I work in the gaming industry, and need a list of companies that can
make graphics for us. With graphics I mean elements like
humanoids/animals/monsters, environment, clothing, buildings etc. This
has to be a company able to work on our direction, and deliever in a
rather large scale. The companies should perferably be situated in
Eastern-Europe/Russia, but others can also be interesting.
I am already in contact with one firm named Nikitova, but want to
evaluate others as well. Have a look at http://www.nikitova.com/ for
an example.

Greetings Nenian, 
I put together this list from what I found from search results in
Google. A few entries here were taken from the Gamasutra site listed
later:

Titoonic ApS : Flash character animation, web games and design - in
Denmark
http://www.titoonic.dk/companyinfo/

IDEA Studios - Offshore animation service - London-based
http://www.idea-studios.co.uk/index2.html

Virtual Photography - 3d visualisation service, virtual environments,
packaging visualisation, architectural visualisation, interior design
- in England
http://www.digitalvision3d.com/page2.html

Lost Pencil Animation Studios - Indeterminate, perhaps USA
http://www.lostpencil.com/index.html

New Pencil Inc. - California, USA
http://www.newpencil.com/main.htm

Gamebeat Inc. - Illinois USA
http://www.gamebeatinc.com/main.cfm

Liquid Development - Portland, Oregon, USA
http://www.liquiddevelopment.com/

Ballistic Pixel Lab - Florida, USA
http://ballisticpixel.com/ballistic_home2.html

Brave Interactive - location not mentioned, but probably US
http://www.bravointeractive.com/

THEMA Commercial Services - 2D & 3D Graphics Design (location not
given - maybe US)
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Haven/2118/com_gfx.htm

Seven's Heaven - General Info (Netherlands)
http://www.sevensheaven.com/info_general.htm

Coastline Graphics - 3D Graphic Design, Animation - Maine, USA
http://www.coastlinegraphics.com/3d_site/home.html

Dim Horizon Studio - Game Design and Development (location not given,
but likely US)
http://dimhorizon.com/dhs/

Roxanna Ehsanipour, RE designs -- Computer Graphics / Web Design -
location not given
http://www.redesigns207.com/portfolio.html

Polyzoom Media - graphics services for the game industry - Germany 
http://www.polyzoom.com

Radar Graphics - Netherlands
http://www.radargraphics.nl/flash.html


Websites with Lists of Companies:
Gamasutra - The Art & Science of Making Games
http://www.gamasutra.com/
- Seems to be a place where game making companies pool together.
Nikitova is mentioned here.

Gignews Resources: 3D Modeling and Animation - list of companies
(mostly US, some in UK)
http://www.gignews.com/resources/3d.htm

Gignews Resources: Game Design Consultants
http://www.gignews.com/resources/game_design_consultants.htm

GIGnews Resource: Game software Developers
http://www.gignews.com/resources/game_development.htm

Game Design X Links - has links to game design associations and
software developers
http://www.gamedesignx.com/links.htm

3D Models, Plugins, Textures, and more at Turbo Squid
http://www.turbosquid.com/
- A marketplace for 3D assets


Other:
GDSE - The Game Programming and Design Search Engine
http://www.gdse.com/servlet/gdse.jobs?cid=4

Game Developers World 2003 - Event in Copenhagen
http://www.gd-world.com/expo.htm


Google Search strings used:
game character animation
game animation service
game development outsourcing
game graphics design 
game 3d design 

I was unable to locate any other eastern European companies, probably
because if there are any more, they might not be as established or
popular as Nikitova. There are others though in nearby countries, such
as in the Scandinavian region.

I hope this has been a helpful answer. If you have any problem with
it, do please post a Request for Clarification and I shall respond as
soon as I can. Thank you.

Hi,

   I know an Indian company which does make 3D Models using Maya and
they are well known to me. Try http://www.imageschain.com. Let me know
if this helps you.

Another outsourcing media studio: Exchange3D LLC. It's a California
based company. Excellent service and very low rates. They outsource in
Russia,  Belarus, Ukrain and Germany. The web site is
www.exchange3d.com, go to
http://www.exchange3d.com/new3d/modules.php?name=customdev
or click on the "Custom 3d Modeling" link on the front page.
Greg