From ZBrush to Entrepreneur: The Art of Marco Plouffe

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[@caseyforster4613]

I feel this guy, 8-16 hours a day creating on this end, it is great to take a day or two off for sure, it really isn't healthy, but when you are passionate about what you do, you can easily overlook some important things in life. Thank you very much for the video, really cool to know that there are other people out there who pour their life into this stuff as well.

[@andygomez3dart]

Totally get that, it's hard to measure how much time you should also take off to live just life and not being doing or think about art.

[@floatingtigerscarriff6664]

Man! Even the best artist's out there like Marco still feel somewhat unsatisfied with their works and also feel depression really say something. Him giving advice based on his experience of how get through them is just admirable. THANKS!

[@andygomez3dart]

Really useful insights from this interview. Really nice to see how Honest Marco Plouffe is talking about all the feelings an artist goes through when it comes to value the quality of your own work. It really gives you good vibes that with time and effort you will get better.

[@mahmoudhady5847]

it's always the best to hear marco talking, such an amazing interview with much cool content and great answers to a really good questions!

[@eSveeBee1]

Loved this interview! Just discovered your channel and loving it

[@tzartrex]

hell yea Marco's work is so sick, nice to listen to this in the background at work. Great stuff as always J

[@artofjhill]

Yea he’s dope, thanks man!

[@yulia_belyaeva]

Marco Plouffe is the best!!!

[@prymexxxx]

Glad he mentioned alex senechal. Hes an absolute beast and I took his class on visual design. Learned a lot

[@francisogun4930]

Thanks, had to replay the video multiple times cos I couldn't hear the name properly 😅! Going to check out his work now

[@grayfox8904]

I came across Marco' s designs some time ago. Really a great artist! Keep up the good content Mr. J!

[@artofjhill]

He's dope. Thanks, will do!

[@CONTORART]

I was just thinking how I need some inspiring background audio while I do my sculpting, then ecstatic to see this pop up in my subs feed! Huge fan of and have learnt tons from both of you!

[@M_k-zi3tn]

What r you working on?

[@hovorov251]

Marco is dope ! Thankss for such video !

[@Mind-Splitter]

His struggles are so relatable to any artists of any craft. Really connected with what he said as a music producer

[@fipzee]

Great interview. You ask good questions and are a great listener!

[@hdpixel4162]

I love these detailed models

[@artofjhill]

same

[@clay-sculpting]

Thank you for the honest interview! It's interesting to get experience from a professional artist...especially when it comes to the whole issue of burn-out, struggle etc.

[@MAJmufin]

Man, I love Marco's art. I once had the chance to go to one of his workshops but it was the start of 2020 and the lockdowns became official about a week before it :(. o well, maybe in the future. (this was through work)

[@rohanr1925]

Fantastic interview, thank you so much to you and Marco!

[@artofjhill]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Iam-gk9jw]

thanks for your interviews J Hill, very interesting and informative! :)

[@artofjhill]

Glad you like them!

[@Swich_OFF]

Great talk! Thx J and Marco!

[@artofjhill]

[@mikeavramis]

I really enjoyed this, can't wait for more videos like this. :D

[@artofjhill]

Glad you liked it! More to come…

[@estikenal3078]

Finally!!!! I'm so happy that you've made a video about him. Man! I've admired this guy's work for a while now. Really felt like he deserved more recognition. Really awesome moment🔥🔥🔥

[@FrankMontano]

I've been running my studio for 3 years and I know how to fight myself very well. It's nice to hear I'm not alone.😅 As creatives we have so much time to ponder on past, present and future. Sometimes it feels insane and a blessing at the same time. Great episode!!! 🍻

[@artofjhill]

Wow congrats and good luck. Glad you enjoyed it

[@mariolopez-oi2td]

Great episode. His commercial and artistic achievents are so impressive. The statues are extremely good and seeing them painted is brilliant. Such a cool way to have your art in the world.

[@artofjhill]

1000%

[@macdrawz]

always a good day when jhill posts

[@outdoorlighting1]

interesting and intelligent conversation. thanks!

[@M_k-zi3tn]

I love Marco's youtube channel. Its very informative

[@artofjhill]

💯

[@davidcaro]

I really enjoyed that episode! It would be fantastic to have more hard-surface artists showcased in the future. Speaking of which, Marco was absolutely amazing! He's definitely the goat.

[@artofjhill]

Thanks he is great. Working on inviting more artists

[@benjieteyen7303]

Broo🔥...this arts another level

[@artofjhill]

💯

[@tokimatsu]

Marco is a Legend! Very cool artist, very cool person! 🤝

[@MK_2023.]

Marco is such a nice dude. His streams on Twitch are worth checking out. He really takes the time to talk to everyone while working.

[@animarch3D]

yooo legend with the YMH shirt on too! Sick Chat J

[@ISakul3g4nd97]

yesssssssss my 2 favorite artist in one video :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

[@dadoffour]

Iv been a user since 4r4 onwards and been in awe of his work since

[@JoshFryer]

I could listen to you two talk a LOT more! Marco's work is STUPID good too! (I forgot he did that Samus! (Swedish Chef's kiss.) Thanks, gents!

[@artofjhill]

Thank you! I could keep talking to him too. He’s dope

[@destructiveeyeofdemi]

Thanks bro, gr8 channel. X

[@artofjhill]

Thank you

[@gabrielguerra3d]

Amazing Interview J HILL. Try to bring Raf Grassetti and Glauco Longhi some day too.

[@artofjhill]

Glad you liked it. Will do

[@ritchoria1733]

ALL WORKING THANK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH BRO LOVE YOU PROFESSIONAL UNLIMITED ALL WORKING WELLL

[@ibrahimuysal4813]

👑

[@EsWarNotwehr]

I really enjoyed the video! You had good questions for the Interview. One thing: Please give the artists Channel Info to us in the audience - a link to his streams for example. Thanks for all the effort you put into this!

[@artofjhill]

Glad you liked it. His channel is the first link in the description. I can add it on screen too next time

[@ChaosCTRL_187]

Marco is keeping it high and tight. Great talk guys.

[@marcogifuni999]

I got a DUI BABYYYYYYYYY! ;)

[@ChaosCTRL_187]

Funny thing, my best friend from high school dated a girl that ended up "dating" Tony Johns while she was an "exotic dancer". He would show up in her snap chat stories in 2012. It absolutely blew my mind when he was on YMH. Anyways, loved the interview. Really appreciate you talking about mental aspects of thing and how it's okay to take breaks. Thanks for the inspiration! @@marcogifuni999

[@supriyo3610]

very nice

[@HauntedTS13]

This has made me so interested in doing more hard surface much type stuff, however this seems so overwhelming. Where do you even start lol

[@The9PointStar]

Love this interview! this one was a nice human chat between two great artist, thank you

[@cncwoodcrafofficial]

Good desing

[@edrevvvv]

Marco is the one

[@_aiborie]

Thank you for the series of interviews! Some feedback on the audio, it sounds soft and low? Could be improved, probably crank it a bit in the editing.

[@artofjhill]

Glad you like it thanks for the feedback

[@_aiborie]

​@@artofjhill Thank you for receiving it well. Your audio is already good, the audio was just noticeably low for this vid

[@endizero]

when ? where ? did i miss something ? are those amazing model has been in cinematic movie somewhere that i never see?

[@theodorsechesan593]

Never heard "like" so many times in a phrase, but very cool info.

[@memnok9980]

Wooo!!

[@artofjhill]

[@naghihamidiart2029]

Marco is legend

[@artofjhill]

agreed

[@migeruclips]

Name of the font on the thumbnail? looks sick

[@fred2303able]

Hiii Marcooo!!!!!

[@knowledgeis1983]

I need to power up!

[@artofjhill]

[@yugi9710]

The plouffe himself ❤

[@maxleveladventures]

I've never heard of "IMM(?)." Contextually, it seems to be another way to say kitbash, but what does it stand for? Fascinating conversation. As the host said, it is very helpful to hear someone this talented talk about having imposter syndrome. I was just offered a dream job as a 3D artist with great pay and benefits. I haven't even started, but I already worry they'll quickly discover I'm actually not good. It doesn't help that I'm moving 2,200 miles away for the job... 😅

[@artofjhill]

Congrats on the new job! IMM stands for “insert multi mesh” and it’s a Zbrush thing. It allows you to have a brush with whatever models you want in it to place however you want to do kit bashing

[@maxleveladventures]

@@artofjhill ah! Okay, thanks. I’ve yet to use Zbrush, but looking forward to learning it now that I’ll be able to afford it. 🥳

[@joelsukkau7470]

Love these pixel peeping eps

[@artofjhill]

Awesome, glad you like em

[@jo30neanimater70]

guys please how can i draw on my models in z brush for just guide for example like in blender annotation please help

[@CjArt78]

I know this mans pain. I'm a small unknown artist constantly trying to improve, constantly creating but seems to always go unnoticed. I have fell into the depression, what's the point hole many times.

[@Rahulyadav-dg7lq]

Hey, please make a vedio of painting in zbrush to rendering with realistic skin

[@MTGI27]

Cool ass video !

[@artofjhill]

Glad you like it!

[@Blood_Rapture]

when Marco Plouffe recommends a design tutorial, you buy it... yes you do

[@artofjhill]

💯

[@esponru5602]

Man you should get Bulgarov here

[@artofjhill]

Would love to

[@santiagopassetti]

a Boss interviewing the Final Boss

[@artofjhill]

⚔️

[@alfredo9770]

Thank you for sharing this inspiring interview with this great artist!

[@artofjhill]

Glad you enjoyed it!

Delta = stage?

[@pwd9217]

thanks for the psychological help, guys. this is always by the way)

[@Texelion3Dprints]

How the hell does he get anything "clean" with Zremesher ? When I use it, it makes the absolute worst topology of all times even on simple shapes... Anyway, the part about burnout is exaclty how I feel most of the time. It's weird how our mood affects how we see things.🙃

[@ZephrusPrime]

I still get spirals no matter what I do.

[@M_k-zi3tn]

Try using it together with Zremesher guides it helps a lot. Also if you're making something that's not gonna be animated, perfect topology doesn't really matter

[@tzartrex]

Armoured Colony has a great tutorial on this for Hard Surface stuff (not sure if this link will work lol) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6bOZZyapbOKntE and Jared Chavez has a breakdown of his work flow with ZRemesh on his channel too :)

[@mariolopez-oi2td]

Polygroups are key.

[@Texelion3Dprints]

@@mariolopez-oi2td Yeah I use that, with "polish by feature" to have clean angles, but still, most of the time the result is not good enough, if you're going to make specific details at specific places there might not be the right topology, and the edge loops don't allow for clean bevels.

[@daxmiller2670]

90 gb of ram ayooooo

[@artofjhill]

[@Rorythelaptopkid]

u look like Matthew McConaughey.

[@artofjhill]

I’ll take it

[@ZephrusPrime]

Marco is super awesome!! I just need a better computer so I can get to that 350Mil poly count like him...

[@LordLuigi_Rigs]