OPENING TOPICS:
Welcome back! Looking forward to 2019, thanks for being a part of Monday Meetings.
Got some ideas/guests planned for 2019, but if you have any suggestions hit us up via email, twitter, slack, etc.
MAIN DISCUSSION:
2019 Goals
setting them, and new monthly challenges we're going to start issuing!
Pouya:
Doing instagram dailies. To get better at techniques that may be difficult to do with a client project. Has been doing some personal projects and enjoying them.
Chris:
Try and theme personal projects more. For example, only do things in the color red or a glitchy aesthetic
Ryan Welborn:
Adjust how to attack projects.
Quantity vs. quality.
Working on more projects, quantity over quality to actually grow more.
Shed the worry of perfection.
Jordan Quackenbush:
Changing away from personal name to actual company name.
Taking on the mindset that he is actually a studio.
Operate as "Nugget and Bundle."
Middle of the month meetings in Atlanta.
Gav Grant:
Focus on larger projects, and not loose interest and move onto another one, leaving lots of unfinished projects.
Upgrading my rig finally.
Putting out a demo reel.
Claudio:
Learn how to draw.
Longer term projects.
Everyday projects don't work for him.
Pedro Ramos:
New year goal: Get a job in a decent animation studio in London
Kevin Maistros:
Moving either to CA or to CO... which brings a whole slew of yearly goals in its' own
Kendall:
Applying for Adobe Creative Residency.
Educational videos. A monthly series.
Tool Tips/Tutorials.
Tony Agliata:
C4D Basecamp at SOM.
Spend a weekend at Sorrofsky in March for title design.
Land some more local clients.
Reaching out to studios and people I'd like to work with.
Doing a bit more personal work.
Getting involved in the community more and giving back.
Phil Roberts aka RaidZer0:
Taking a month off in February to regroup.
Personal projects.
Nick aka rockaFORCE:
Finishing up a personal project that has been going on for years.
Meet up with more local people in Buffalo.
Sam B:
Getting more projects that go beyond bio work. Getting redundant.
Sam Hodel:
30 - 50 emails to agencies / potential clients.
Make more connections in Chicago and St. Louis
Sorrofsky in March as well.
botamotion:
Find a job in title design, whether freelance or employee
Settle somewhere (changed 5 cities & countries in the last 5 years, exciting but so tiring)
Join a real-life community for motion graphic that is in my reach, that goes with settling somewhere I guess...