Is VFX Still Worth It?

No

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)

It's not worth it. The film industry has nothing but contempt for vfx

Hey, what softwares do you use to edit your videos

VFX isn't going away and it's worth it if you're actually really good at it. The actual problem is that if you're new you need work really hard to meet the right people. I get all my work from people who have already worked with me and I was able to leave a good impression with them. I don't interview with strangers. I don't deal with recruiters on LinkedIn. You have to get to this position of credibility to survive. It's hard, but if you have the appropriate skills you can do it. You need to guard your reputation as if it's the most important thing in the universe.

One huge tip I can give newcomers is that productions have a lot of moving parts, and just because you hear about one or actually get an offer to work on one, doesn't mean you won't be waiting up to 6 months for it to actually start. It always takes forever for a new production to start. So your options are limited to waiting for something to start or dealing with the chaos of getting up to speed on a production that has already begun. The latter is typically horrible for a few weeks. Especially if you know a better way for doing certain things and have to dismantle a production pipeline to get it right. Don't shy away from doing that though. That is what builds the reputation that is required to do well.

Vfx artists, it's time to do your own art!

I think so. What's the long term career path. is the business model sustainable ?

A few of my coworkers are from a well known LA CGI school and everyone single brought up all they heard was how is “demand and high paying” vfx is but not one time mention how work is now stable, you’ll be moving a lot and tons of work is being outsourced. One thing is guaranteed they’ll all have loans over 6 figures.

What the fu*k is the opening? Blender? Really?

I see you were on that certain reddit thread lol... On a more positive note, IATSE just ratified, so let's see if the dam breaks just a little. I really hope so, as there are lots of good people who've been hurting. VFX is a broken industry though, and has been from the start. Fixed bids, subsidy chasing, etc... In 26 years in this industry, I'd never seen it like this, though this feels like "bottom." Let's hope.

Vfx and 3d is the future now they are becoming more active but you must be professional

And im graduating from an animation degree this year😭, time to grind I geuss

One threat so for the future, is the downfall of the movie industry do to really a lake of quality in scripts and acting. To many high quality movies, thar are rubbish

VFX is actually still good paid, however not 3d, but Nuke Specialists still make good money. But you need at least 5 year exp. in the industry. The rest is going down, step by step. Reason are to many for to little jobs, bad payment and a huge competition thru cheap countries. For example, an Indian studio takes less the 10% for same job. That still leaves room for very good artists, but even they are more and more under pressure.

This is exactly the same with Junior Developers. Like if you do not have 3 pages of Git repros all done by you, work outside work on developing and started 2 companies you then sold for 1million, then companies wont hire you. Because seniors no longer teach or guide. Like crafts used to be. Master and apprentice but no longer. Companies want ready senior level workers.

Amazing Digital Circus is good

The strikes affected things but the industry is picking back up. There's a huge difference between being a hobbist in unreal and blender and working in a pipeline on a film using Houdini, maya etc with a deadline and a budget. AI isnt ready for a feature film pipeline for many years yet. 3D software is implementing in into software so start using the new tools.
My company STAGE23 is currently hiring... We're developing our own IP and are expected to be creating our own feature film by the end of next year.
The future lies in smaller studios producing high-quality films that every staff member is passionate about because they have ownership in the project.

Woke nepo writers and greed, all these new shows have pretty damn good vfx but the script is so bad

What about 3D Artists? 😂

I was in the industry and lost my job 10 months ago. I tried everything to see if something would work out. Somehow, I managed to match my salary in 5 months by selling AI images on Etsy, haha, who would have guessed? I will never go back to VFX

This speaks to me a lot, I‘ve just been made redundant as a Senior FX Artist and it feels like right after graduating again..

So, because of shitty scriptwritters and pretentious actors VFX people is now paying for the broken dishes. Thats so sad. i really like vfx and ive seen it happening...

at least 5 people that I've met personally, left the vfx industry and many others are thinking to do the same. this career is just a bad choice under every aspect

That Leroy Jenkins reference was a deep cut. Great video as always! So glad these videos exist for the up and coming generation of artists.

Another carefully crafted video 👌

poppa was a rolling stone .. that is my career theme song .. really good video man

I love film and visual effects but I'm so worried because I want a career in visual effects but I keep reading about big problems with the industry.