Hi there, here are your timestamps, but before jumping into the questions, i advice you to listen to the whole material, it is extremely informative, if you just "browse" through the video you might miss the most valuable advices as well as some details about the learning resources(books, movies). 1:31 Summary of video. 3:28 Have you always been creative ? 5:12 How old were you when you started on 3D ? 5:53 You started painting with phisical paint or digital painting ? 6:27 What got you into 3D ? 7:50 Where did you grow up ? 10:27 Do you remember the first piece of artwork you were proud of ? 12:20 What did you do after finishing school ? 16:07 Where did they see your portofolio ? 18:40 After starting with 2D, what was that got you intro 3D ? 19:44 What's your workflow for a typical portofolio piece ? 20:43 In the following 12 minutes they are talking about scene lighting, colours and about how he wanted to become a lighter before becoming a concept artist. 33:09 What sort of interests have you found most helpfull in your art ? 38:00 What is your practice schedule ? How often do you practice ? 44:54 What book would you recomend related to anatomy ? 46:29 Can you tell the story of how you found yourself to be working at Riot Games ? 49:07 What did you do early on to get feedback ? 50:00 Do you have a goal you are working for ? 58:48 Is there anything different that you noticed in the mindset between a working professional artist and people who can't find work ? 1:01:03 What's the difference between illustration and concept ? 1:04:12 Do you think is the concept art industry very competitive ? 1:10:26 Talking about automation in concept art. 1:13:35 Have you heard of Artomatix ? In the next 15 minutes they talk about automation, machines in art. 1:28:31 If someone wanted to get a job as a concept artist after a period of one year after finishing school, what would be their training regime ? 1:36:02 How would you recomend artists to get feedback ?
He wanted to be a lighter and light up the cigarettes of creation so people seeing his work could get dizzy in the smokes of another world... but he became a concept artist so that he could MAKE the smoke.
Hey Andrew! Long time viewer, and it's awesome to see the arc of your story and TH-cam channel develop over the years. I bought and used Grass Essentials on a small indie film recently, and hoping to get Skies soon. Keep up these awesome interviews! :) Also, at appx 27:50 Efflam is referring to the 2002 film Hero, NOT the 2006 film. The 2002 starring Jet Li, IS indeed a fantastic example of cinematography and storytelling, and understandably on this list.
My favourite interview so far. Efflam is a really interesting artist to listen. I would have loved to hear how he uses Blender in his day-to-day work at Riot, but I hope you interview him a second time sometime in the future to talk further. Thanks for the great videos to the BG Team!
He's right about machine learning, it's going to change everything. People downplay it, saying it has been around for years, but computer networks were around for years and then suddenly; world wide web. This guy is multidisciplinary, I'm wondering if we all need to become experts in multiple fields, now that it's so easy to self teach.
Yes, nowadays it's harder and harder to stay ignorant. :-) Of course if we talk about humans. And notice the fact that the greatest breakthroughs happen on the edge of the disciplines. So, first we teach our machines to learn, and then we learn from them how to learn. :-) And on this way we need an AI to handle for us all the details, and use our own brains for the highest levels of abstraction only. Then it would be possible a great leap. Now with no working AI our brain is too limited to handle a whole information array of multiple disciplines in depth at once. That's, actually, why we have this knowledge fragmentation, this diverse kinds of science. So the future needs this automation. And the guy is on the right way. If we had at least 50% of such people, the Earth would be a way more pleasant place.
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I am not an artist (yet), but I relate so much with him when he talked that the only thing he needs is to be able to always be learning something. I can lose everything and I wouldn't care, but if I lose my freedom and capabilities to study and learn everyday, I'd rather die.
@@pushqrdx Yes - as a hobby and for my personal games, but yes. I made hundreds of pieces the past 3 years! I've been a software developer for almost 3 decades now, so I'll probably just continue with art as a hobby and for my indie games.
Thank you so much for this interview Andrew. As a full time freelance artist it's easy to get lost in daily routine and feel trapped due to not learning enough. This video is EXACTLY what I needed and I'm eternally greatful. You do a great service for the art community.
Really enjoyed the large variety of topics you two discussed. Especially the part about machine learning and how it's similar to getting better at art. There are so many artists out there with amazing stories and invaluable information. I hope you keep doing interviews like these, so those artists that don't have a platform can share their side of the story!
What Efllam is doing actually is more "meaningful learning" instead of "rote learning" as Andrew said, since rote learning is based basically on repetition, which is what he's doing (repeating the routine of learning the same subject) although he is studying repetitively to achieve a deeper and deeper understanding of the subject, in a level that the subject (anatomy, for example) becomes natural. This process is also totally related by what Efflam said about machine learning, because the difference between the regular machines and the "learning machines" is that the learning machines try different routes to a solution, while the regular one would be repetitively doing the same thing. So Efflam is watching those videos about anatomy, probably getting different kinds of information, not just "this is the muscle A, and this is B, this is muscle A, and this is muscle B" repetitively like memorizing the alphabet. Thanks Andrew for all the interesting interview, I've watched all of them, and they're really amazing! Also congrats for Efflam for showing us his amazing mind, I identified myself a lot with you. P.S.: Sorry for the note, I didn't want to sound like I'm correcting something since it's just a great conversation between two people, but the topic might be interesting for other people to search about!
Automation is just so chilling and scary for people who are not employed in a mental kind of job and have already seen 70 % of their former tasks being done by software now (and seen 80% of their colleagues get fired). Not being afraid is great for people whose job is "having creative ideas". But what about everyone else? I hope we'll come up with meaningful jobs for everyone.
Ohh man... His english improved a lot too! He completely lost his french accent now. This guy is amazing. He never held himself back from exploring and learning any new discipline, process, software, etc. Awesome interview!
A nice quote from this talk. Difference between Concept art and Illustration: "Concept art is not a product, the product is the final game or the movie, Illustration is the product in it's self" - Efflam Mercier
Yeah I know. It's been a total change of content, but it was needed because 2.8 is right around the corner and would make any videos obsolete very quickly. So I'm waiting for that :) I do have several big tutorials planned though!
Appreciate the response. I understand the reasoning behind the current format. Don't get me wrong I do really appreciate the insights that these interviews provide. Stoked for 2.8 & love your channel. Keep up the great work.
There will be a huge flow of tutorials after 2.8 comes out from many channels in October. There are more than enough tutorials on the current version of Blender anyway.
This guy is going places , i think he has a brain of an engineer and an artist. Another great interview andrew thanks for bringing this kind of content along with your blender videos. Very Nice
what i like doing is adding a twist to the third level, level 1 theres a arger and monsters then shes charging and then on the third level is she charging and ahe only has 3 hours to do it!! and then the 4th level is left as an enigima and the audience decided the rest, you encourage them to think!! GENIUS
That whole segment about a "period movie" had me rolling on the floor. But yeah, you should definitely watch Barry Lyndon if you haven't seen it. The movie and soundtrack are phenomenal. Odds are we won't see another movie like that for some time.
Same with "you know, like.........Like like? You know, like..." lots of "like" :D I think this is the thing with the foreigners in the English language in general I assume, since I am foreigner and I can relate to it a bit, and that's what I have noticed just as well in others that the tendency to say that phrase more is within the foreigners. But it can just as well be within the natives, since it simply means you don't know what to say or how to say it, and you constantly relate things to something, or usually have hard time explaining something which results in you saying - "you know what I mean?" which might be a result of having in life people who tended to not understand as well and constantly had to explain things, resulting in an automatic response with a question "you know what I mean?" to make sure if what he says gets through. This reminds me the edited interview of Weird Al Yankovic with Eminem :D the part "you know what I mean?" was edited and made it as if it was real, pretty hilarious :D
Andrew, Thank you. It seems that you have eventually found your real strong point. It's about discovering such a brilliant people and show them to All. And it's much, much better for humanity than another tutorial like "How to bend over back trying to sell some textures from Polygon". ;-)
Hi andrew, you know what i love your tutorials and interviews, watched all of the videos of yours. Fundamentally i have learnt blender from you. I started blender from the manual but left it anf started it learning truly from your tutorials. In my deep heart i think you are my teacher. But i am requesting you to continue to teach and make tutorials. Missing u man really and missing your tutorials. Recently i have seen your tutorials to become just smaller and just giving the viewers with only the key points. But andrew one thing i want to say is that people love you and your tutorials because they find that extra edge in your teachings. The way you explain every point and cover each aspect in your tutorial is unique and we love you for that. Continue to teach like you always used to teach us. Your hopefully and student Gopinath
I think the "Hero" film Efflam might have been referering to was the 2002 one with Jet Li, with fantastic cinematography and lighting. Not the one shown in this video.
The "Hero" movie cover you showed, was not the movie he was talking about at all! AT ALL!! on 27:59 XD He was talking about Zhang Yimou's "Hero" Which story is tied to colors.
This is definitely my favourite interwiev! However, here's a query I have: why only concept artists? Are you planning to interwiev modelers, animators or so? That would be beyond helpful.
Hello sir andrew it's been great to know all this things where in here I'm from India this things doesn't matter coz a lot of in here are going for money instead of ther passion but I go for passion instead of money seen some tough times
1:03:10 very good definition differentiating concept art from illustration art, so many beginner artists see many portfolios with illustrations and think that every production concept art must have that finish to it. PS: great interview!
Not even really related but this interview keeps reminding me of a book I read eons ago called The Tree of Knowledge: The biological roots of human understanding which now I have to reread again.
Great interview!! Is it strange to get depressed from looking at artists who are leagues ahead of me in terms of skill in art? Because that happens to me all the time. I think I just need to back away from other artists and work on fundamentals as well as I can.
Like like like like like lmao... the fun thing is in my native language we have the same kind of word "tipo" or the phrasal version "tipo assim" and I say it a hell lot like a lot a lot, so listening to his like mania made me think about how others may view mine ¬¬ Man he's such a great person, the kind we usually enjoy hanging with
Efflam Mercier, thanks for sharing your knowledge. And what I thought, what if you need more time for learning. ;-) Try to look over the work of Stephen LaBerge PhD on lucid dreams. It gives some extra time to live (to learn). All you need to use this extra time is to build your skills to control your dreams. It's easy, the technique is pretty documented, and even a hardware gizmo was developed. And what you get is the ability to train new skills while sleeping. Even pure muscle memory based skills, like skiing, or ping-pong playing. Yes, the actual muscles are disabled during sleeping, and the control ring is not actually totally closed, but the brain is a great estimator, and it knows our muscles and nerves even better than we think it does. ;-) I like your way of spending time, and it seems you have an idea of its real value, so I just have to point the way to get a bit more of it. And I personally use it, and it works, no metaphysics, no humbugs.
Such an awesome interview! I'm a bit scared about Efflam's thoughts on the keyframe/illustration jobs availability because I'm obviously more interested in those jobs rather than the real concept design field, but I totally get his point. I think I'll create a portfolio developing props and keyframes for a fake movie/game based on an existing IP trying to get a job at some point. Does anyone know if this idea could be a good compromise?
A keyframe (painting) it's basically an illustration of a certain scene (a key scene) of the film/game/tvseries you're working on. It helps establish the general look of the product and help the different art department to understand the direction this product will go. My english is so bad I hope you'll understand my definition. In any case you can check here an interesting article on this topic: filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-is-keyframe-concept-art.html
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Hi there, here are your timestamps, but before jumping into the questions,
i advice you to listen to the whole material, it is extremely informative,
if you just "browse" through the video you might miss the most valuable advices as well as some details about the learning resources(books, movies).
1:31 Summary of video.
3:28 Have you always been creative ?
5:12 How old were you when you started on 3D ?
5:53 You started painting with phisical paint or digital painting ?
6:27 What got you into 3D ?
7:50 Where did you grow up ?
10:27 Do you remember the first piece of artwork you were proud of ?
12:20 What did you do after finishing school ?
16:07 Where did they see your portofolio ?
18:40 After starting with 2D, what was that got you intro 3D ?
19:44 What's your workflow for a typical portofolio piece ?
20:43 In the following 12 minutes they are talking about scene lighting, colours and about how he wanted to become a lighter before becoming a concept artist.
33:09 What sort of interests have you found most helpfull in your art ?
38:00 What is your practice schedule ? How often do you practice ?
44:54 What book would you recomend related to anatomy ?
46:29 Can you tell the story of how you found yourself to be working at Riot Games ?
49:07 What did you do early on to get feedback ?
50:00 Do you have a goal you are working for ?
58:48 Is there anything different that you noticed in the mindset between a working professional artist and people who can't find work ?
1:01:03 What's the difference between illustration and concept ?
1:04:12 Do you think is the concept art industry very competitive ?
1:10:26 Talking about automation in concept art.
1:13:35 Have you heard of Artomatix ? In the next 15 minutes they talk about automation, machines in art.
1:28:31 If someone wanted to get a job as a concept artist after a period of one year after finishing school, what would be their training regime ?
1:36:02 How would you recomend artists to get feedback ?
thank you so much
He wanted to be a lighter and light up the cigarettes of creation so people seeing his work could get dizzy in the smokes of another world... but he became a concept artist so that he could MAKE the smoke.
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Whenever I listen to these interviews while painting I feel like my productivity goes up 300%
Same :D
I just finished soo much of my car model im currently working on, its amazing
Same! It's like I can't be slacking off while listening to these great artists.
so true
Andrew, the quality of your interviews grew exponentially. I'm enjoying those interviews a lot. Great content. Thanks
Thank you sir! They cost a lot to make, but I feel the information is worth sharing :)
Definitely, the content is really great. Please keep it this way, it worth sharing indeed, whatever it costs.
Blender Guru Whats that art lecture website called "schusm" "squalsom"?
Blender Guru Never mind I found it by searching color and lighting art course. I searched Sam Nelson Color and light before and nothing came up
Hey Andrew! Long time viewer, and it's awesome to see the arc of your story and TH-cam channel develop over the years. I bought and used Grass Essentials on a small indie film recently, and hoping to get Skies soon. Keep up these awesome interviews! :) Also, at appx 27:50 Efflam is referring to the 2002 film Hero, NOT the 2006 film. The 2002 starring Jet Li, IS indeed a fantastic example of cinematography and storytelling, and understandably on this list.
" Have you always been creative "
- Andrew 2018
Haha yep. It's my go-to kickoff question.
My favourite interview so far. Efflam is a really interesting artist to listen.
I would have loved to hear how he uses Blender in his day-to-day work at Riot, but I hope you interview him a second time sometime in the future to talk further.
Thanks for the great videos to the BG Team!
He's right about machine learning, it's going to change everything. People downplay it, saying it has been around for years, but computer networks were around for years and then suddenly; world wide web.
This guy is multidisciplinary, I'm wondering if we all need to become experts in multiple fields, now that it's so easy to self teach.
Hmm.. I wouldn't say it's necessarily easy, but definitely accessible.
Yes, nowadays it's harder and harder to stay ignorant. :-) Of course if we talk about humans. And notice the fact that the greatest breakthroughs happen on the edge of the disciplines. So, first we teach our machines to learn, and then we learn from them how to learn. :-) And on this way we need an AI to handle for us all the details, and use our own brains for the highest levels of abstraction only. Then it would be possible a great leap. Now with no working AI our brain is too limited to handle a whole information array of multiple disciplines in depth at once. That's, actually, why we have this knowledge fragmentation, this diverse kinds of science. So the future needs this automation.
And the guy is on the right way. If we had at least 50% of such people, the Earth would be a way more pleasant place.
Nobody downplays machine learning... If anything people are doing the exact opposite.
Dave A quick Google search on ML hype, overrated, bubble, etc makes your reply at best uniformed.
@@Lunsterful Google search results are not necessarily an accurate reflection of what relevant experts think. Generally they reflect what generates ad revenue.
I live for these interviews. Watching them has become a part of my daily routine for the past couple weeks. Thank you for these, kind sir.
I am not an artist (yet), but I relate so much with him when he talked that the only thing he needs is to be able to always be learning something. I can lose everything and I wouldn't care, but if I lose my freedom and capabilities to study and learn everyday, I'd rather die.
have you become one (yet)?
@@pushqrdx Yes - as a hobby and for my personal games, but yes. I made hundreds of pieces the past 3 years! I've been a software developer for almost 3 decades now, so I'll probably just continue with art as a hobby and for my indie games.
@@AlfredReinoldBaudisch This actually made my day :D
You're the best interviewer. The guest can actually talk.. a lot :).
@@tanupriyranjan1336 I have forgotten of this comment...
Mad respect for this fella. We need more people who approach art from an analytical, scientific perspective.
this guy is so interesting and cool , the way that he see the things is great
Thank you so much for this interview Andrew. As a full time freelance artist it's easy to get lost in daily routine and feel trapped due to not learning enough. This video is EXACTLY what I needed and I'm eternally greatful. You do a great service for the art community.
Really enjoyed the large variety of topics you two discussed. Especially the part about machine learning and how it's similar to getting better at art. There are so many artists out there with amazing stories and invaluable information. I hope you keep doing interviews like these, so those artists that don't have a platform can share their side of the story!
Listening to these interviews always inspire me and give me hope that one day my hobby becomes my job
What Efllam is doing actually is more "meaningful learning" instead of "rote learning" as Andrew said, since rote learning is based basically on repetition, which is what he's doing (repeating the routine of learning the same subject) although he is studying repetitively to achieve a deeper and deeper understanding of the subject, in a level that the subject (anatomy, for example) becomes natural. This process is also totally related by what Efflam said about machine learning, because the difference between the regular machines and the "learning machines" is that the learning machines try different routes to a solution, while the regular one would be repetitively doing the same thing. So Efflam is watching those videos about anatomy, probably getting different kinds of information, not just "this is the muscle A, and this is B, this is muscle A, and this is muscle B" repetitively like memorizing the alphabet.
Thanks Andrew for all the interesting interview, I've watched all of them, and they're really amazing!
Also congrats for Efflam for showing us his amazing mind, I identified myself a lot with you.
P.S.: Sorry for the note, I didn't want to sound like I'm correcting something since it's just a great conversation between two people, but the topic might be interesting for other people to search about!
I downloaded the transcript the word "like" appears 1081 times xD
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lol dont worry you will do better next time
you know what i mean
@@NiwlGames Individual talking... nothing to worry about xD
@@Argail8137 Exactlllyyy!!!!! at a point 10 secs had 3 you know what i mean
The interview style and quality is superb than any other art interview in youtube
This guy's smile shows through his voice, and it's so genuine and it makes me happy :3
Efflam Like's everything 😄
I keep listening to this interview because it's just so damn good.
Automation is just so chilling and scary for people who are not employed in a mental kind of job and have already seen 70 % of their former tasks being done by software now (and seen 80% of their colleagues get fired). Not being afraid is great for people whose job is "having creative ideas". But what about everyone else? I hope we'll come up with meaningful jobs for everyone.
Another great Concept Art video, thank you.
It's great to bring together the diverse perspectives of Efflam and Finnian
Thanks for the interview. @ 27:57 the "Hero" movie thumbnail in not correct. It is the 2002 movie directed by Zhang Yimou (got it from Efflam's blog)
one of the greatest interview on youtube. Thank you andrew
I am an artist and blender user also, just older and learning a lot from the young generation...
Ohh man... His english improved a lot too! He completely lost his french accent now. This guy is amazing. He never held himself back from exploring and learning any new discipline, process, software, etc. Awesome interview!
A nice quote from this talk.
Difference between Concept art and Illustration: "Concept art is not a product, the product is the final game or the movie, Illustration is the product in it's self" - Efflam Mercier
This interview just blew my mind. Thanks a lot Andrew, keep up with the good work!
Artistic anatomy by Scott Eaton is the course he recommends, just in case anybody missed it
These interviews are very interesting and helping a lot on giving an insight into the game/animation industry. Keep them coming!
Efflam Mercier - "You know what I mean..."
Great video btw.
Really appreciate these interviews. However I'm beginning to miss your tutorials.
2.8 is just around the corner. just a liittle patience ;D
Yeah I know. It's been a total change of content, but it was needed because 2.8 is right around the corner and would make any videos obsolete very quickly. So I'm waiting for that :) I do have several big tutorials planned though!
Appreciate the response. I understand the reasoning behind the current format. Don't get me wrong I do really appreciate the insights that these interviews provide. Stoked for 2.8 & love your channel. Keep up the great work.
There will be a huge flow of tutorials after 2.8 comes out from many channels in October. There are more than enough tutorials on the current version of Blender anyway.
how many days left to get 2.8?
This guy is going places , i think he has a brain of an engineer and an artist. Another great interview andrew thanks for bringing this kind of content along with your blender videos. Very Nice
"Life is a false dice, and there's always a pattern..."
I'm keeping that one. Thank you, Efflam.
Remind me of myself: 14 years, no internet, Turbo C++ 3. Great interview. Ykwim.
what i like doing is adding a twist to the third level, level 1 theres a arger and monsters then shes charging and then on the third level is she charging and ahe only has 3 hours to do it!! and then the 4th level is left as an enigima and the audience decided the rest, you encourage them to think!! GENIUS
"No internet for 6 months"...and here I am, spent almost 20 years of my life without internet.. feeling like a legend ✌😎
Nothing better than unnecessary self praise :))
So many golden nuggets along the whole interview. We'll have to watch it twice at least.
Once again you have produced a great interview. Much Appreciated.
I love these interviews! The story and mentality of these guys are so inspiring! Can I say, this is one of my favorites so far? :) Keep on doing it!
seriously this dude is on a whole new level.... !!!!!!!!
Great interview, been following Efflam´s work for a while, keep up the good work!
That whole segment about a "period movie" had me rolling on the floor. But yeah, you should definitely watch Barry Lyndon if you haven't seen it. The movie and soundtrack are phenomenal. Odds are we won't see another movie like that for some time.
This "You know what i mean" seems to be commun to riot games employés... ^^'
Same with "you know, like.........Like like? You know, like..." lots of "like" :D I think this is the thing with the foreigners in the English language in general I assume, since I am foreigner and I can relate to it a bit, and that's what I have noticed just as well in others that the tendency to say that phrase more is within the foreigners.
But it can just as well be within the natives, since it simply means you don't know what to say or how to say it, and you constantly relate things to something, or usually have hard time explaining something which results in you saying - "you know what I mean?" which might be a result of having in life people who tended to not understand as well and constantly had to explain things, resulting in an automatic response with a question "you know what I mean?" to make sure if what he says gets through.
This reminds me the edited interview of Weird Al Yankovic with Eminem :D the part "you know what I mean?" was edited and made it as if it was real, pretty hilarious :D
I'm learning so much from this interview. Thank you!
Great interview! as a concept artist myself this was very fascinating. keep it up blendah guru!
Andrew, Thank you. It seems that you have eventually found your real strong point. It's about discovering such a brilliant people and show them to All.
And it's much, much better for humanity than another tutorial like "How to bend over back trying to sell some textures from Polygon". ;-)
Hi andrew, you know what i love your tutorials and interviews, watched all of the videos of yours. Fundamentally i have learnt blender from you. I started blender from the manual but left it anf started it learning truly from your tutorials. In my deep heart i think you are my teacher. But i am requesting you to continue to teach and make tutorials. Missing u man really and missing your tutorials. Recently i have seen your tutorials to become just smaller and just giving the viewers with only the key points. But andrew one thing i want to say is that people love you and your tutorials because they find that extra edge in your teachings. The way you explain every point and cover each aspect in your tutorial is unique and we love you for that. Continue to teach like you always used to teach us.
Your hopefully and student
Gopinath
this is so so so good, thank you for this interview!!!
Efflam is like a modern Da Vinci, his curiosity makes him an amazing artist
Efflam Mercier is Amazing! Thanks Andrew!
Haaa been waiting for this one for this forever......Amazing !!
Dude, this guy's color science is insane!
Incredible interview - thank you!
A movie? 18th century?
That was funny.
Really nice interview as usual.
Thanks a lot!
I think the "Hero" film Efflam might have been referering to was the 2002 one with Jet Li, with fantastic cinematography and lighting. Not the one shown in this video.
I love this series. Keep em coming pls. Ash thorp and maciej need their own episodes. Gmunk as well.
The "Hero" movie cover you showed, was not the movie he was talking about at all! AT ALL!! on 27:59 XD He was talking about Zhang Yimou's "Hero" Which story is tied to colors.
From all of your interviews, this is the best and most interesting one. So much insight and good tips too. Great guy.
Super interesting deep interview, awesome to see the French vision art approach.
This guy is amazing!
worth every second of it man i wish one day i would get to work with amazing people like him :D
I started with Blender 2.46 something too, but 2.49b will always hold a special place in my heart
This was a nice interview, "you know what I mean?"
do another video like the subway thing and the house thing i forgot it's name, i love those
Definitely your best interview !
This is definitely my favourite interwiev! However, here's a query I have: why only concept artists? Are you planning to interwiev modelers, animators or so? That would be beyond helpful.
im not even an artist but i found this interview intressting as hell, especially the a.i part
Hello sir andrew it's been great to know all this things where in here I'm from India this things doesn't matter coz a lot of in here are going for money instead of ther passion but I go for passion instead of money seen some tough times
1:03:10 very good definition differentiating concept art from illustration art, so many beginner artists see many portfolios with illustrations and think that every production concept art must have that finish to it.
PS: great interview!
You have amazing interviewees: people with great insights, who know their work and skills. Just added on "watched later" to take notes 😉
I like the dice magnet analogy!
Thanks a lot for bringing these beautiful intervew,
Not even really related but this interview keeps reminding me of a book I read eons ago called The Tree of Knowledge: The biological roots of human understanding which now I have to reread again.
Please make a playlist for same kind of videos...it is easier to find what we want to see
YEEEEAAAH waiting so long! Tyyy
I really like the noise news and render time @ 1:11:29
Hey Andrew, if you make all of your interviews into a movie, I would buy it.
This guy is awesome, so positive
Николай Загоруйко это да.
I really LIKE Efflam
awesome man , hop you interview more concept artists
! Efflam is awesome thnks for this
what a great interview!
This man has GOT knowledge!
I love this interview -great and intelligent!
I watched the whole video. Really liked it..
Love from India.
Great interview!!
Is it strange to get depressed from looking at artists who are leagues ahead of me in terms of skill in art? Because that happens to me all the time. I think I just need to back away from other artists and work on fundamentals as well as I can.
Les Bretons sont partout !
Hey, my UV textures aren't showing up in render view. Anyone know why?
Like like like like like lmao... the fun thing is in my native language we have the same kind of word "tipo" or the phrasal version "tipo assim" and I say it a hell lot like a lot a lot, so listening to his like mania made me think about how others may view mine ¬¬
Man he's such a great person, the kind we usually enjoy hanging with
another great interview!
Really loved this, so interesting
Amazing interview!, congratulations!
I love the roast and compliment on drawabox
Can you please make a series of you modeling all of the clash of clans individual troops?
Efflam Mercier, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
And what I thought, what if you need more time for learning. ;-) Try to look over the work of Stephen LaBerge PhD on lucid dreams. It gives some extra time to live (to learn). All you need to use this extra time is to build your skills to control your dreams. It's easy, the technique is pretty documented, and even a hardware gizmo was developed. And what you get is the ability to train new skills while sleeping. Even pure muscle memory based skills, like skiing, or ping-pong playing. Yes, the actual muscles are disabled during sleeping, and the control ring is not actually totally closed, but the brain is a great estimator, and it knows our muscles and nerves even better than we think it does. ;-)
I like your way of spending time, and it seems you have an idea of its real value, so I just have to point the way to get a bit more of it. And I personally use it, and it works, no metaphysics, no humbugs.
I hope you make a tutorial on character modeling when blender 2.8 comes out
Andrew Sir, Great interview as always but can you also interview an Animator ? That would be really helpful for me.
Super awesome interview!
Your most interesting interview. Particularly due to the subject being erudite. Luddites were British by the way.
Such an awesome interview! I'm a bit scared about Efflam's thoughts on the keyframe/illustration jobs availability because I'm obviously more interested in those jobs rather than the real concept design field, but I totally get his point. I think I'll create a portfolio developing props and keyframes for a fake movie/game based on an existing IP trying to get a job at some point. Does anyone know if this idea could be a good compromise?
SuicideCringe123 Yes, keyframe!
A keyframe (painting) it's basically an illustration of a certain scene (a key scene) of the film/game/tvseries you're working on. It helps establish the general look of the product and help the different art department to understand the direction this product will go. My english is so bad I hope you'll understand my definition. In any case you can check here an interesting article on this topic:
filmsketchr.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-is-keyframe-concept-art.html