Where do you guys go to find jobs? I am an industrial designer (ik I'm dead field) looking to do any kind of 3d work but I currently work a drafting job I'm starting to hate cause I don't get to use any of my actual skills.
>>1022214Whereabouts and how techy are you (for an IDer?)
>>1022223Unfortunately I'm in the middle of no where, Louisiana. I do plan to move or at least find a remote job. I'm pretty tech savvy and can model anything from organic things to hard surface modelling. Just thought this board would know some niche sites as LinkedIn sounds terrible.
>>1022234I won't be much help then - UK based. Alumni job-boards and contacts, occasional job postings but they are few right now. Seeing startups using people (mostly freelance) via word-of-mouth.Having a bit of an "engineering mind" helps as pure ID seems to be unusual, and this will help you be more useful, particularly for lashing rigs and protos together.Assemble a portfolio (self generated work if necessary) to show skills.Others might have a better ideas, I'm limited by how I have been working last few years.
>>1022247I appreciate it. Only option I really have is freelance, moving, or I do have a friend working in VR willing to hook me up in a role making assets but thats kinda in the air rn. I'll figure this out im still young.
>>1022251>freelanceFreelance is miserable, if your friend can help you get something go for it
>/3/ brown indians still think they can make it out of their slum through 3d 3d jobs are dead thanks to you oversaturating them. go do roofing or welding.
>>1022214>ik I'm dead fieldplease elaborate. I know one of the guys behind Macross was an industrial desginer and people love his stuff
>>1022271Lot of it is political, many of Trump's plans sorta pushed the industry out of country. Chinese industrial designers are thriving for example but in the west good luck even getting a job as a junior. Most of the time these jobs get done by whatever high ranking engineer is on the team now instead of hiring an IDer. Plus UI ux designers have started naming all their roles the same thing an IDer would be looking for so it's even harder to find a job.
>>1022268As I said I'm from Louisiana, I don't think I've met many Indians here but who goes into 3d to make bank? I do this cause it's been a passion besides aren't indians into the whole software and programming field instead?
>>1022275>Lot of it is political>Plus UI ux designers have started naming all their roles the same thing an IDer would be looking for so it's even harder to find a job.I had no idea. thanks for the insight anon
>>1022214Create an Artstation accountpost your best workspeople are going to reach out.
>>1022624if you're a DEI Niggerman
>>1022625come on Anon, don't be like that. While yes, DEI candidates will still get pushed by recruiters (I don't see this changing) good work will still get noticed regardless. It's better to work on building connections with your peers, try to get into the industry together and help each other along the way
>>1022625Sounds like loser talk
>>1023125>>1023127No one gets in the industryHiring is frozenNobody leaves their jobs neither anyone is hiringYou are not better than the 2000 other AAA laid off applicants they get for a single position which remains in the countryAnd even if in the 2% you are incredibly lucky, you will be paid peanuts and swamped with work. They have the other 1999 applicants to replace you if you dare to complain. You are delusional if you think 3D is a stable career worth chasing in 2025But /3/ glazes the idea of starving to death on the street, doesn't matter atleast we do le 3D
>>1022214go online and look up something called warhammer 40000use your industrial design skills to create models that are approximately close to the units in that game like tanks, space ships, robots, etc (not too close, the company will sue you)you can create a patreon and myminifacotyr account, and each month release a file like a tank or a bike or some terrain like a building design as a patreon reward. then after the month is over, you send that file over to your myminifactory shop at a slight upcharge (if you need to gauge pricing look up some existing users and see what they charge)you dont need to texture, rig, or animate anything. the topology doesnt even have to be good. it just has to be solid so it can print in a 3D printer, and you have to give it 3D print supports (not hard to learn, mostly automated with a bit of fine tuning)if you are even halfway skilled you can absolutely print money doing this and never have to leave your home.
>>1023140*myminifactory*sorry, had a stroke while typing
>>1022214I work for peanuts at upwork
i'm a 3D artist so i don't know how different it is from your fieldwhat I did to get my job >get hired during covid and survive the round of layoffsuck to say but I was at the right place at the right time during covid when companies hired a lot, it got me in>have a good portfoliothis is step 0 but of course have a good portfolio, post it on artstation. if you suck you suck>apply like crazy everywhere>be ready to move elsewhereif you're one of those guys that are desperate for a job but not ready to leave your hometown or only looking for full remote good luck to you
>>1023155this3D is a dead career where only incredible luck matters. only the 1% get in while the rest shit their diapers on reddit about not getting jobs or laid off all the time
>>1023140You are going to get sued by GW, I guarantee you. It's only a matter of time.
>>1023167I'm going to have sex with you, you are the bottom
>>1022625im OP and im black. Buddy trust me the industry is not good rn regardless your race. Indians are being shipped in mass to the west so maybe you have a point but its not easy out here.
OP again, I ended up scoring a gig at warner brothers that I applied to like a 1-2 months ago. Don't give up hope guise.
>>1023471Good on you
>>1022214are you white?then you need to start your own bizare you brown?just rattle off communist talking points
>>1022214This is the beginning of the post work era. So If you are still trying to sell your work hours, knowledge of a sfotware and/ or capacity to sit in forn of a pc you will die professionally. Learn to market yourself. I've been lately making less and less renders but that doesn't mean I have stopped selling shit to my clients. AI is the ultimate sitting on a chair liberator.
>>1023511If you look above I got something going but movie industry volatile too. So id appreciate to know how your incorporating AI into your work successfully
>>1023511are you selling AI slop?how much are you making?do client wants this?do they know you're a slop merchant and they want more?
>>1023514Images still require my final input and a polished look but ai has shortened the preview phase by a lot and I'm replacing tools like crazy. Forget ultra hd renderings. Ai upscaling and image to video has shortened my render node use by 70%>>1023516>>>are you selling AI slop?Yes. I've sold traditional renderings for 15 years and it's time to make better use of my time.Does that make you angry?>>>how much are you making?enough to live, travel, have kids,house, car..>>>do client wants this?Clients are not stupid they understand the difference between an ai generated image and a polished rendering.And they know they are getting closer. And yes the best ones don't care if you make an image out of pencils, computers or nano banana. They want what they need period.>>>do they know you're a slop merchant and they want more?Yes. Not because I'm a slop merchant. I cover a necessity. I'm not letting my 3dcg knowledge get in my way of making some moneh.
>>1023532>>1022214Here yo go www.badplacetowork.com/renderpricing/
>>1022268>or welding.this is actually what im thinking about doing :(
>>1023655have you tried making porn?
>>1023677>making porn?actually some years back i was working with a dev guy that liked my female models and had me making some stylized stuff for porn, covid hit and guy disapeared... anyway, i cant animate so at most i would only make sexy stylized figurines, either for somebody else to animate or for 3d printing... might give it a try, but dont know where to advertise either...
>>1023685You need to look up cascadeur
>>1023688>cascadeuroh i know cascadeur, its good, i had a license for testing it out when it was in beta, it was good for walking and running cycles, i think the last time i used it they where implementing hand/finger rigging, but i havent seen any new development, is cascadeur good enough to make pron now?
>>1023690yes, its a pain to bring the animations back into blender though. I think maya has an automatic bridge for it though
>>1023694awesome, i know how to use both, but i am more accustomed to work with animations and rigging in maya, i guess ill make a boobie animation to test the waters
