EJ Hassenfratz and Jonathan Winbush discuss the GDC 2024 experience, hottest 3D softwares, transitioning artistic skills, hands-on learning for artists, embracing AI tools in art, future of virtual creations, and navigating career decisions in the art world.

EJ Hassenfratz, Chris Schmidt, Jonathan Winbush, Matt Milstead, Phil Roberts, Elly Wade, Ploy Motion, Andy Needham, Andrea Marshall, Vladislav Solovjob, Marta Svetek, Josh Thorpe, & HaZ Dulull come together in London to discuss the state of MoGraph, fair compensation, the changing role of agents, creating quality Cinema 4D tutorials, being open-minded, and exploring motion design.

EJ Hassenfratz is the Creative Director at School of Motion and founder of @eyedesyn . EJ is well-known in the community as one of the most respected educators in the field of 3D. He is a multi-Emmy winning freelance motion design artist/3D animator. He worked on a wide array of projects including CBS, Comcast, Honda, National Geographic, Chic-Fil-A, and ESPN creating everything from commercials to music videos and projection mapping and concert visuals. Episode 17 Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:07:22 DAT Tour 00:14:56 Personal Journey 00:19:47 Should artists create content? 00:28:46 Advice for Freelancers 00:35:30 Why Tutorials? 00:40:00 Importance of Content Creation 00:44:44 Dealing with clients 00:52:00 Best approach to Learn 3D 00:54:54 AI & Disruption Find out more about EJ: https://www.youtube.com/eyedesyn https://www.instagram.com/eyedesyn/ https://twitter.com/eyedesyn https://eyedesyn.com/ DAT Tour: https://www.gotodat.com/ Join our discord server where we connect and share assets: https://discord.gg/zwycgqezfD Bad Decisions Daily Videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIn-yd4vnXbgWK6FtXAAHsDpHpiMpEhyF Bad Decisions Audio Podcast 🎙️: Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/badxstudio If you wanna see us to do cool things follow us here too: Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/badxstudio/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/badxstudio TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@badxstudio LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/badxstudio Our personal handles: (if you wanna stalk us) https://twitter.com/Farhads__ https://twitter.com/farazshababi https://www.instagram.com/farhad_sh/ https://www.instagram.com/farazshababs/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazshababi/ #EJ #eyedesign #motiongraphics #cinema4d #3dart #podcast #filmmaking #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStudio