6 Mistakes Most 3D Artists Make And It Sucks

[@pineapplepizzasandwich1974]

I'm learning 3D as a hobby, but with a very different approach. If I get an idea for a scene or animation I like, I just start looking up the things I need to learn to make it happen. Which I get is way less effective than just cranking out piece after piece to slowly get better systematically, and I often lose myself for hours getting one particular detail nice, like a skin shader for my baby demogorgon, but the big help for me is that it keeps me motivated way more than working on things I don't exactly care about. Last week I made a plushie and during the final step used a great tutorial on geo-nodes to add some fuzz. I still know barely a thing about geo-nodes as a whole but I now have a node setup that I can reuse and slowly wrap my head around as I do more fabrics. :)

[@yubos98]

I'm new and I'm aspiring to become an employed junior 3D artist in a year or two, still have a long way to go, and I did start with simple things but ramped up the difficulty rather sharply. I sometimes wonder if I'm not going with a meta strategy here but I wouldn't want to work on a model that isn't at all interesting to me either. And what keeps you interested - keeps you going, which is the most important thing - persistency. I know for a fact that I don't stick around if I'm not into the whole process and it doesn't inspire me. So I guess to each his own, whatever approach works for an individual to keep them going is worth doing.

[@snailone6358]

You’re making a very good point here. Motivation is very important. My progress is very similar to yours - and it did translate into multiple projects I did for clients. But without choosing little projects that interested me personally I would have never learned anything in 3D. And if you use tutorials to get the info you need for your project and not a 1 to 1 replica of the tutorial you still learn a lot. Nobody remembers all the tutorials. I often search for the same tutorial I used on another project only to find out there is a newer tutorial that has an even better approach.

[@gatofuji7410]

Man, I can see my owes on what you are saying: for me, motivation and having an objective or a vision is the fundamental thing. I learned 3ds max by myself (internet tutorials, basically) almost 20 years back, and i had everything that I wanted to do in my head - since I was making a PC game and knew all the sets that I had to create. Right from the start, and even if they were far from technically perfect, I managed to improve at a fast speed and having done some vary decent 3d sets (that always surprised myself). I went on learning the techniques and ways to doing everything I needed to make what I had to do. And now, just for context: I stopped working on 3d sets quite a few years now, since I had lost the "inspiration". I am trying again, I started (re)learning Blender since May, but not having a goal, or an objective in sight, I have being doing lots of tutorials on modelling, material, lighting, renders and so on, but I didn't finished a complete set, so far. Just objects, parts of scenes, experimenting on lots of things, but ultimately failing. Oh well, I will go on persevering...

[@thomcarr7021]

I have watched hundreds of videos on different ways to get past procrastination. After years of this frustration , I heard one sayings that changed everything DONE IS BETTER THAN PERFECT.. I now have finished more projects using this approach than anything else.

[@Chocofur]

exactly... and there's no better feeling than finishing the project (even the small one) vs looking back at that unfinished thing peeking out at you every time you pass by

[@MelvilleG]

Thanks. Exactly. Quantity translates to quality - it's an organic process. I know a guy(a buddy of mine), who was way ahead of his time and learnt 3ds max very well back in 2000-s - and he's been showcasing his skills on one and the same character he's been improving upon for like 8 yrs. He never finished that character. And he never landed the job he wanted. Learn from his mistake - do more, fail faster and f#ck perfectionism - your works 2 years from now will look perfect to the present you.

[@Chocofur]

I've once heard - if you deliver in volumes, you won't need luck in life. do more but much smaller projects from A to Z, it's so much more beneficial.

[@digi3363]

@@Chocofur Volume negates luck - Alex Hormozi

[@Ahtisham]

I love the value you put out man, you are such a inspiration and great teacher for everyone who is learning and making art.

[@Chocofur]

Thank you so much 😀

[@cgdoctor8241]

I honesty love how this channel is growing cause last time i viewed the interior visualiztion cause and saw that it didn't get the subscribers and enough attention it deserves but i hope it gets all of it soon enough

[@Chocofur]

thank you 🥹

[@notfound2752]

thank you for reminding those important things, doing 3d is really helping me to stop being perfectionist and actually DO THINGS

[@Chocofur]

exactly, do more smaller projects but finish them from A to Z and improve 1 small thing every time. it will get you so much further in no time...

[@3dtoaster668]

here are some of my mistakes in my late 30’s: using paid software and not blender, not investing enough in a performance computer, wanting to get a job and not be my own boss, not having a (display) graphics tablet and the list can go on. kinda fix them, but I feel sooooooo old. on the plus side I just don’t give a crap anymore; nowadays success in art would just turn me into a huge waste of work.

[@2fawn]

Thank you sir! You've shared wisdom that can be used in all forms of art and industry. Blessings!

[@cgboost]

Great advice, thanks Lech!

[@Chocofur]

thank you guys ☺️

[@tamilorejoseph4704]

I’ve learned that mixing 2d elements with 3d really boost the workflow

[@actually_well_]

love your vids! hope you upload again soon

[@phantomapprentice6749]

I'm going to come back to the creativity part of things since this again popped up on my feed : Creativity is born out of the need to solve problems: This can be a story problem (How do we arrest the shapeshifting extraterrestrial) , a design problem ( what kind of senses or mechanism the shapeshifter have and what would they look like) or just the need to solve a cinematic problem and so on. When you steal from someone to me that feels like you don't respect them enough to understand their creative process and why it actually works. This is even more blatant with machine learning that doesn't have the ability to understand problems so its solutions have 0 creativity more often than otherwise, and even when you think "Oh its written something really clever" , chances are its borrowed from somewhere..

[@arseniy9702]

Thanks. This channel is growing with each video. Excellent sense of humor:). In my experience, sometimes it's better to do another project than finish one which you had to be best but definitely not.

[@Chocofur]

thank you man 🤗 also this applies to many things outside the 3D sphere...

[@localfriendlycloud7720]

oh wow that "stealing" explainantion is so good. i need to say that to my friends

[@navidumardaraz7163]

Greatly appreciated for this valuable information.

[@Chocofur]

My pleasure!

[@DrunkenUFOPilot]

Quality vs quantity - reminds me of what Frank Kelly Freas, a popular 20th Century science fiction illustrator, wrote in his book. Master fine art, take the work seriously, be expert at color composition, all that. He writes of a colleague who cranked out the illustrations fast, not so good in pure fine art terms, but good enough for the book or magazine editor. That fast but mediocre illustrator made a decent living. The artists who do exquisitely excellent work also make decent livings. There's a market for every level of quality, speed and style.

[@Banana-eg1dr]

I always dream to be a 3D generalist since I was a kid. I start 3D modeling 3 years ago and after I listen to this video. I think I'm on the right path all along :)

[@ericman2323]

😄Exactly the kind of advice I need to hear. Thanks!

[@Chocofur]

pleasure 🫡

[@LHK-art]

When push the quality to the highest and end up working for VFX sweat shop

[@DerekElliott]

love all the rendered B roll :)

[@Chocofur]

thank you man, you're the best ☺

[@CG_Motions]

Awesome! Thanks for the tips!

[@Chocofur]

Happy to help!

[@TruthSurge]

I don't see any mistakes listed but... Personally, I don't think Picasso is all that great. My belief is that he, like Van Gogh, was really a failed portrait artist who couldn't earn a living doing portraits so they both turned to a more abstract style (i think partly in rebellion against those horrible REALISTS). How many Picasso paintings are actually good? a dozen? so.... 12 / 147,000...... that equals... .008 %. 8 one thousandth of one percent of his paintings are actually good. Like, who can even name 10 of his paintings out of 147,000 works/sketches? I cant name one but I remember the god-awful triangle ones. At least some of them were memorable if not attractive. But these are just my opinions. I like abstract but I just dont see what these art critics see I guess.

[@Ahtisham]

Its been more than a year with slow progress but I am so much more confident in my skills that I can make what I imagine it to be but I wanna learn more and become efficient instead of being perfectionist as you mentioned.

[@nazifaabaid]

Hey... i followed ur visualization course... i have request can u plz make an other tutorial just for CAMERA ADJUSTMENTS for visualization where camera is facing a corner view of kitchen... And i also want to ask.. for practice i cant subscribe to ur courses... i took an image from google and added that as background for just a random kitchen size.. is it ok to do so... as i dont have floorplan for that kitchen...??

[@Al-Dezel12123]

hello chocofur, i want to ask you a question, you had released a free material pack and it was a cc0 licensed materials, i have used this for commerical purpose because cc0 license i can use it for commerical, i have noticed that you removed these materials for some reason, does this mean that i have to not sell these cc0 materials or what because i am confused?

[@Al-Dezel12123]

???

[@anficyon]

There is some coupon for chocofur year membership?

[@R0undbrush]

quantity over quality while striking a balance and staying positive is always the toughest. Its a life long journey

[@dougieladd]

"Visual Effects Sweatshops" - that's so depressing.

[@Chocofur]

I know but.... it's not me who made it that way 😞

[@dougieladd]

@@Chocofur lol I know :)

[@Chocofur]

@@dougieladd but I chose that particular company to be at the screen at this very moment deliberately 😜

[@dougieladd]

@@Chocofur he he he :)

[@cadentan9083]

Had to pause when I saw Piotr Jablonski as one of your highlighted inspirations. I’ve literally done the exact same thing trying to imitate his type lol.

[@carpaithian]

For me, I realised my big mistake was never getting me ADHD seen to. I had all of the skills needed to make money, but I could never commit nor finish any project. Now I'm 34 and only getting my problem fixed, if I could give advice to anyone it would be this. Don't make life any harder than it already is, get checked, you might be surprised.

[@YrocFrick]

Thanks for the advice.

[@Chocofur]

🫶

[@qbert4325]

Good one 👍

[@Chocofur]

thanks :3

[@trapezgaming1523]

Thank You very much sir 🙏

[@Chocofur]

Most welcome sir!

[@trapezgaming1523]

@@ChocofurSir I am a Maya Student And till now I am copying others work and doing great but I want to be on the creative side so what resources u would recommend if I want to work mainly in a gaming environments?

[@jonboka]

What's your opinion on AI on the archviz industry? Do you think it will decrease job opportunities for newcomers?

[@Sadamitsu]

Copying is not stealing!

[@SuperHenso]

5:53 Client's wife?

[@Chocofur]

YES

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

really helpful

[@Chocofur]

Glad to hear that ☺

[@paularnold2124]

Client's wife😂😂

[@AshT8524]

I agree client's wife also give me stress

[@UberJanusz]

subskrybcja zostawiona kolego dzieki za wartosciowe materialy

[@Chocofur]

uszanowanko dziekuje

[@kovacsattila8993]

In summary: just get better.

[@Chocofur]

just

[@kovacsattila8993]

@@Chocofur You not said that in this field there are a few special gifted and talented people whom can make fortune with hard work dedication and spending a lot of time only. So, yeah *just*.

[@FratDede]

Client's Wife.. :D

[@Chocofur]

only now I realize it may have a double meaning 😬

[@rajvardhansinghrathore-p2r]

you look good ❤

[@Seedream475]

But does that rly help new ones?

[@phantomapprentice6749]

So you're saying that you learn like AI?

[@Chocofur]

idk 😬

[@Pufutama]

🧡

[@Peppedrillo]

i was born with talent, so i started making cool 3D right from the start (also I have 15 years experience in art and design, lol)

[@bbrother92]

#1 - using Blender

[@kovacsattila8993]

2:04 "I spend some time figuring out myself" Do you talking about this vaguely intentionally? If this supposed to be a guide then it's better to avoid it, this is more like you annoyed by the people who seek help from others in the internet. At least include a roughly how much time and what circumstances. Wouldn't hurt a specific example. When you talking about things like this, instead of pretending it being actually useful pays of much more.