In this interview we will learn how he started his YouTube channel, how he is making a living with his YouTube channel and why focusing the content you around your personal interests is so important.

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⇨ Website: https://curtisholt.online/
⇨ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/curtisholt
⇨ Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/curtisjamesholt
⇨ Twitter: https://twitter.com/curtisjamesholt
⇨ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curtisjamesholt/
⇨ Discord: https://discord.gg/aMDpFtc

GOODIES
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⇨ Substance Painter Launch Pad course: https://academy.cgboost.com/p/substance-painter-launch-pad

CHAPTERS
00:00:00 – Intro
00:02:04 – How did you get into the world of CG?
00:03:38 – What was your video game about?
00:06:01 – Were you interested in art since your childhood?
00:06:47 – Do you still do coding or are you only focusing on art?
00:08:44 – What was the main motivation to start your YouTube channel?
00:12:54 – What is the hardest part of running your YouTube channel?
00:14:28 – What do you define as “creating content”?
00:15:45 – Would you stop doing YouTube videos, if you find a better way to promote your resources?
00:17:30 – How do you grow your community?
00:19:02 – Do you make a living from running your YouTube channel?
00:20:32 – What is your most effective income stream?
00:21:11 – Do you get more money on Gumroad from free products or paid ones?
00:22:21 – How much content do you need to put out per month?
00:24:48 – How do you connect to other Blender YouTubers?
00:27:36 – Does your YouTube channel benefit from the collaboration with other YouTubers?
00:28:53 – Why did you join the Weekly CG Challenge?
00:29:39 – Why do you stick to the same colors in your art?
00:31:09 – Why does your voice sound so robotic?
00:32:45 – What are the most important lesson(s) you learned along the way?
00:35:37 – What would you consider your biggest success so far?
00:37:16 – Why to take care of your time investment?
00:38:48 – Which artists, books, YouTube channels, courses etc. influenced you the most?
00:42:31 – What are your future plans?
00:43:53 – Do you want to go on with the type of content you’re creating now?
00:45:44 – Did you try different content to see how your audience reacts?
00:48:55 – If you could learn a new skill right now instantaneously, what would it be?
00:50:24 – What is the best purchase you have made?
00:51:20 – How do you keep inspired?
00:52:21 – Advice to successfully start a YouTube channel?
00:54:42 – Is it worth starting a YouTube channel?

RESOURCES
Miscellaneous
⇨ BY-GEN add-on: https://gumroad.com/l/BY-GEN
⇨ Our Nation’s Miner Game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/360040/Our_Nations_Miner/
⇨ System Era Softworks (studio): https://systemera.net/

Books/Authors
⇨ Forces of nature by Brian Cox: https://www.amazon.com/Forces-Nature-Professor-Brian-Cox/dp/0008259372/
⇨ Beginning C++ Through Game Programming: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1305109910/
⇨ Ian Banks: https://www.amazon.com/Iain-M-Banks/e/B000APXAVG
⇨ Yuval Noah Harari: https://www.amazon.com/Yuval-Noah-Harari/e/B00J21BCIW
⇨ Brian Cox: https://www.amazon.com/Brian-Cox/e/B001V8J074

Websites
⇨ Artstation: https://www.artstation.com/
⇨ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/

People
⇨ Paul Pepera: https://www.artstation.com/paulpepera
⇨ Pablo Dobarro: https://twitter.com/pablodp606
⇨ @Sebastian Lague
⇨ @IanHubert

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