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Facts were spoken!. There's MORE than enough free content, so by the time you're taking up a professionals time you're paying for specialist information We're having a similar issue with free to play games. Itsbuilds SO MUCH entitlement. Free content is a pandoras box.

As a fellow self-taught, the cheaper (preferably free) KNOWLEDGE is, the better. But that's not true for EDUCATION. My personal belief/value, for now, of the ideal scenario is "free knowledge with well paid mentors".

Andrew is 100% correct about university. I'm going to the best VFX school in my country that's ranked very high in the rookies. The actual teaching is really really bad. The only reason it does well is because it attracts good students who then work really hard and teach the younger years. It's only good because it's good. It's like an infinite feedback loop.

I really appreciate you addressing this topic with such honesty. While your points are valid, they primarily apply to individuals without significant financial resources. For some, $17,000 is an enormous sum, but for others-particularly those who have inherited wealth-it’s easily spent on a whim. This disparity makes it increasingly difficult for talented yet financially disadvantaged individuals to gain the skills and connections needed for a sustainable career in 3D work. While experts deserve to be fairly compensated for the immense effort they’ve put into their craft, there should be larger frameworks to support those with limited means, such as scholarships or financial aid funded by local governments. To make this a reality, influential figures in the field could use their platforms to advocate for these changes. With great power comes great responsibility, and those in positions of influence have the opportunity to inspire systemic support for gifted individuals.

The 3D Community is one of the most supportive communities I've ever experienced. I learned everything myself, or better said, I didn't go to school, nor did I have a paid mentor. I benefitted a lot from free tutorials and other artists giving me answers to my questions. That's why I now also offer free content on my UA-cam channel and help with questions when I have the time to be part of a wonderful community and give something back. HOWEVER! there is nothing wrong with offer paid sessions or paid mentoring. Often the topic is more in depth and you get a 1:1 interaction and you can direct support on your specific needs and problems. If I were to learn 3D today again, I would definitely seek paid mentoring. The knowledge and experience you gain from that are incredible. This doesn't even have to be 3D-specific. As an example, I just started learning to play Piano and also went straight for a teacher and the progress is so much faster and better and totally worth it. The time you would spend and have to invest to learn it yourself is so much higher as when you get professional support. And demand to give something for free is anyways pretty mean in my opinion. Often it got forgotten how much time goes into prep work for making propper learn content! You are absolutely right with what you say 🤘😎

You won't find a modeler more experienced & passionate than Andrew, highly highly recommend a mentorship with him.

true words man ...

I have been very lucky, in that I only entered the 3d field after multiple years of working in IT Which means I was able to afford an education in 3d but also private mentorship. 1on1 mentoring has helped me advance so much more than anything I learned at the school. 100% worth it, even if it's just a couple of hours

Hi Andrew in the stream you select one edge and deletes an entire edge loop can you say how to do it

Hi Andrew! Where can I find more info about private mentorship?

Hello Andrew, thank you for your videos and work you've done in cinema. Would you kindly to tell us how you approach to model objects, that don't have references such as side/front/back etc views? What if you're required to model a specific gun, but there are a few references and they're mostly at an angle which is not suitable for tracing. Do you have to eyeball such stuff or you use some software, which can allign 3d cameras in 3d space based on perspective and placed markers such as ADSK ImageModeler(2009 forgotten app) or fSpy ? I was always wondering if there is some technique or maybe software that makes things easier, but found only those two. Thanks!

Hey Andrew ! Are you going to be streaming on UA-cam as well from now on? Glad to see you stream on UA-cam!

andrew hodgen i was checking you tutorial one of course is missing last time it was there in your channel but now is gone.

Hi, Andrew! I've been looking for concept art references for my portfolio lately. I tried to contact the concept artists to get their permission on whether I can use them as reference but haven't gotten any replies yet. :( Can I use their concept art without their permission if I leave reference in the description of my portfolio ? I would like to know if I should get their consent everytime I want to use it as reference. I'm sorry if there is any grammar mistake since English is my second language. Thanks for the tip :) It helps a lot!

I've heard you mention a couple of times in the past how the 3d industry is rough right now and I'm wondering what you specifically mean by that. Is it oversaturated with too many artists? No demand? Layoffs? I'm currently focusing on building a portfolio but I'm wondering if it'd be better for me to put it on hold for now. Do you think the industry will improve within the next 5 years or so?

why not original design?

In industry do you tend to make damage on models that you specifically made? Or do you end up working on whatever models need to be done regardless of who made them? A question that popped into my head when you mentioned making damage on the Jaegers (I recently saw some bts where they talked about having 23 different versions of Gipsy Danger for the first Pacific Rim)

Instantly followed you

Hi andrew i came to see your channel very recently and your videos are very helpfull for a student like me, i got so so many information about how to setup a portfolio after watching your folio videos, if its possible can you modell a spaceship or anything in a live from scratch. it would be very helpfull how an industry proffesional like u modell something and tackle its problems,

hey bro do u stream by any chance in twitch or something?

Hey Andrew, I definitely agree with your first statement (Less is more Portfolio pieces) but I think it all really relates to where you live. I'm not someone who does Hardsurface but instead Environments for games (so this is may be very different for hardsurface, but alot of people where I live struggle to find jobs because there isn't much here) with 4 portfolio pieces I still struggle with getting Brisbane or Melbourne interviews (living in Perth), recently had a chat with Luma VFX Lead and he basically just told me I had to move just to be considered for junior roles, with all this information, especially for junior roles. Do you think your advice is for someone who has local gain to employment, and moreso remote living people need to do better to get a foot in the door, or does it get to a point where making more portfolio pieces is a bit silly if you have 10 hypothetical amazing pieces, all showcasing different skills. Sorry if this is off topic as I know hardsurface and environments can be very different, I'm just sharing my experience and different perspective.

What's this maya tool that lets you swap out diffrent versions of the model so quickly? (coming from a blender, I wouldn't know how to do that other by enabling / Disabling entire collections/groups)

Will Houdini's new mpm solver be a game changer for this?

Time to destroy everything!!

Thank you man! You made it look way easier! I´ve always thought that it was a great topology mistery to come up with a result like that! Incridible as always!!

Awesome video, exactly up my alley

Recently really started watching you, keep these up going.

Hi andrew im a vfx student right studying and my course is coming to an end, i wanna be an modeller i dont know where to start after the course, is there any advice you can give.

Really like the watch. Awesome piece.

I rarely find myself in other people, when you talk about how you gain in level by doing 100 hours a week of your activity, and sometimes people don't get you pushed your own limit for unlocking new skills. Had a good laugh on: "Then people ask me how I got lucky, I'm like, I don't know, maybe 100 hours weeks might have something to do with it" For a long time I've had impostor syndrome, especially as a self-taught developer, but never neglect the skills you've picked up yourself. And this advice is valid for any route taken. 😁

There is no work life balance in this industry unless you're freelancing or contracting. Forget about relationships or family unless you're in a salary role in an agency. If you want to get far this is what you'll end up sacrificing. So best advice is to do a shit load of up skilling while you're young and without commitments.

I always putted boxing lessons before my OT's at work. And I work so much better when I have some sport during my week. I can't imagine being efficient after hours sitting in front of my desk without sport.

This is how my freelance career usually goes but the periods are a bit shorter. 2 weeks of intense and stressful 12 hour days, followed by 4 weeks of recovery and better sleep hygiene.

i agree with u

Is this mostly just for aesthetics? Also, would it be possible to just apply 1 lvl of SubD afterwards and call it a day? Or should you subdivide first, then redirect? Would the topo be noticeably different?

This is true, No matter how long you work or how much time you spend on a computer, Always find time for your family, physical and mental health, and God. Because if you dont everything will go downhill fast

What about relationships though? I find this to be the trickiest one.

I can sooo relate to the time management stuff!

I've been a massive gamer and have put in close to 100 hours (Which is nothing) this year alone. All that time spend on doing 3D, until I get a job, gaming stays in the closet.

Make money spend money make money spend money

Is it really competitive? You dont have to work alot of hours if you dont want the best possible job, there are alot of interesting jobs in our industry without having to work every hour of the day resting is super important, even getting bored is important, because it makes you think of alot of different stuffs, help you see things with a different mind Personnaly i cant do 3d everytime, i love to do other things like playing guitar, playing games, do sport, go to concerts, go to the bar, meeting new people etc, its important to have various activities and not only one I just want to have a cool job, im still a "junior" so i dont have the best experience, i have 3 / 4 years of xp; i dont have a specific studio where i want to work, i just want to work with a cool team, on a cool game with great visuals, where i can create architecture, props, and do some level art etc I know some people that are having burnouts because they are obsessed by their work and think only of that (or almost), i feel like they are unhappy with their lives but dont admit it so they work hard thinking it would help them

Hope you don't mind pitching in with a wall of text from a different/uncommon perspective. I've been in the VFX industry for about 3 years now, 3D generally speaking for much longer, but I am, at the core of my studies, an architect. That's 6 years of master's degree and another 5-6 to get all qualifications plus god knows how much time I spent in the office. Needless to say, it was quite brutal but conditioned me in a weird way and I am now senior hard surface modeler in a very short time because of it, but also do a bunch of texturing, rendering, lighting, all that if necessary, plus Bifrost procedurals lately. After I joined the VFX world, I saw everyone getting absolutely stressed out of their mind, putting in just stupid amounts of hours, and I somehow managed to get the same results with far less stress and in a shorter time, because to me, the only real consequence of a poor job is not *my* job, it's the studio's image, and all those impacted by it, but realistically speaking it's not hardcore liability, it's not critical in the sense that a mistake can injure someone or worse, the consequences in architecture were far FAR more serious and real. Plus *A METRIC SHITLOAD* of project management training so in a way I have absolutely zero issues balancing everything out and managing deadlines, projects, etc. That doesn't mean I treat VFX work less seriously, just that I'm not enshrouded by liability if, say, I specify low slip resistance on ONE tile and it happens that someone slips and injures themselves, just an ingrained ethic of responsibility for my team and colleagues. Shitty jobs = time wasted for everyone, time they could spend better, and that's my cross to bear. The reason I say all this is because I wish there was a better way to prepare artists in a slightly managerial manner to complement the artistic side of things, so they understand their role far better and the context they find themselves in, and hopefully NOT burn out while still being incredible at their jobs. My colleagues' burnouts are more often than not the direct impact of not understanding that unbalanced lifestyles can lead to worse results, not to mention physical afflictions. A lot of people say work-life balance, I refer to it more as tension, people get tense, both literally and metaphorically (stress = tense = chemical imbalance, joint pains etc) - some people can take higher loads with less downtime, some need more downtime but have the skillset to compensate, the *right* way to manage this tension is to pay attention, introspect, and if the body needs rest, then rest but the absolutely critical component, and I cannot stress this enough, is DISCIPLINE. Rest/recovery is one thing, laziness and complacency have brutal consequences. If work doesn't allow it then you have to push through it a little, if it doesn't let off at all then find another workplace as that one doesn't seem to value your health, just your production turnover and boom - welcome to pixel factory conditions. I hope this helped provide some understanding that work isn't everything in life and guilt-laden recreation leads to poor rest which leads to worse results and it's a vicious feedback cycle that NEEDS to break.

I loved to be reviewd, I have send an email already but not heard anything

I worked the hardest in my life when I had the best physical and health, I ate well, was seeing people everyday, exercised, and had a lot of energy to spend on my passion. But as soon as I started working (as a remote freelance which is an important point) I was first excited knowing I could spend most of my time working on 3D, learning new stuff and doing a bunch of cool projects, but reality striked really fast when I was now spending most of my time on my computer, sitting down all day and not seeing a lot of people besides the cashier at the nearest shop, I lost a lot of energy and 3D was not really fun anymore, which meant a really slow progress and not many "cool projects" to work on professionaly. That's when I realised my general health was a really important side of all of this, and living a decent healthy life is more important than being highly passionate, because to me one drives the other. So I subscribed to a sport association in my town, went on hikes more often, fixed my sleep schedule, and eat properly, and as everything was feeling better, I also found my "hard working mode" strike slowly coming back. I think it's fine to spend all night going hard on art and 3D, and it's actually to me a really good way to progress and have fun, but it just shouldn't break your healthy life cycle. And if it does, try not to fall into it, and fix it back as long as it's still holding on. Thank you Andrew for your thoughts on this topic, you're a real inspiration!!

Hi Andrew! Love your work, what is the best way to get in touch with you reg a mentorship?

this is one of the bests videos for my mental health

No matter how you balance work. Always take time to take care of your body. It will work wonders on you. Trust me, I leaned that the hard way.

nice one

I think overlapping is fine, it looks cool for sure, but having 3 of them back to back could of been better.

What is wrong to not fit to the VFX pipeline?