Digital Sweatshop Overveiw:

'Digital Sweatshop' is a play on words and the name is actually a joke in that the goal is to improve the work environment for CG artist and professionals, not force unfair working conditions and compensation onto them. It was created because I frequently receive emails and phone calls from people looking for work and from people looking for contacts for outsourcing, and it just seemed like there was a need for an infrastructure to help these people network and interact. I am the founder and CEO of 3DAllusions LLC with the sites 3DAllusions | 3DA Studio | MrMaterials and try to stay involved in various fields and professions from architecture to character design and most my efforts are aimed at helping or being a positive resource for the CG community.

There have been different forum discussions about creating a coalition of outsourcing architectural visualization artist of some sort, but those discussions usually got heated and it appears that creating an organization that sets standards and delegates work/commissions is destined to be full of political intrigue, heated debates and resentment, not to mention a huge amount of coordination. Hence, facilitating the free interaction and networking of potential clients and service providers seemed like a unique way to provide a service in a 'hands off' type scenario while helping artist and digital professionals. Typically when someone shows up to a CG site or forum and shows off their work and says 'look at what I can do', they are preaching to the choir, the other members are CG artist and not potential clients, I am hoping we create a place for people to show off to potential clients and employers.