This month is all about change - we're going to band together and commit to our goals for 2015 and begin to build a roadmap to how to achieve even our most unattainable goals. This month is your chance to make change and to go after your hopes and dreams and measure your success as all of us will will be provided the tools throughout December.

Every few days a new episode will be up giving you the keys to change and opening up new doors, with episodes tackling our biggest sticking points and showing how to break through and move forward, gain new skills and look at our careers under a microscope and find out exactly what we need to 10x our career and make the biggest impact imaginable!

Go to http://www.allanmckay.com/10 and write your goals and join us as we commit to transforming our careers and making a big impact in 2015!

I jumped at the chance to talk with Todd about this subject, as it's one I plan to cover later this month! Todd has major success working on projects ranging from The Lord of the Rings all the way through to X-files, Final Destination 5, 2012, The Mist, and dozens of others. He's a major source of talent nad also having worked in this industry for over two decades! The best thing by far, is that a majority of the work he does now is all from home - I love this story because it's a perfect example of both success and creating freedom in your workplace. Quitting the typical 9-5 and freeing yourself up to work for yourself gives you many options.

DEFINITELY check this episode out - it's a long one but full of priceless advice! I will be following up too later this month with a lot of additional information from my perspective as a more how-to guide.

What is your plans for 2015? Throughout December I am going to be posting THREE episodes per week regularly to help jump start your career in visual effects and for those who are hungry for more, to really raise your game and hit all of your goals. This month is going to be a chance for you to transform your career and your life - get ready Wednesday as I post the first episode of this series that will lead you through building up your path to success in 2015!

Click here to jump start your career and money with a bang!

Lastly - next episode I will be announcing the winners of the current contest - which is to win a free one month membership to Digital Tutors. You can win this by simply:

1. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (click the blue button on the left to load up iTunes)

2. Also leave a brief review and don't forget to rate it as well! Click here

3. Lastly, click like on my Facebook page so you can get updated on more free content and new episodes as they come out!

Winners will be announced in a few days

ALSO Digital Tutors was kind enough to let me release my course I did with Digital Tutors, on Realfow and Python Scripting and advanced V-Ray shaders. Check it out here, this is my gift to you from Digital Tutors and myself, enjoy!

This is a great interview with extraordinary artist John Brennick for his contributions at studios like Weta and Digital domain and other studios around the globe on many high profile films including Dawn of the planet of the apes and The Hobbit 2. This is a really fun interview that covers a lot of really great insight into both burn out and finding passion in your work.

Check out show notes (they're coming, I promise!) at http://www.allanmckay.com/8

Also feel free to email me any questions or comments, or leave some on the website!

This episode comes with a lot of key advice for those wanting to get their foot in the door of the Visual Effects Industry (or any industry for that matter). Where going with the flow and doing what everyone else does will simply limit your opportunities and most likely you'll be lost in the crowd.

Thinking outside of the box and taking the initiative to do things differently will maximize your opportunities.

Entering the side door - is a way to create your own passage into a job or company, where there is likely none or very little competition because you are creating opportunities that stand out from traditional paths others use.

Take lots of notes, as this episode is aimed at creating your own successes and it's a very vital key to making the most of your time and making the most of your career!

Don't waste time, get in and get started!

That applies for your career and it applies to this podcast!

more information and show notes you can visit http://www.allanmckay.com/7

This episode is with Sean Ritchie who is a vfx artist working for Stargate Studios in Georgia primarily tied to the hit tv series The Walking Dead. We gain a lot of insight into Sean's background leading up to entering the industry as well as how's growth and experience over the past few years primarily working on Walking Dead and various other projects - Sean is an extremely talented artist yet so humble and down to earth while also having a wealth of knowledge and insight into his work and production. This is a really great episode and a must see! Check it out!

Check out Episode 6 course notes (coming soon) as well as a chance to win 1 month FREE membership with Digital Tutors! Gain access to thousands of high-end tutorials and other training, check it out!

At the end of the month (November 30 at 11:59pm Pacific Time) I will be announcing the winners who each will receive 1 month membership to Digital Tutors and access to ALL of their training material!

How do you win this?

Simply do these two steps

1) Like my Facebook Page

2) SUBSCRIBE and leave a REVIEW + RATING on iTunes

Simply do these two things and keep an eye out November 30 to win! and tune in later this week for NEXT EPISODE!!

Course notes located here: http://www.allanmckay.com/6

This is a bonus episode that made it in where Carlos Anguiano and I discuss his studio platform and it's major successes. This is a great episode, another very technical one and I wanted to squeeze it in as Carlos and I discussed so much content over the past few episodes I couldn't let this valuable information go.

Anyone who runs a studio or is interested in running a more efficient studio pipeline, check this out as Carlos has a lot of great information in here.

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Check out Episode 4 course notes (coming soon) as well as a chance to win 1 year FREE membership with Digital Tutors!

At the end of the month (November 30 at 11:59pm Pacific Time) I will be announcing the winners who each will receive 1 year membership to Digital Tutors and access to ALL of their training material worth a lot of moolah!

How do you win this?

Simply do these two steps

1) Like my Facebook Page

2) Subscribe and leave a review/rating on iTunes

Simply do these two things and keep an eye out November 30 to win! and tune in later this week for NEXT EPISODE!!

Course notes are coming, they will land at http://www.allanmckay.com/5/

This episode is part one of a multiple series on job interviews and crafting your communicaiton skills and obtaining what you want from your job prospects. This episode is important especially for those who have difficulty easing into interviews and 'freeze up' as we go a little out there and look at many of the mindsets and how to overcome them - keep an open mind as episode 4 takes us on a bit of a ride down some strong and proven techniques for overcoming anxiety and strengthening your confidence so you can nail your interviews, meetings and obtain what you want!

Check out Episode 4 course notes (coming soon) as well as a chance to win 1 month FREE membership with Digital Tutors!

At the end of the month (November 30 at 11:59pm Pacific Time) I will be announcing the winners who each will receive 1 month membership to Digital Tutors and access to ALL of their training material!

How do you win this?

Simply do these two steps

1) Like my Facebook Page

2) Subscribe and leave a review/rating on iTunes

Simply do these two things and keep an eye out November 30 to win! and tune in later this week for NEXT EPISODE!!

Course notes located here: http://www.allanmckay.com/4

For the latest episodes visit http://www.allanmckay.com

Allan McKay is a visual effects supervisor and technical director and high profile mentor in Hollywood working in 3D, both in video-games, feature films and tv commercials. Allan works with many of the leading visual effects and 3D animation studios and speaks at Autodesk University, SIGGRAPH and various conferences worldwide!

This is an episode of Artist Insight Series I never published, which gave great insight into Ansi's career starting out and his recent successes. This is a fun interview giving a lot of insight into Ansi and his background. Ansi is a talented FX artist from Germany living in the US working for many leading studios such as Blur, Pixomondo and Prime Focus! 

For the latest episodes visit http://www.allanmckay.com

Allan McKay is a visual effects supervisor and technical director and high profile mentor in Hollywood working in 3D, both in video-games, feature films and tv commercials. Allan works with many of the leading visual effects and 3D animation studios and speaks at Autodesk University, SIGGRAPH and various conferences worldwide!

All interviews Carlos Anguiano, a Character and Pipeline Technical Director working for many studios including Industrial Light + Magic, Disney, Rhythm & Hues, Pixomondo, Scanline, Blur studio. Carlos is the creator of Mango pipeline platform which has been a huge success among many leading visual effects studios worldwide, and we discuss in this episode about his career working with many of the top studios on various major film productions. Lots of fun and very insightful!

This covers many great subjects both from starting out to delving more into the technical aspects of visual effects. If you are intersted in scripting or becoming a technical director I highly advise this episode, but for everyone else, discussing many of the films and studios Carlos has worked at as well as Toy Story and many other great subjects, I guarantee this will be a great episode for you to listen to and gain a lot from!

For the latest episodes visit http://www.allanmckay.com

Allan McKay is a visual effects supervisor and technical director and high profile mentor in Hollywood working in 3D, both in video-games, feature films and tv commercials. Allan works with many of the leading visual effects and 3D animation studios and speaks at Autodesk University, SIGGRAPH and various conferences worldwide!

Join Allan McKay as we discuss taking your freelance career in 3D visual effects to the next level! Breaking into freelance, negotiating travel, higher salary, getting contracts and carefully coordinating your career to maximize your success! Whether you use Maya, 3DS Max, Houdini, Photoshop or you freelance as a producer!

When you are done you will have a whole new world of understanding of tricks and hacks to master your freelance career!