Monday Meeting is a weekly virtual gathering where motion designers, animators, and visual effects artists come together to discuss industry trends, share their experiences, and learn from one another.
This creative community provides a platform for networking, collaboration, and skill development. By participating in Monday Meeting, motion design professionals can stay up-to-date on the latest techniques, tools, and software while also expanding their professional networks and growing their careers in this exciting and dynamic field.
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Monday Meeting is a weekly virtual gathering where motion designers, animators, and visual effects artists come together to discuss industry trends, share their experiences, and learn from one another.
This creative community provides a platform for networking, collaboration, and skill development. By participating in Monday Meeting, motion design professionals can stay up-to-date on the latest techniques, tools, and software while also expanding their professional networks and growing their careers in this exciting and dynamic field.
In this open discussion episode, host Jen Van Horn chats with community members sharing Halloween stories, Adobe MAX updates, professional wins, and seasonal projects.
This episode covers:
Halloween and seasonal celebrations: Community costume sharing including K-pop Demon Hunters and sensory rope bunny looks, plus discussion of declining trick-or-treaters and the rise of trunk-or-treat events replacing traditional door-to-door visits
Adobe MAX announcements: Firefly boards emerging as collaborative mood boarding tools combining inspiration collection with AI generation, Content Aware Fill advances enabling 3D subject rotation, and increased availability of sneaks content for remote attendees
Industry alternatives gaining ground: Affinity design suite now permanently free for all users with newly added vector trace functionality, challenging Adobe's market position for design-focused workflows
Professional wins across the community: First-time live panel moderation at major industry events, unexpected client partnerships from social media posts, recovery milestones enabling return to full creative work, and Monday Meeting team expansion with new editors and hosts
Personal project momentum: Custom streaming setups with animated alert boxes and Arduino integration, year-end business strategy development for 2026 launches, hand-drawn animation work for independent films, and TA positions providing skill refreshers
Visit MondayMeeting.org for this episode and other conversations from the motion design community!
Monday Meeting is a weekly virtual gathering where motion designers, animators, and visual effects artists come together to discuss industry trends, share their experiences, and learn from one another.
This creative community provides a platform for networking, collaboration, and skill development. By participating in Monday Meeting, motion design professionals can stay up-to-date on the latest techniques, tools, and software while also expanding their professional networks and growing their careers in this exciting and dynamic field.
