Monday Meeting

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.

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

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!

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!

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. 

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

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 s...

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, ch...

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.

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...

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,...

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.

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

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:...

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

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.o...

 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 

This week we chat with Noah Wohl about being a business owner in the motion design industry, how he got started, why a business vs. freelance, and lots of hot questions from participants.   As always, you can join in each Monday at 11AM ET and learn more at https://www.mondaymeeting.org 

This week we catch up with a lot of attendees to see how their yearly goals are going.  Are people accomplishing them?  Have some been put on the back burner?  Some good conversations come about while reviewing a bunch of goals. As always, you can join in each Monday at 11AM ET via https://www.mondaymeeting.org

This week we discuss is it worth splitting your business or types of work into different businesses?  Or should you keep it all under one roof?  We also have a great discussion about parenting and how it's tough to progress as an artist while dealing with life responsibilities like kids and family. As always, you can join in each Monday at 11AM ET via https://www.mondaymeeting.org

 This week we discuss how you incorporate Research and Development into your project workflow.  Do you set aside time to do it?  How much time do you spend with R&D?  The group weighs in. As always, you can join in each Monday at 11AM ET via https://www.mondaymeeting.org

This week we discuss the blunt nature of the industry: Does being a fantastic artist and good at what you do really get you more jobs or is there more to it? Can you "cheat" your way into more lucrative jobs just by networking? As always, you can join in each Monday at 11AM ET via https://www.mondaymeeting.org

This week we discuss time management. How do remote workers vs. on site workers, best and worst practices, and more! As always, you can learn more and join in at https://www.mondaymeeting.org.

This week we have open discussion that focuses mostly on mental and physical health. Everything from the tole this industry takes on us to the tole it takes on our relationships.

Mark, Liam, and many others who attended NAB 2019 have a great overall discussion about what they saw at the show.  From presentations at the Maxon booth and other show floor topics to after parties and gambling, this recap covers it all!  And for those who don't know, details about Camp Mograph 2019 are revealed too!