No problem Victor! Everything will be recorded 😊

@Pierre Klemm I watched all your videos.😊 Honestly? It almost made me want to jump back into Blender myself.🤣 I started learning it a while back and got kind of blown away. If I wasn't already deep into Unreal right now, I'd probably go for it again just because of what you shared. What you're trying to do is completely doable in Blender. The Kurzgesagt-style guy proves it. Orthographic camera, flat planes, 2D/toon shaders. You're basically doing 2D inside a 3D engine. And that's the beautiful part. The day a client asks for actual 3D, you don't have to learn a new software. You're already there. One thing I'd push you on. Don't stop at one style. That guy is one example. Go hunt for more. Look at what people are making in After Effects and ask yourself "could I do this in Blender?" My bet is yes, most of the time. And keep poking at text animation in Blender. I don't actually know how deep that goes, but it's worth exploring. Text is a massive part of the job in motion design. On the open source side, Blender's community is massive. That's a huge advantage. (After Effects has its own edge too. Tons of plugins, scripts, even things you can write yourself in JavaScript. If anyone wants, I can share the list of AE tools I couldn't live without.) Now the real question you asked. "How do I convince someone to work with me if I have nothing to show yet?" Everyone starts there. Everyone. Right now I'm building a motion design and branding agency with a very good friend of mine. We both have portfolios from our past lives. You'd think we'd just blend everything together and call it a day. We're not doing that. We decided to build three ghosts instead. A ghost is a fake campaign. You pick a brand you love. Either you just have fun with it and push everything you want to push, or you find a real problem the brand has and solve it with your craft. Ours are full rebrands. Custom font. Color palette. Art direction. Animation. Long case study pages for each one. We're launching the studio on the back of three projects.

@Pierre Klemm Pierre, I hear you man. And I want to address two things here. First, the fear. Everything you're describing is normal. Not just normal. Necessary. Here's the thing nobody tells you: there will always be someone better than you. Always. Whether you're a junior learning Blender or a Pixar animator with 20 years of experience. That's just how it works. For everybody on this planet. But that's not the game. You're not competing against the best motion designer on YouTube. The world has room. Lots of it. And the people who end up building something real are not the most talented ones. They're the ones who keep showing up. Every day. Falling, getting back up, doing the work. I've been exactly where you are. Questioning my skills, my talent, who I was as a person. And if I had stopped every time doubt crept in, I wouldn't be here writing this. Doubt will come back. Tomorrow. Next week. Every time you learn something new. That's fine. The trick is not to kill the doubt. It's to recognize it when it shows up, say "I know what this feels like," and keep pushing anyway. That's the only metric that separates people who build something from people who stay behind. Now, your actual questions. How do I approach brands? What's the workflow? How do I build a case study? I get why this feels massive. It's like standing at the bottom of a mountain and trying to figure out the whole route before you take a single step. Here's the rule: when a problem feels too big to attack, break it down. Keep breaking it down until you find the smallest piece you can actually start working on. That's it. That's always the answer. And then you trust the process. Trusting the process means understanding that in three weeks, you will not be where you are today. Not even close. Just because you kept pushing, kept learning, kept getting a little clearer every day. Start with Module 1 and 2. Start looking around. Get inspired. Research studios you love. Read threads that spark something. Grab a piece of paper and start writing names for your business. What colors feel right? What universe do you want to build? Look at how other artists and studios present themselves.

Hey Victor! no need to apologize 😊 Yes I'll move the weekly call to Thursday 5pm CT

Just changed the meeting day to Thursday! 😊

Hey Victor, I'll create a nice structured post for AE ressources: Tutorials, scripts, tools, plugins...Everything in one place But for now, you can definitely check out these two. They're my favorites, especially Ben. 👉 https://www.youtube.com/@JakeInMotion 👉https://www.youtube.com/@BenMarriott Please let me know once you start learning AE and have questions, I'll be glad to answer 😊 I might even drop a course in the Classroom about it at some point if I see that a lot of people are requesting it. Have fun! 🎉

@Victor Perez anytime! Love to share some tips and tricks about that amazing software :)