School of Motion Podcast

Mastering Blender and Navigating a Creative Career with Elijah Sheffield


Listen Later

Blender artist and motion designer Elijah Sheffield shares how he transitioned into 3D, built a standout demo reel, and turned personal projects into career-defining moments. Check out the corresponding blog post (with episode highlights) here: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/elijah-sheffield-blender 👉 CHAPTERS 👈 00:00 Coming Up 00:22 Elijah Sheffield's Background and Early Career 01:29 Discovering Motion Design 03:32 College and Grad School Experience 13:30 First Job and Career Challenges 18:11 Finding the Motivation to Make Demo Reel Pieces 23:31 Transition to Freelance 26:41 Social Media's Impact on Career 34:52 Having a Freelance Plan 42:00 Pain and Rainbows of Freelance Work 44:18 Challenges and Rewards of Learning Blender 49:35 Finding a Style 55:16 Blender Learning Curve 01:03:28 Integrating Blender into Your 3D Pipeline 01:20:21 The Future of Blender 01:24:12 That's a Wrap!

🗒️ SHOW NOTES Artists: Elijah Sheffield https://www.behance.net/sweetboymotion#  EJ Hassenfratz https://www.youtube.com/@eyedesyn/videos  Myles Bolden https://mylesjbolden.myportfolio.com/ Jonathan Winbush https://www.youtube.com/@JonathanWinbush/  Norm MacDonald https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm_Macdonald  Chris Smith https://csmithstudios.com/  Joey Korenman https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeykorenman  Andrew Kramer https://www.videocopilot.net/ 

Studios: School of Motion https://www.schoolofmotion.com/  SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) https://www.scad.edu/  Pixar https://www.pixar.com/  DreamWorks https://www.dreamworks.com/ 

Work: Museum of History and Magic https://www.museumhm.org/ Killdozer https://www.instagram.com/sweetboy.motion/p/Cw0os46AIZN/  Spider-Verse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man:_Across_the_Spider-Verse  Ninja Turtles Arcane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcane_(TV_series) 

Resources: Greyscalegorilla https://greyscalegorilla.com/  Maya https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview?term=1-YEAR&tab=subscription  ZBrush https://www.maxon.net/en/zbrush  Cinema 4D https://www.maxon.net/en/cinema-4d  Blender https://www.blender.org/  Unreal Engine Course https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/unreal-engine-for-3d-artists  Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/ Demo Reel Dash https://www.schoolofmotion.com/courses/demo-reel-dash

Arnold https://www.autodesk.com/products/arnold/overview  Eevee https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/eevee/introduction.html  Grease Pencil https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/grease_pencil/index.html  Clay Pencil https://pepeschoolland.gumroad.com/l/ibbls  Donut Tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0J27sf9N1Y&list=PLjEaoINr3zgEPv5y--4MKpciLaoQYZB1Z  STL files https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STL_(file_format)  Blender Market https://blendermarket.com/  Freelance Manifesto https://www.amazon.com/Freelance-Manifesto-Modern-Motion-Designer-ebook/dp/B071JRYMSG 

 

 

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

School of Motion PodcastBy School of Motion: Design & Animation Training for MoGraph Artists

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

315 ratings


More shows like School of Motion Podcast

View all
99% Invisible by Roman Mars

99% Invisible

26,147 Listeners

Creative Pep Talk by Andy J. Pizza

Creative Pep Talk

1,974 Listeners

Mograph Podcast by Mograph.com

Mograph Podcast

61 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

110,865 Listeners

The Futur with Chris Do by The Futur

The Futur with Chris Do

846 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,021 Listeners

Motion Hatch: Helping Motion Designers Do Better Business by Hayley Akins

Motion Hatch: Helping Motion Designers Do Better Business

77 Listeners

Today, Explained by Vox

Today, Explained

10,125 Listeners

3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast by SVSlearn.com

3 Point Perspective: The Illustration Podcast

727 Listeners

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend by Team Coco & Earwolf

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

59,228 Listeners

Hard Fork by The New York Times

Hard Fork

5,434 Listeners

Fabulist by Joel Pilger

Fabulist

10 Listeners

The Economics of Everyday Things by Freakonomics Network & Zachary Crockett

The Economics of Everyday Things

1,613 Listeners

The Headlines by The New York Times

The Headlines

514 Listeners

Ghost Frame by Sarah Beth Morgan

Ghost Frame

38 Listeners