Eleven years in motion design
Five years at two animation studios, six on my own. I do most jobs alone and bring in a sound designer, editor or developer when a project needs one.
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I'm Ines, a 3D and motion designer in Hamburg.
Title sequences, product films and idents, mostly for agencies and production companies.
Free from January 2027
I take two projects at a time. Send me yours and you'll get a fixed price and a schedule within two working days.
Work
Selected work from 2023 to 2026. These are example projects for a made-up portfolio: the briefs and clients are invented, and the stills are photos and renders by other artists from Unsplash (credits at the bottom).
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Tidal Index
2026Main titles for a documentary series about the North Sea. Layers of dark water that fold over each other, one more for every episode.
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Sable No. 4
2025A 30 second product film for a perfume launch, built from the bottle's CAD files. See the breakdown
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Grid Shift
2025Twelve channel idents for an arts broadcaster. One box of coloured blocks, rearranged for every programme strand.
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Field Notes
2024A personal series about wool: yarn, knit and felt, each shot as close as the lens allows.
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Low Orbit
2024Stage visuals for a concert tour, played live on an LED wall and cued by the drummer's click track.
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Morning Set
2023Key visuals for a ceramics launch: stacked plates in soft colours, rendered for print and for screens.
Breakdown: Sable No. 4
Every shot goes through the same four stages. Drag across the frame or use the slider to see the hero shot of the perfume film come together.
About me
I grew up drawing ships in the margins of my school books and got into 3D at nineteen. Since then I've animated perfume, trains, cereal, a cello and a lot of type.
I worked at two animation studios, one doing commercials and one doing broadcast design, and went freelance in 2021. Most of my jobs come from agencies and production companies that want one person to look after the whole look of a film.
- Based in
- Hamburg, working in English and German
- Tools
- Houdini, Cinema 4D, Blender, Redshift, After Effects, Nuke
- Formats
- 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, LED walls up to 8K
- Team
- Solo, with a sound designer and an editor I trust
Example text
She sent three styleframes on day four and we picked one in ten minutes. Nobody on our side had to explain twice what we meant.
What I make
Sample prices for this example site. Every real job gets a fixed price after a short call.
Product films
15 to 45 seconds. Built and lit from your CAD files or samples, with every cut-down you need.
from €6,500
Title sequences
Main titles and end credits for series and films.
from €8,000
Idents and logo animation
Channel idents, logo builds, and loops for screens in shops, foyers or on stage.
from €2,400
Key visuals
CGI stills for launches, print and packaging. You get layered files for your designers.
from €900 per image
How a project usually runs
- CallHalf an hour about what the film is for, where it runs and when it's due.Day 1
- StyleframesA few stills so you can see the look before anything moves.Week 1
- AnimaticTiming and camera in grey, cut to the music or voiceover.Week 2
- ProductionMaterials, lighting, simulation and rendering. You get two rounds of notes.Weeks 3 to 5
- DeliveryThe master, cut-downs and project files.Week 6
Contact
Write a few lines about the project, the deadline and where it will run. I answer within two working days.
hello@ines-kavald.example