Create Unique Animated 3D AI Companions

CHARACTER BUILD BRIEF
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We are looking for a 3D character designer
to build animated AI companion characters.
No AI programming required.
No API connections required.
Character design and animation only.
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WHAT WE NEED
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Beautiful 3D animated characters built
in Three.js.
Pixar inspired style.
Warm. Expressive. Loveable.
NOT a robot. NOT a human.
Something unique and memorable.
Examples of the style we are looking for:
- A warm glowing teardrop shape with
expressive face
- A translucent floating bubble with
friendly eyes
- A friendly lantern shape with warm face
- A soft cloud or ember shape
See attached images for style reference.
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EACH CHARACTER NEEDS
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1. A beautiful 3D Pixar style design
2. The following emotion animations:
- Happy
- Thinking
- Surprised
- Listening
- Excited
- Caring
- Sad
- Calm
- Idle (default floating state)
3. Lip sync animation
Character mouth or expression animates
when audio is playing
4. Gentle floating idle animation
Character bobs slowly up and down
when not doing anything
5. Built in Three.js
6. Clean exported code ready to
receive animation signals
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HOW THE CHARACTER RECEIVES SIGNALS
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Our system sends simple signals
to trigger each animation.
Your character just needs to respond
to these signals correctly:
character.setEmotion('happy')
character.setEmotion('thinking')
character.setEmotion('surprised')
character.setEmotion('listening')
character.setEmotion('excited')
character.setEmotion('caring')
character.setEmotion('sad')
character.setEmotion('calm')
character.setEmotion('idle')
character.startSpeaking()
character.stopSpeaking()
No other programming required from you.
Just the 3D model and animations
responding to these signals.
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QUESTIONS WE NEED ANSWERED
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1. What would you charge to build
ONE character as described?
2. How long would one character take
to complete?
3. Once the first character is built
what would each additional character
cost? The rig and animation system
would be reused — just a different
visual design each time.
4. Are you comfortable working in
Three.js for the character build?
5. Can you start within two weeks?
Please review the attached images showing
the character style we are looking for
and send your quote.
All payments in AUD via Freelancer.
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END OF CHARACTER BUILD BRIEF