Needed This !

Rotation order gimbal lock pls explain

I found this channel very recently, could not have subscribed at a better time 😁

Aha! This video is what helped me finish my first animation.

Start your own studio, getting layoff is a blessing sometimes. I think the game industry needs smaller studio creating new IP, instead of remaking old games. Take smaller risk by working on smaller scale project.

You've had some really cool breadth to the projects you have worked on!

nice character design .... no wonder you got laid off .

I got laid off too after 8 years of working for a gaming company. Reason, CEO had a drug sex party orgy that bankrupted the company.

You are very skilled. I am a 3d artist also. Not as good as you. Thanks for the motivation. I also go through these painful days where I feel drained. I have a 9-5 as a videographer but I push to do my 3d work in my free time. Glad you see people you keeping up the Designer Spirit.

you deserve so many more subscribers than you have

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm sorry to hear you went through that. I'm not professionally in games but software and had 2 redundancies happen within a year so I know it's tough. I wish you well in your new job!

Wow! This is quite helpful. Thanks. I hope you do more lessons specifically on the monster graph editor

Got laid off from ABK too man, glad to hear things worked out so soon for you. 🙏

You've got a very professional attitude, and obviously high skill in your craft. You will likely continue to have infinite job opportunities. Keep it up dude!

I did 10+ years with EA and DISNEY. After my experience with the entire studio i was working at being shut down in a "strategic business decision", I decided not to go back into the industry. Glad I was gone before this whole DEI infestation really hit hard. I still work on games on my own, hoping to get something to release on a small/tiny scale later this year. I'm finding it really fun and enjoyable again! And I do it for love of the process, not for the money!

Glad to see things worked out and you're back to making content Mark. Fighting!

How much did you see with AI being used or what was being implemented with AI and the production pipeline?

It’s wild when you say minimum of 3-4 years and Obsidian only got given 18 months for FNV because Bethesda set them up to fail

Always nice to hear insight from professionals in the industry and as much positivity as one can give! Great video man, thanks for sharing!

As someone who has been studying animation for 2 years and getting toward that edge of starting to apply for jobs, hearing you talk about this was very helpful. Thank you!

Appreciate you sharing all this Mark! It was interesting to hear. I've been through a layoff myself not long ago, and luckily landed on my feet again as well after few months. Feels like getting another chance in life really!

I ran into a similar issue with my YT channel. I've been going job to job, contract to contract in gaming for awhile now and the instability of not knowing that you're going to have a job 5 years from now makes it hard to get back to YT videos when the back of your head keeps telling you to add more to your portfolio, and constantly prepare for that next job hunt.

its scary to see these lay offs, seems to only be hitting the huge companies. i work for a smaller studio and things are going pretty well ( knock on wood). Nothing is set in stone though, ever. Unique Skill sets and overall raw talent (wearing many hats) are very attractive to smaller company leads.

Im gonna say it............the day these billion dollar studios stop making games for the "modern audience" that day we'll see these layoffs stop

thank you for sharing how it is out there in the wild space of gaming animation. Hope you'll enjoy your journey at the new place!

So informative ❤

Seriously what with blender user not hide fully model and just animate with body part parent to rig for better frame

Tldr - do film?

I got laid off from 3d realms in March. Remains to be seen if I survived it lmao

I'm glad you bounced back from the Layouts! I too was laid off in January this year from ABK. Prior to that I was also working on EXODUS! Such a great project. I can't wait for it to come out so I can finally show all the concept art i did for it!

So the video has nothing to do with how and why the layoff happened or the industry in general, it’s been barely mentioned in the middle of it, cool.

Does game companies or film and animation companies use blender?

I don't know why, what you're saying is so easy to follow - but what you're doing isn't.

Please keep rambling Mark this was very helpful

Thank you for sharing! I am glad and happy you have found a new job fast! Coming from VFX film Animation, doing it for 2 decades, unlike what you have described as weekly interviews... For me, since End of January after being laid off as well, I did not have as many interviews at all. I did get plenty of rejection emails on a Sunday night! I am talking about night night. As in 10pm night emails rejection. There might be workaholic recruiters. But, Sunday night eagerness and love of the traits? not sure... First time in me career that I get that number of rejections, ever! The self worth doubt, of course, is the first thing that starts creeping in, the confidence and what's next? As both VR gaming YT creator and also an UE5 YT channel creator, I am also suffering and can't bring myself to release content at this time. Especially tutorials for the UE tutorials. As life is a pendulum, I hope the dip is at it's prime and we are on the way up of the pendulum. Again, thank you for this.

Not bad. I am a beginner. Although walking may seem simple, it's actually quite difficult.

As long as major western devs and publishers focuses on pushing DEI & LGBTQ+ driven narrative in games it will continue to be big financial loss for them. The lay-offs is just the collateral damage. I hope creators like you start to push back against the higher up decision on this issue.

Sucks that happened man, but thanks for sharing. I've come to see it is just the ugly nature of the business. I killed myself on a high profile show for two years that was cancelled so I know that pain. I powered through many late nights because I convinced myself it was going to be a huge career boost, etc, 'sacrifice it all for the project'. Now I tread a lot more carefully with my 'passion'.

This should be reframed as "were taking too long to make games and how we can get faster"

talent earns money. activism earns nothing.

Been in the games industry for 11 years now, the layoffs we are seeing are absolutely horrifying

How does someone so skilled get laid off

Thanks man, really helpful to hear about others going through (or have gone through) the same struggles I am. Funnily enough I found new motivation in cycling as well! It really brought me back to life. I'm curious your thoughts on freelance. I would love to be back in a studio but freelance seems to be the only option right now. Is that ever something you considered during your down time?

thanks for sharing your story. I worked on a couple of things that never saw the light of day and i know the feeling ( was layoff years ago also) . You just have to keep going forward, if you love what you things will work out in time

Do you happen to mentor?

Nice job on the video. Great subject, glad you're doing better. Any habits you recommend for keeping the mood up? In addition to the exercise....

Great hearing the update. You've had an amazing career and no doubt it always only gets better :) I wonder if you think your location may have contributed to your candidacy for layoffs or not. In general, I am interested on hearing how people in the animation industries are finding remote/on-location pros/cons with studios in the post-covid world. Great content as always!

Hey Mark, thanks for your insight on this. It definitely helps in keeping up the motivation for those who are dealing with it right now. Keep doing the great work and educating the community with your experiences.

Hello mark :) Your videos has always inspired and motivate me to chase being an animator. To be honest , I am surprised that very skilled animators can be layoff ... which is very heartbreaking. I believe that after bad times there will be good times as well, so I am crossing fingers for you and everyone else that has been afflicted by the layoffs. Thank you for sharing your opinion!

Thanks for sharing Mark! Many of us are struggling and it's great to keep it up! Doing something different on the side like you do with cycling is so important to keep a good mental health. At the end it's a passion and "just a job", keep the passion, the job will come back.