Part of my day job is max animation, and I also do it as a hobby with the occaisional profit, but I couldn't live off it (don't think I'm good enough for it - or maybe just not motivated enough to risk going freelance - wife kids house etc to worry about)

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Toolset: Blender, GIMP, Indigo Render, LuxRender, TopMod, Knotplot, Ivy Gen, Plant Studio.