Mill 2D assist Alfie Vaughan on crafting content for YouTube and Advertising

What is your role at The Mill? My role at The Mill is a 2D artist which means I work as a compositor, specifically using Nuke in my case. Aside from being creative at The Mill you also have a YouTube channel. How does crafting VFX for advertising differ to creating content for YouTube? There are a lot of similarities between what I do at work and what I do when making YouTube videos – and also a lot of differences as well. Generally speaking, all the techniques and approaches are the same. I use the same skills across both. The differences are mainly just in terms of scale, budget, time restraints etc. What I like about making my own videos is I have complete creative control. I can work on them as long as I like without a deadline. The subject matter can be anything that interests and inspires me to make something cool. And being the only artist involved, I get to be a part of the whole process, including the CG aspects which usually is done by other (far more competent) professionals when it’s a project within The Mill. How has the likes of YouTube aided your…
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