How to LEARN CG & VFX

The most frequent question industry newcomers have is How to learn VFX? Where to start learning VFX? In this video I share some tips about 3D and Animation softwares such as 3Ds Max, Maya, Cinema 4D, and zBrush. I also talk about how to start learning. If you're watching this video you chose the best industry in the world. Subscribe and I will do my best to make your learning curve as smooth as possible. I'll be sharing my tips and tutorials about 3D modeling, Animation, Rigging, Texturing, Render Engines, Compositing, Keying, Tracking, Rotoscoping, Production hardware, Behind the Scenes, vlogs about production life in general and much more. I just need 48hr a day... ;) Thank you for watching! Stay tuned.

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[rohanyt]

fact : this video inspired me and after 8 months after this video was posted, i got my first job as a 3d modeller ! thank you vm !

[bitslay]

I am 14 and my passion is 3d.
I use blender and i love it.
Really unlimited possibilities.
Wish me luck

[phwilk]

Very well said. You definitely can self-teach and learn just about anything on the internet with the right drive and passion. If one's path is via school, so be it. If an alternate path is completely non-traditional, then so be that as well. Let passion be your guiding light.

[jordsjek]

casey neistat: video story telling
peter mckinnon: video aesthetics
this guy: video vfx

all three: the film school of the internet
value: priceless

[metaldiabolos]

"you become a problem solver, rather than just an execution tool" loved that part with all my heart

[clemzyboss]

I like how he answered the school and learning alone part

[ASKVFX]

As a generalist myself, I fully endorse everything in this video!!!! For everyone watching, listen closely to what this man is saying. I wish I had a video like this when I got started back in 2006. Thank you for making this video! I started my channel for the same reasons as you. It's great to see others sharing. Keep it up!!!

[greenraven]

Dear Sir, you have been an inspiration . I watched this video when I was in suicidal depression and then I realized how I wanted to heal. its been 8 months and I have managed to start my little insta channel where I post my designs. Thank you Sir for inspiring me and giving me the courage to go and just do it .

[seoul_Jin]

i am from korea. and i just decided to learn VFX by myself. i have watched so much of videos about VFX things but this video is one of the most video that i have ever seen before and so easy to understand. thank you very much Andrey.

[TommoCarroll]

This is excellent. You’re so concise, clear, no BS, it’s so refreshing. Going to check out some more of you’re stuff now!

[saminekunis]

You are truly a special person, i at first thought i was to become an Attorney, but i hated my job, clients, some of my colleagues. The reality is what you said at the end of the video, ‘do something that inspires you’. After loosing both of my parents and one of my cats in the two years i hope that i will soon be able to start to recreate in VFX just like you. I just first have to finish the painful process of finishing/closing my parents estate. I never thought that this would take almost every bit of energy out of me. But yes my future will look bright, for the first time it is only up to me what i create and of course in the process of as this gets more intense, i will be able to support my cats and of course myself. Every time then i see your big office with all the computers, but no people yet bc of covid 19, i hope that i will in some time come to a similar stage there i will not work out of my apartment/ home office anymore, but out of an professional environment. And just like you i love SciFi, especially spaceships, Dark Matter was actually my most recent favorite sci-fi show and the CG & VFX effects of it were out of this world. But i guess we all need goals/dreams to challenge us to work even harder and of course to create more awesome/ real looking things, no matter what it is. I hope that my few words of wisdom will maybe inspire more of you to follow your heart and do what is your dream, not just a monthly paycheck, its hard to believe but that is as close to being death as you can be while still being alive. Like Andrey said lets get to our computers and create something, even if that means that you have to change your favorite Laptop/PC and use one better suited for VFX. Its just part of the Journey.

[handpaintedstudio]

The first video I watched of yours was “How to create HDRI maps”. It was a random search online because I really wanted to create my own maps. But, deep down inside I just have a burning passion for learning how things work, I feel honestly that doing so give the knowledge it takes to produce intentional master pieces.
I completely agree with your approach with learning. Because of your positivity I’ve started learning Nuke. I have 7 years experience using C4D, but I’ve always wanted to make the jump to compositing and FX. Currently working as a creative director and marketing director doesn’t leave me much time to peruse my passions. But you give me hope!

[alexxxx]

I started at school with Modo, then I studied C4D and Zbrush as a self taught and took 6months to achieve a decente level.
It took several weeks just for a single project.
Just never give up, everything takes suck an incredible amount of effort and time.
Keep in mind, in your demo reel, put just the 3 best project you did. And it shouldn’t be last more than 1min, 30 sec it’s better.

[maruto_genkidama]

the truth is, i never start his tutorial, learning vfx...but i like to see him talking, it's motivate me as beginner in graphic design.
The jar with firefly that make me seeing his videos to far, it's legend. Thanks man..

[wepranaga]

this is the next mckinnon
you are inspiring bro

[yohannesJas]

In 2019, when I got introduced to cinema 4D, I stumbled on this video and laughed at the fact that when I get a motion design job, I won't get that passionate about client work and that I would still need to create my own work. Back then, the idea of getting paid for animating something was a dream, let alone getting burned out from it. Fast forward 5 years to 2024, and I was feeling like shit sucked in the trenches of never-ending work. To my surprise, I couldn't get "passionate" about the paid work; it started becoming choirs. And thank the gods or the universe, an echo of Andrey's voice appeared in my head: "Never stop creating." Thank you so much, Andrey; this video might have just saved me.

[mengkit]

I have been learning 3D recently. My aim is to animate my own model and do vfx. What you said are entirely true as a generalist. Learning curve is very slow at firsf, but i am able to solve a lot problems with my own, which reward me satisfaction.

[theloniuspoon]

the most valuable part of this video was the journey explaining how you went from starting to being a professional, good advice for new users

[Saud-cdbp]

That’s funny because I started in vfx before 4 months in cinema 4d and there’s a company wants me to work for them . I can’t really tell you how much u help us 🤍🤍🤍🤍

[athanobioha]

You are Soo inspiring.Anyone who disliked this videos were looking for unusual tutorials, but I came here for inspiration and I got more than that.