering, plus a firm grasp of anatomy, physics, and cinematography. They must know the standard software well and bring the artistic eye to build lifelike or stylized visuals that blend cleanly with live-action plates.
What types of productions need a CGI artist?
Feature films, episodic television, commercials, and music videos made in New York often need CGI work. Any shoot in Manhattan, Brooklyn, or across New York that calls for settings, creatures, or effects you cannot capture on camera gains from CGI artists.
How do you match a CGI artist to my production?
We review your project's visual effects needs, timeline, and style goals. Then we recommend New York artists whose strengths and portfolio match what you want. Whether you need character animation, hard-surface modeling, or environment work, we connect you with the right talent in New York.
What software does a CGI artist typically use?
CGI artists in New York work with standard tools like Maya, Houdini, Cinema 4D, Blender, and ZBrush for 3D work, plus compositing tools that tie the pipeline together. Houses like Picture Shop and PostWorks NY run set pipelines that our artists slot into cleanly.
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