This is Why You Make No Money as a 3D Artist

I compiled a list of why people often struggle to find 3D clients. This video focuses on where to look for clients, perseverance, mindset, and potential issues with portfolio quality.

0:00 Intro
0:18 Looking in the wrong place for clients
1:06 New client-finding method
2:12 You don't try hard long enough
4:28 Your portfolio/account is not good enough
8:24 Outro

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[DerekElliott]

straight facts again -- listen to this dude.

[Metarig]

I've realized that for a 3D artist, the most effective way to make money isn't just by showcasing your portfolio. Instead, it's better to demonstrate your work in action. This is because portfolios can often be deceptive, as there's a lot of fake 3D artists out there who present work done by others as their own, making it tough for customers to trust someone based solely on an impressive portfolio. However, if they can see you actually creating the work on your YouTube channel, they're more likely to trust you.

[jaspinko]

The tip about following the path of someone trying to build a brand in a space is genius.

[kat]

I want to learn about the tax process from a freelancer, Youtuber, content creator, and 3D Artist as yourself. Can you do a video on filing taxes step by step as a YouTube content creator and give us tips and tricks on what you learned as a first-timer? For example, how to file, what forms to use, what's expected, how often to file, a working strategy or system you implemented or use to keep yourself organized, crunching the number of what each revenue made and what line it goes on the tax forms I want to know for learning purposes so that when I or your audience reach monetization we don't have to worry about owing tax money for not filing right or filing late. I am only asking because I've never filled out a tax form before and it'd be nice if you'd do a step-by-step filling out a tax form line by line with us on-screen (input fake numbers obviously for learning purposes and your own privacy.) I've watched a lot of videos on this topic and most of the videos are long and what they are saying just goes over my head. I would like a video that breaks things down into small chunks of digestible and relatable information. I've been enjoying your straightforward content and valuable in-depth advice so I was wondering if you could speak on this topic.

[dustprintvisualization]

This is great advice. I've been a 3D Visual Designer/3D motion designer for a lil over 10 years. From my experience it's difficult to get work at first until your skill level hits that top 10% level. I was lucky to have a decent network, and that helped my initial push. Once you hit that 10% though, then you find yourself turning down work, rather than cold calling to get work. Just my 2cent. Love your channel, just subscribed!

[vfd]

I love the quote from Braian. Really needed that. Today was a bad day and felt like giving up. It's a struggle. Thanks for the video

[aahritya_tv]

Bro this is exactly what I do, thanks for making it!

[bishalkhadka]

People don't realise that it's all about knowing your demographic. If a web designer were to start freelancing, Spencer's discord would be a great place to start because they could just look for a freelancer who seems to be earning well and then just contact them to sell custom portfolio websites and they are freelancers themselves so it's even easier to communicate. Hell even spencer would probably pay for that service if they approached at the right time. Likewise keeping connections with web developers is also a good idea for 3D artists because web developers often work with e-commerce clients and are in need of product renderers.

[datdood]

Beautiful and straight to the point video as always. Love your work, keep it up.

I had a few questions about some topics.

First one is about contracts. Isn't it important to have a contract that goes over what I am offering and what the client can do with my work? My question is, how do I create that contract for myself? What should be on the contract? Can I make it myself, or do I need to reach out to a lawyer? It'd be great if you could make a separate video on this topic.

Second one is about the payment procedure. How should I go about it? Should the client just send the money over PayPal? What if I don't have PayPal in my country? If you could go over the whole process for fixing the price and getting the payment between the client and the freelancer, that would be amazing.
For example: How and when do I talk about the price? After asking for all the details about the project? Before starting or after finishing the project? How can I sound more professional? Ik the price varies a lot based on the project, and I'm not asking for tips on that, I'm asking for tips on how to talk about the price with the client.
Same thing goes for the payment process. How do I establish a payment method? Should I ask for 20% or 50% before starting the project? What if I realize I need to buy a model or an add-on during my work? Can I ask the client for more money to buy that model/add-on? Please go over these in more detail, it'll be helpful for a lot of people.

[marshallwaters]

been FUDing myself recently, really appreciate you just saying to keep going even though it sucks lol. your videos really help man, please keep going

[AnthonyRosbottom]

Lol I was just about to comment about Braian's quote but you brought it up anyway.

[SilverRoveri]

Your videos are inspiring me to leave my low ass paying job ($600 per month) doing almost 2 projects every single day. I'm so tired of this, i want to make my own brand and start serious business You are helping me a LOT with this kind of information, thank you, really.

[kaigorodaki]

Do more until 'more' stops working.

Then do 'better.'

Then go back to 'more.'

And when you can't do anymore, any better, try something new.

- Alex Hormozi

[LifeofIb]

Renderer might literally just save my life

[rich_d]

Straight to the point and concise. Thanks man - I'll be keeping the '_3D' though🤣... for now

[marcelgrau]

hey, you said that it is better not to put "dm for commisions", but then I don't say that they can contact me for work? I have "DM for inquiries", would you recommend me deleting it? Nice video!!!

[devsingh]

I finished my animation course so can you pls talk me how should I get job as junior animator.
Your reply will be helpful for me!!

[minimastudios_]

did u just assume my income? lol nice vid thx!

[justicemagagane]

Lol dior and red bull are the common tutorials on youtube. Red bull is manly because of smeaf

[prateeknath]

How do I make Money as a Digital Sculptor? Whom to approach and How to get leads?