My name is Allan McKay. As a creative, my ultimate goal is to eliminate the "starving artist" mentality that so many of us have. To not use the "struggle" as an excuse, and instead embrace that we are running a business. We are in this for the win! We have to give it everything we've got to make it in this world -- and in our careers.
I've been working in Hollywood in Visual Effects for over 20 years and I've had many successes. But my biggest success is watching the growth the students in my mentorship and in my courses have; the people that email me saying they've landed their dream job or negotiated the pay they deserve. Or, they've negotiated to work from home, launched a business -- all of the amazing things they do. All the amazing things YOU DO!
I'm eager to build a RU-vid Channel to share the content previously only available to those in my students and inner circle. I always say: You gotta be in it to win it!
Do you think this is still the case with the current state of the industry? I’m a beginner who is interested in this field, but it seems like everyone on the VFX subReddit is warning newbies to stay far far away from VFX work.
Any idea if Romero's book is coming really globally? I want to buy it but I'm from a Spanish speaking country. I guess I can get it in my Kindle but I wanted the physical stuff. I don't care if it's in English.
@@AllanMcKay that would be so cool. I don't mind reading in English, but considering how important this book and Romero itself is to the world of gaming I'm sure translations should be coming out in the future. It sucks that sometimes this happens with these kinds of works.
I don't understand how this movie STILL looks lightyears more realistic than any other movie with weather effects. Same with the first two Jurassic Parks, they look better than the new ones.
I am Australian, and this guy sounds strangely like he is Australian, but then at sudden points his accent turns American. It's like two accents going back and forth. BTW your work in Max is amazing.
@@ziongite thanks! Yeah I am Aussie but lived in USA 20+ years, and I try to hide my accent here since half the words I say they don’t understand, and the rest of the time I get asked if we have pet kangaroos and electricity in Australia… So I just try to fit in to avoid having to talk about Australia to strangers all day long ha ha..
I just started watching some Unreal tutorials. As a VFX Editor I'm always looking for new tools to help with my temp comps and get ideas/looks going in the right direction.
As much as John Romero's reputation has been distorted trough the years, i still respect him as a game designer and programmer alongside Carmack, we should give both the respect that they need
@@buriedbones-nh9xr he does talk about that in the book that it was more perceived that he was the big ego from id because he would do all these interviews, the long hair etc. whether that’s true or he just outgrew all that, who knows. But yeah his and Carmack’s contributions were huge, modding Doom and Quake was how I got my first job in the game industry, I was always inspired by those guys all those years ago. I’d love to get John back on for another, his waiting for the right time when there’s perhaps a few new directions we could take the conversation
Already a bit more than half way through and not really impressed. As resume so far, make the math on your artist cost, multiply by two, pass that amount as the bid to be safe. I wonder what comes on the next 20 minutes, maybe how much you can negotiate down in case client doesn't like those numbers? ;) Let's see!
Hello, does anyone here have a job as a VFX artist or game developer? Did you guys finish college with a fine art degree, multimedia art degree, or program that is connected to your job field? (VFX artist/game developer) I'm in college now, but I chose the entrepreneurship course because this is what is available at the university. My questions are: Does the company in that field really rely on what degree you have? Can I become a VFX artist or game developer even though I have different finished programs? ( Entrepreneurship)
There was no CRT screen replacement. The laptop was a mockup but the screen was a real Silicon Graphics Presenter in a laptop-shaped chassis with an off-screen Indy to drive it.
teaching is incredibly rewarding, in my experience, it made me learn and re learn things, make many friends with my students, and there's also something therapeutic about having a good class
Hey thanks for the great tutorial. I know this is 5 years later or whatever but do you have the free vfx course somewhere? When I go to the link provided im running into a "click funnels" banner that prevents me from looking at your site. its there, but cant do anything except click "learn more" which brings you out to click funnels website.
I really like Mr. Ball, he seems so down-to-earth, forthright and friendly. I'm a big fan of his work on TMR, too. They're really, really good films and, actually, quite deep.
The only thing that matters is who is the most skilled/talented/resourceful/knowledgeable/hardworking/experienced/etc. In other words: MERIT. Everything else is just people pretending for the sake of 'THE MESSAGE'. This is cult behaviour and mentality, and it is disastrous for the future success of the western world. People keep going on about why we have to force 'diversity' into everything, but they can never tell you WHY?
I never noticed the limitations these movies worked with that are only apparent frame by frame with a very critical eye. So much wizardry and foundational stuff to make something we take for granted now. It still holds up.
How is that the same person from the behind the scenes Matrix documentaries? He looks so different. Wow. This is maybe going to sound a bit mean, and I swear I don’t intend it that way, but I thought due to the feminine name and his disposition at the time that Kim, circa 1999-2003 was a more masculinish female. In the BTS Matrix stuff He had a super high voice with a more cherub like appearance. Then I read the Cinefex article on the Matrix movies & was like no, no Kim is a guy. And now here he is, 20+ years later and his hair is like waaaaaaay different, his voice waaay deeper, some good ol stubble. I couldn’t believe it was the same person. Time is a crazy thing
Hello everyone, I want to start learning VFX using, Unreal / Houdini could anyone recommend me the MUST KNOW tutorials that I should take to start with? I'm a little lost on where to start
Awesome video!!! Starting uni this year and I’m interested in this career option - do you think I can become a TD with a comp sci degree if I work on vfx and animation on the side?
id games got less fun as they bled the rest of the team, I think 90% is an overstatement. I think Romero's game design deserves a lot of credit for early id games' success.
@@Luckyj714 I don’t think so I think this is from our second interview we did (I’m a bit out of the loop with the short videos, I don’t manage them (but I’m editing the next podcast right hire which will be out in a few hours!)
I had been a generalist the whole my career, starting from year 1999. I started from 3ds Max version 1.0 and I am still a 3ds Max 2024 user. 🙂I just add additional tools to my workflow from time to time but the main software is 3ds Max.
Great discussion. The next wave of storytellers will be a lot more used to the tools, and take advantage of the tools, but it does come back to working with a great team, and passionate people. While the tools and tech are amazing, it is the people, their connection and skill that is the heart of storytelling. Awesome. Thanks Allan and Kim
Man I agree. The thing that really bothers us is the emotional pain we take. some people are hard as rocks but the majority isn't and whenever they get discomfort they cry, yell or quit in rage. Pretty sure if you take away the emotional pain from a person they would be crazy enough try again and again to until they succeed.
It happened the same to me. When I was in my 20's, I just looked at my belly button. It was all about me, my professional development and my ambitions. Once I reached my 30's and beyond, suddenly the most important thing was my nephew, watch him grow and having memories together. My partner, my friends, my family... It's cold out there. It suddenly becomes so hard to be sorounded by people who actually don't know me and that naturally don't care about me. Every day. On a city or country where I don't know anyone. And to think that the studios ask that from me: just move from one place to another. I can't do that anymore. So remote work becomes the only reason why I'm still working on this industry. Everyone is different though.
Cheers! Yeah moved up few years back love it up here, but looks like I’ll likely be moving back down later this year. Which I’m happy and sad about haha. Where are you located?
in my case, my professor in 3D animation course not only gave advice outside classes, he also recommended me for my first gig as an animator, that opened up my career in a good footing
As someone who has been a fan of Wes Ball for a long time but is only just seeing this after dropping out of film school due to a disability and financial problems, this is INCREDIBLY inspiring. I've been struggling with wondering if I'll ever be able to go into film or make my own films, but hearing from my favorite director that its OKAY to fail just like... turns my doomsday perspective on its head. Thank you for posting this.
I made a video you can search for it but it’s called 20 years of failure or something like that. Might be worth checking out. I was excited to give this talk because we all think everyone else had it easy and that first job was easy. But there’s constant failure and rejection until there isn’t. Just we never get to see that from other people so we think it’s just us that is going through it. It’s definitely ok to fail, it’s part of the process. But sticking with it is everything. Thank you for sharing, actually planning to reach out to Wes about doing another episode now apes is out!
i don't know, but getting a job nowadays its like winning a lottery either you get it or you don't ... its not about how good you are but its all about the company choices
It was renderman and Brazil (3dsmax) (ILM and orphanage) the Mach 1 suit was mental ray Ben Snow, who I had on the podcast headed up all of the metal research with renderman for the first film
