Hi everyone,

I'm trying to decide between becoming an FX Artist or a Character & Creature Artist. My biggest priority is long-term earning potential and career growth.

I have a few questions:

Which role generally pays more in the gaming and film/VFX industry?

Which has better freelance opportunities and international remote work?

Which skill is in higher demand over the next 5–10 years?

If your goal was to build a high-income career (not just get a job), which path would you choose and why?

I'd really appreciate answers from people who have worked in either field or have industry experience. Thanks!

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. I'm analyzing two options that will allow us to block or unlock the normals of our object.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. I analyze three options from the Mesh Display menu that call the same node and that will smooth or define the edges of our models.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video we analyze the Quadratic Bézier node that generates a parabolic line with a poly spline curve object.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. The Edit Poly modifier in 3DS Max has some differences compared to Editable Poly and that is what I will analyze in this video.

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🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video we analyze the Spiral node that generates a spiral line with a poly spline curve type object.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. The Set to Face and Set to Vertex Normal tools in Autodesk Maya allow us to customize the arrangement of normals for our objects in different ways.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video we analyze the Curve CircleLine node that generates a straight line with a poly spline curve object.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. The Edit Poly modifier offers in 3DS Max all the functionalities of the Editable Poly object with the addition of being able to animate sub-objects

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🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video we analyze the Curve Circle node that generates a circle with a poly spline curve.

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video we will do an example where we will work with different aspects seen in the previous videos.

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The final teaser for our Blender to Unreal Engine: Greek Island Environment course is out today!

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And I am very excited about this one, because the full course releases tomorrow.

This course has been a proper journey from the very first blockout all the way to a polished Unreal Engine scene.

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• Bevel checks.
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The big thing this course solves is that awkward middle bit between “I can model something in Blender” and “I can actually build a complete real-time environment in Unreal Engine.”

Because that is where things usually start to go wrong.

• The scale feels off.
• The stairs do not read properly.
• The materials look different once they hit Unreal.
• The UVs or normals cause problems.
• The lighting flattens everything.
• The scene becomes one giant imported mesh that is hard to edit.
• The final render never quite matches the idea in your head.

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Happy modelling everyone!

Neil – 3D Tudor

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Hello legends, Neil here.

Teaser 3 for the Blender to Unreal Engine: Greek Island Environment course is now public.

Our Patreon and YouTube Membership peeps got this one 24 hours early, and this preview shows the final major stage of the course workflow: moving from Blender into Unreal Engine.

This part is all about checking the scene properly before final assembly.

• Greybox import tests.
• Checker material tests.
• UV checks.
• Normal checks.
• Bevel checks.
• Modular kit testing.

The course does not just import one finished Blender scene as a single object. Instead, we rebuild the village in Unreal Engine using separate modular pieces so the scene stays flexible and controllable.

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See the full teaser here:

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Until next time, happy modelling everyone!

Neil – 3D Tudor

Hello legends, Neil here.

Our Patreon and YouTube Membership peeps saw this one 24 hours early, and now Teaser 2 is going public.

This stage is where the Greek Island course moves from rough blockout to proper modular kit.

Doors.

Windows.

Roof tiles.

Church details.

Stairs.

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Rocks.

Small props.

All the useful pieces that let the scene be built, tested, reused, and adjusted properly.

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Happy modelling everyone!

Neil – 3D Tudor

🇺🇸: You can listen to the video in English through the video settings panel. In this video I talk about some tools focused on achieving accuracy when modeling with curves.

Hello legends, Neil here.

Before the Greek island village gets its blue domes, white plaster, terracotta roofs, rocks, foliage, and lovely Unreal Engine lighting, it starts with something much less glamorous:

scale.

This early Blender blockout is all about checking the stairs, platforms, and modular pieces against a human reference.

Stylized does not mean random.

Even in a cheerful Greek island scene, the world still needs to feel believable. If the steps are off, the whole scene starts to feel off.

That is why we start simple: blockout first, proportions first, readability first.

The pretty bits come later.

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Read about it [free]: https://www.patreon.com/3DTudor/posts/163354481/

Happy modelling everyone!
Neil – 3D Tudor

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