Nick Campbell is the Founder of Greyscalegorilla, a platform known for its high-quality 3D assets and having Microsoft, ESPN, and Sony among its clients. He initiated the company independently and has since scaled it significantly over the years. Greyscalegorilla facilitates 3D artists in creating realistic renders efficiently across platforms such as Cinema 4D, Blender, Houdini, and Unreal Engine. We spoke with Nick about his journey as a creative and an entrepreneur and we broke down the Evolution of Greyscalegorilla. We talked about the importance of saying NO to distractions and even talked about our secret weapon of success "Daily challenges". Nick shared with us strategies for building exceptional teams, prioritizing the right ideas, and envisioning the future of Greyscalegorilla. Thanks to Polycam for sponsoring this episode! Here is that sweet promo code we promised you guys: Type the code "BADDECISIONS" at https://poly.cam/ to save 30% on their Pro Plan. If this podcast is helping you, please take 2 minutes to rate our podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, It will help us SO MUCH, you have no idea lol 😅 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/12jUe4lIJgxE4yst7rrfmW?si=ab98994cf57541cf Apple Podcasts (Scroll down to review)- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-decisions-podcast/id1677462934 Find out more about Nick and Greyscalegorilla: https://twitter.com/nickvegas https://www.youtube.com/@Greyscalegorilla https://twitter.com/GSG3D https://greyscalegorilla.com/ https://www.instagram.com/greyscalegorilla/ Episode 44 Timestamps: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:02:51 Nick's Origin Story 00:08:46 I'm NOT an Artist 00:13:58 Why fundamentals are important? 00:27:14 Where did "Greyscalegorilla" come from?! 00:31:07 How to get Hired immediately? 00:35:58 Working at Digital Kitchen 00:38:24 The Evolution of Greyscalegorilla: From a Photoblog to 3D 00:41:11 The Power of Daily Challenges 00:45:06 Saying NO to distractions 00:52:10 This is the ONLY thing you Need To Be Successfull 00:56:26 Benefits of Teaching others 01:07:11 How to Deal with Haters? 01:11:46 Learning from the Best 01:17:41 Going All In with Greyscalegorilla 01:22:24 Nick Made A Bad Decision 01:32:10 Quitting everything 01:37:01 Nick's Biggest F**k Up! 01:40:47 The Spark To Scale Greyscalegorilla 01:46:13 How To Build an Incredible Team 01:56:20 Prioritizing Ideas 02:03:34 The Future of Greyscalegorilla Join our discord server where we connect and share assets: https://discord.gg/zwycgqezfD 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://www.instagram.com/farhad_baddecisions/ https://www.instagram.com/faraz_baddecisions/ https://www.instagram.com/farhad_sh/ https://www.instagram.com/farazshababs/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farhadshababi/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/farazshababi/ #3dartist #artist #unrealengine #cinema4d #houdini #blender3d #blender #3dartist #podcast #badxstudio #BadDecisionsStudio #BadDecisionsPodcast

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