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something you just said. I'm new to this unreal engine just a few months and i feel determined to give it a go, so just dropping my start date here really ready for the finish, I hope one day you will be giving my game a go 😀

My brain keeps thinking you are a meta human.. I dont know why!

Thank you!

thanks! was a fun. learned a whole lot.

literally no unreal tut has ever had a good font size for the UI.

i hear all these but the cost is insane and how the end product that reach the consumer is also something that the vast majority cant afford

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The odds of being able to get that model for say $9000 without a single revision cycle is near 0.

yea you pay them 17k$ per character and they make you one of Concord's characters with flat color grading and flat levels

Even though I've been watching most of your videos, I'm really enjoying your new 'Dev Thoughts' series. I'm glad more professionals like you are sharing their insights and experiences in the industry. As a professional 3D Art/Tech Artist, your findings are right on and can't wait to see what your research with Fiver shows!

really really good series. Programming always felt like a wizard language but you explain it perfectly. Slowly but surely

Thanks, it is great!

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Simple Calculation. If someone charges around $170 per hours for their services and worked for around 100 hrs he can easily make around 17k. And you should also remember that creating a AAA character or models takes lots of time and optimisation. Also a very professional person can easily charge in between $100-300 in areas like c++ or programming, animation, ,modelling etc. But for that you need to have high level experiences and skills.

Hopefully AI will be good enough to handle all this soon. Seems much easier and better to get rough ideas. Then at the very end... hire someone to fix up the model and animation.

If we're talking about a technical animator, it’s very difficult to estimate how much you can accomplish in a week. It’s important to consider: 1. The structure of your project. 2. The technical component, specifically the development part (engineers). 3. And most importantly, the assets. Taking all three factors into account, I was able to: Develop a cover system in one month. Implement locomotion for a character that flies in the second month. From my experience, I’d say every project is unique, and lately, when people ask me how long something will take, I estimate the task based solely on these three points. This is because there are companies that don’t fully understand the difference between an animator and a technical animator.

Thanks for a great video, I excercise this pov quite often as i found it particularly usefull when its time to discuss a raise and in general to get an idea of what opportunities are out there. Its good practice to keep track of that so one can avoid getting stuck in place. Loved the video and this format. Feels like talking with a collegue on the lunch break. Anyway as a person who lives outside US Id love to see some video on different levels off positions in the industry as the hierarchy seems to be quite hectic with all the roles principles, seniors, leads, directors, managers, generalist etc meaning different things in different companies.

You know, if someone is doing freelance, regardless of the industry, he should expect lower hourly wage than an office job, unless he has an amazing portfolio and experience. A freelancer has the freedom of taking up multiple gigs, without being restricted to an office and has to compete with a massive pool of freelancers. If your industry isn't saturated, then you are in the position to negotiate for higher rate. If not, the negotiation power really isn't in your court.. And your rate depends on your target clientele. If you charge $17,000, then most likely only large studios are able to afford your service, and you better have a portfolio that matches your price.. Because we all tend to scoff when we see something that is overvalued.

character creator 4 + daz + some blender skills = unlimmited characters for 1000 - 2000 usd

Triple AAA quality model fully retopologized with 4 LODS, professionally UV unwrapped, fully textured and fully rigged with deform and control rigs. Yeah I can agree with that pricing, only caveat, I dont care where you live in the world. Just because you live in an expensive area, doesn't mean you can charge this amount for just the model. Unless its for a big movie production like Smaug and you need it done fast. If you can afford to spend this much on one model it would make more sense to hire 3D artists fulltime to make them. Because the online marketplace is so competitive, there are companies dedicated to creating AAA quality models for a quarter of this price.

This is amazing! lol now do one for this is what a shot of 10s of animation costs per character. 😅

I just recently started doing freelance 3D environment art for games. I currently charge self-funded indies $34/hr and funded / publisher backed projects $460 day rate. I plan on gradually increasing prices after building up a portfolio. My current cost of living is fairly low (rural Midwest US). For reference local jobs pay $14-$16/hr average.

This is the best class on Blueprints.

Establishing your scope as a baseline is super important, but also revisiting that scope as your production progresses. Developmenmt is messy and things RARELY go to plan. Things take longer than initially projected, mechanics do not work out as planned, encounters are far less fun in practice than they seemed on paper, a team member dreams up an amazing, yet unplanned feature. All of these will affect your scope. At that point you need to ask do you extend your schedule or do you cut features. Depending on the team and the budget either or both may happen multiple times during a project. You may for example extend a schedule for a feature that is not working but at some point later in development have to cut it because...it's still not working.

I tried to buy some pixel art on Fiverr recently. Long story short I was handed some really crappy AI generated art for one. Secondly, EVERY SINGLE PIXEL ARTIST listed that they would do a character for 12-16 dollars. Just the quick single sprite. NOT A SINGLE ONE would actually do that and the cheapest one I got was 32 or 34 dollars in the end. I was wondering waht the quality of the art would be at the 10-16 range.Turns out its just lies. I guess they all have to lie to compete but theyre just competing for a fake number that no one really offers.

I from Indonesia, Southeast Asia, in animation industries senior level salary is $550 - $1300 a month (cost of living is $350) Yes, we can deliver great quality of model/rigging/animation/render Your number just too high for my brain

Thanks for this it will really help a lot of artists! Do you also have ideas for props or environment artists even in lower position?

great resource, pricing is never easy

22:53 oww, i just realize and know the reasons why my employer asked me my desires, goals, and dreams. that why there are people work with their dream company with low salaries.

This fundamentals series is helping a lot with my confidence. Very much appreciated. Do you recommend completing this entire 20-video fundamentals series before attempting your further tutorial located here? ua-cam.com/video/Wg7BGVOOk5c/v-deo.html

I'll make you a better one for 10k

Am I having an issue or does the translucent blending mode basically mean no shadows? I thought it was just me, but the blocks with the material in yours aren't casting or receiving shadows. (Although the test cube does). Little searching indicates translucent can cast colored shadows, but i didn't see anything about receiving. I'm coming from unity and I have a few ideas on this (questionable), but any recommendations? I'd hate to have a level filled with non shaded static geometry.

"I know kung fu" is an S-tier reference

Thank you, for sharing your insights, this was an awesome discussion! I watched the full video and I'm very much looking forward to continuing this series. I would be super interested in seeing the technical side of how to collaborate with an independent contractor (or a dummy setup on how to do so). Maybe a fictional scenario where we picked an IC and discuss best practices of how to share files, how to share a project for collaboration, how to firewall it properly, migrate work back in, or other considerations you think are helpful. Maybe toward the end of the series if time permits and if it seems an interesting enough topic to cover. BTW - this format is great I can listen in while multitasking. Thanks again!

Yes, so many character models are so insanely well made its just obvious to me.

AI tools are getting better every day. Soon things will be able to be created faster and 99% cheaper. I've already seen interesting tools that turn an image into a 3D model. Of course the tools aren't perfect now but they will be soon. Any thoughts on this or are you going to ignore it for as long as possible? I'm looking forward to a future in which the limiting factor is your creativity.

Price has to be based relative to your competitors' skill level; then you can hit the top end with a proven track record.

Don't forget a lot of companies have "Non-Compete Clauses", and those employees at those large companies wouldn't even be able to take on that extra work without risking legal threats from their current employer... At least that's how it is with the company I work for. That's actually why I'm learning c++ for Unreal outside of my current job to market on the side.

Nice. Physics Control for balancing active ragdoll next please!

I just subscribe I thought I had added to my list.

I really enjoy your videos Kevin! You're really great at explaining things logically, which makes the learning experience smooth as butter. Thank you for the video!

I got into Unreal around a week ago and you have helped immensely with your "From the Ground Up" approach. Thank you!

Thank you so much

Well I used to do all these kinds of stuff in photoshop yet it's way better to do it all in unreal. Thanks a million.

Towards the back end of the video you called the static meshes at the latter half of the sequence but they showed up automatically when you clicked play. Was the add world offset changing the size? Were the meshes already in the scene and that node increased their size? Thanks for the video!

i am planning to do animation with maximo, text to speech for story voice with elevenlabs, sound would be create by ai too. My work is only create a simple character mesh and enviroment ( Nanite on ue 5) and a bit of programming with blueprint and with your advice i would like to start with a small simple project in the future and ship it to steam just for fun. I ´m deeply appreciative for all the videos that you created for us.

I'm really thankful for the whole explanation, there are not enough words to reward your effort

I see why Riot hired this guy.

This is by far with no other channel even close, to have the best explanation. Not only is clear, but goes in depth in terms io logic and understanding contrasting with other channel like "you wanna have animations? not a problem: do 1..2...3. done" Which also has its merits and uses, but for the most part I do prefer this in depth explanation. Love it. Subscribed

he seems so sad/disappointed :(