This week, Julie Craft hosts, and talks about a topic that came up in slack this week: how do people break into the industry? The call focuses around participant, Chris Davis, who has been struggling with really finding his way into a full-time role at a studio and not hearing back when applying to places. We talk about his reel, strategies on different social media platforms, and more. For a show notes or to learn more about Monday Meeting, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org...
Feb 11, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 6
This week's meeting featured guest Jason Poley, who recently gave a riveting presentation at NODE Fest about his journey with mental health in our industry. Jason talks about that journey a bit, the ups and downs, and takes questions from participants. For show notes or to learn more, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Feb 04, 2020•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 5
This week's call is part of a mini-series on mental health in mograph. This week, Liam Clisham hosts as we discuss coping mechanisms to help with all the stress that comes with working inside the motion design industry. You can get the chat transcript, meeting notes, or learn more about calls at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 4
This week, Mark Cernosia hosts the call for an open discussion that quickly turned into a big discussion about XR and the future of motion design. For all the show notes or to join in a future call, head over to https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jan 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 3
This week, Julie Craft hosted the call and we all get personal. Talking about feeling stagnant in the industry, how everyone got their start and how everyone has different paths. How parenting and partnerships really direct the mograph path you take, and so much more. For the full show notes or to join in the next call, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 2
On this call, Mark and Liam co-host as we kick off the new year. We cover a good bit of things that happened while we were away on holiday break and then start to talk about Liam's freelancing article and expand upon it a bit. For a full link to the article and call notes, head over to https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This week, Mark Cernosia hosts and welcomes guest Mark Lindner and Simon Holmedal from Panoply. We discuss their background, their newest work for the video game awards, and take questions from participants. You can find the full meeting notes at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Dec 16, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This week, Julie Craft hosts, and discusses generating ideas and getting repeat clients. We talk about everything ranging from particular workflows people have for staying creative, to using drugs, to mediation. We then talk about ways to keep clients coming back after a project and making yourself invaluable. You can find the full meeting notes at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Dec 16, 2019•59 min•Season 2Ep. 21
This week Liam Clisham hosts the call. We talk about a range of suggested topics from finding new clients without any media presence, working internationally and rates, to quickly touching on creative exercises and does anyone have routines to get into projects. You can find the full call notes at https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 20
This week Mark Cernoisa hosts the call. It's an overall open discussion. The topic of great stories but mediocre animation comes up. Why does the story matter so much more than the artistic quality of the visuals? What are some great examples of that? And more! You can get the full call notes at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Dec 09, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This week we welcome Julie Craft as a new host to Monday Meetings as well as guest, Rachel Reid from Gunner in Detroit, MI. Julie and Rachel talk about Rachel's background, her style, how to work with cel animators like herself, and take questions from the meeting participants. As always, you can find the full show notes or join in a future meeting at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Nov 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Guests Julie Craft and Billy Chitkin discuss how they formed Boxfort in Detroit, Michigan. We discuss the Half Rez 8 titles , working as a collaborative, finding office space and hacky sack circles in the office. You can always find show notes or join a meeting at https://www.mondaymeeting.org...
Nov 13, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This week Andy Needham talks to us briefly about the annual X-Particles Challenge. Afterward, we open up the call for general discussion and talk about holds for a bit, and a bit more. You can always find show notes or join a meeting at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Nov 05, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 16
This week, Hayley Akins joins us to talk about setting goals. How to go about it in your career, or personally, and how her quarterly mastermind group can help you with goals too. If you'd like to join in a call or get the full call notes, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Oct 28, 2019•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 15
This week we talk about our offices. Do we sit or stand? What kind of mice are we using? How about wacom? What kind of desks and montors? We talk about it all. If you'd like to join in on a call, or get the full show notes, you can at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Oct 28, 2019•56 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This week Penny Nederlander hosts an open discussion that transforms into talking about animation festivals vs. motion design events. We've got a lot of notes and links for you this week, so head over to https://www.mondaymeeting.org for all of them. As always, if you'd like to join in or learn more about these calls, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org or hit us up on social media!
Oct 16, 2019•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 13
This week we discuss everything that happened at Camp Mograph . We go over some of the activities, but have a bunch of participants who were at Camp discuss their own personal thoughts about the event. As always, if you'd like the full meeting notes, to learn more or join in on future calls, head to https://www.mondaymeeting.org!
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 12 min•Season 2Ep. 12
On this week's call, we discussed Blend and had a general open discussion. We talk about the Blend titles as well as the Half Rez ones and more. Check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org to get the full meeting notes, learn more, or join in on the next meeting.
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This week we welcome Penny Nederlander as a new host for the Monday Meeting calls. She absolutely killed it. We talked about everything ranging from all the events happening this fall to general discussion and suggestions from participants. If you want to learn more, get show notes or join in a call, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 10
We are stoked to have Chad Ashley ( @chad_gsg & @cgpov ) join us for this week's meeting to go over his process for creating materials in Substance Designer . Chad walks us through a lot of the creative decisions and workflow for creating unique, procedural materials. Keep an eye out because Chad and the crew at GreyscaleGorilla will be releasing a new material pack for Cinema 4D soon!...
Sep 11, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 9
This week's meeting was an open discussion and consisted of some good topics. We touch on the School of Motion "state of the industry" survey, bad trends in the motion graphics industry, whether or not going freelance is the right path for you, traditional schools vs online training, and new programs like Substance Alchemist. If you'd like to learn more, get show notes, or join in a call, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Sep 04, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week's call was an open discussion that turned into looking at what success means. Does it mean you're famous and working with all the big names? Does it mean you're not homeless? What constitutes success for us? If you'd like to learn more, get show notes, or join in a call, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Aug 29, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 7
This week we discuss a wide variety of things. The original topic started out questioning does location matter to a motion designer career. We branched off and talked about the importance of networking beyond the mograph industry, how being reliable is super important, and utilizing word of mouth and referrals. We also go off a bit at the end about Adobe's response to a year old thread about multi-threaded support in AE and how we're tired of the corporate fluff. If you want to learn more, get f...
Aug 20, 2019•1 hr 34 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This week we did a quick recap of SIGGRAPH since we skipped it last week. The main focus of this week's call was about having a career in mograph. Some harsh truths about what it takes to make it in the industry; Some honest talk about pricing and the ranges that people can charge; How networking can change a person's career; and so much more! If you want to join in, get show notes or learn more, you can do so by visiting https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Aug 13, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 5
This week the group talks reviews a couple reels and talks a briefly at the end of the call about using Linkedin for doing sales and cold emailing. If you'd like to join in, learn more, or get notes on the episodes, head over to https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Aug 06, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 4
There are so many resources for learning motion design. From free tutorials to paid courses and everything in between, what's the best way to go? Pros and Cons? And once you learn more skills, how do you critique your own work? This week's meeting dives into both topics. For full notes or to join in the next call, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jul 31, 2019•58 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Have you noticed the industry seems to be shifting a lot lately? We have too. This week we discuss how the industry is changing. Studios closing and downsizing. The huge increase in freelancers. Lots of big names now going to work for companies like Google or Facebook instead of a studio or agency. Also, what the hell is up with budgets? For full notes or to join in the next call, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jul 26, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 2
This week we discuss a lot having to do with invoicing. How to deal with late payments, overtime, and more. As always, you can join in or learn more at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jul 22, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 1
We have been doing this for one year! This week we discussed what our first year of meetings has been like and how thankful we are for you, the participants and our plans going forward. Such as moving the calls back to 10AM Eastern Time. We also have a really awesome conversation about the hold system and other general topics. For all the notes and to join in, check out https://www.mondaymeeting.org.
Jul 22, 2019•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 35
This week we have a pretty loose discussion about ways to generate passive income, some chat about creating tutorials and how that could generate revenue, and more. The chatroom was super active during this call with a lot of great questions and discussions. As always, you can join in each Monday at 11AM ET and learn more at https://www.mondaymeeting.org
Jul 02, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 34
