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I help founders & creators communicate clearly without losing their visual personality
🌟 Motion Design, Branding, and Illustration

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In this open discussion episode, host Jen Van Horn @jenjen64 leads a conversation about unplugging from screens, summer hobbies, and creative projects that get you off the computer.

🎙️ audio from @kkoonnss & @jenjen64

This episode covers:

⛰️Boulder Startup Week recap from Kendall Hotchkiss @zonaefly
🧐Explaining motion design to non-designers
✨Automation as a way off the screen
☀️Tactile creative projects for summer
📱In-camera experimentation over Photoshop
🧠Rituals that reset the brain
⛺️Visiting Colorado Pre-camp mograph Tips

Link to listen to the full episode in the bio @mondaymeetingpodcast

Upcoming Events/Schedule:

Reminder that Monday Meeting is now on a monthly format
Next podcast recording: Open Discussion on June 8th
Game Night: Wednesday, May 27th

Join the Discord for announcements, office hours, topic suggestions, and conversations during our off weeks!
Link to join on our website
www.mondaymeeting.org

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In this guest episode, host Kendall Hotchkiss @zonaefly chats with Audrey Havey @ballofaud , graphic designer, art director, motion designer, illustrator, YouTuber, and co-founder of the newly launched creative studio Sword and Shield @swordandshield.tv . The episode covers studio launches, content creation, personal style, and the value of art school.

This episode covers:

⚔️Launching Sword and Shield

📆How Audrey and her husband planned a studio launch months in advance

✏️Commissioning frame-by-frame animation

🤳🏻YouTube content creation

⭐️Brand deals with Rive and School of Motion

📑LinkedIn without overthinking it

🎨Developing a personal style

🎓What art school actually teaches you

👀Sword and Shield’s vision

To listen to the full episode the link is in our bio @mondaymeetingpodcast

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In this open discussion episode, host Kendall Hotchkiss @zonaefly facilitates a conversation about social media strategy, platform algorithms, client acquisition, and staying authentically human in an AI-saturated landscape.

🎙️ @leahkopke

This episode covers:

💬 Meaningful engagement over passive liking

🤳🏻The four A’s of social media posting

✏️ AI for lead scraping, not content writing

📱Platform algorithms are not one-size-fits-all

👩‍💼Know who you’re actually marketing to

💵Automate payment chasing

👩‍💻Show your face, or find a workaround

⏱️Beat posting paralysis with constraints

Link to listen in our bio @mondaymeetingpodcast

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I forgot to post this on Tuesday -another fun @campmograph book club meeting, discussing “Song of Achilles”! ❤️📚

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Our monthly @mondaymeetingpodcast Game Night was a blast as always! We play on the Gartic Phone site, which has a bunch of drawing and animation games like Telestrations, Exquisite Corpse, and a Frame by Frame Animation collab! 😜 #gamenight #garticphone #telestrations #exquisitecorpse #framebyframe #animation #motiondesign

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The Exquisite Corpse game in Gartic Phone is my favorite -everyone draws a head/neck, torso/arms, and legs for each other with only a little bit of overlap and a color palette the previous person used. We’ve had some awesome creatures before, but tonight’s collection is the best so far! @mondaymeetingpodcast #gamenight #garticphone #esquisitecorpse

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Have you taken any of these tutorials? Comment ones you recommend!

Links to all these in our bio @mondaymeetingpodcast

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In this open discussion episode, host Kendall Hotchkiss @zonaefly leads a candid conversation about navigating challenging client relationships on pro bono projects!

🎙️ Xavier Jackson @escope222

This episode covers:

Pro bono work requires boundaries too:
Even volunteer projects need contracts, timelines, and scope definitions to prevent scope creep and maintain professional relationships

The contract as your bouncer:
Setting up agreements after a project starts is still valuable - frame it as helping everyone get organized rather than creating friction

Design by committee challenges:
When working with clients who have some technical knowledge but lack expertise, lead with questions about their goals rather than telling them what’s wrong

Time as leverage:
When there’s no payment involved, your availability and timeline become your primary negotiating tools for maintaining boundaries

The 50% rule for resistance:
If clients consistently push back on expert recommendations, especially on accessibility standards, you may need to accept their limitations and focus energy elsewhere

Walking away professionally:
Always have a referral ready and offer project files when exiting a difficult engagement - how you leave matters as much as how you start

Client communication strategies:
Mirror client language back to them, keep emails brief with links to detailed notes, and break feedback into specific review rounds to manage expectations

Link to listen to the full episode in bio @mondaymeetingpodcast

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In this episode, host Kendall Hotchkiss @zonaefly welcomes Jake Bartlett @jakeinmotion , and they discuss his journey from motion designer to educator, his latest course launch, and his embrace of AI tools for creative work.

This episode covers:

Animation Principles course launch:
Jake’s new course focusing on 8 core principles of motion design (condensed from the original 12 Disney principles), featuring projects like the Ease-N-Out Burger animation made with Blender and After Effects’ Advanced 3D render engine

Generous course giveaway:
Jake offered free access to his Animation Principles course to all live attendees, demonstrating his commitment to education and community support

AI-powered tool development:
Jake’s exploration of vibe coding with Claude AI and Claude Code to create After Effects scripts and extensions, marking a significant shift in how motion designers can build custom tools

Career evolution through generalist experience:
How starting as a generalist at a production company (doing motion design, editing, camera work, and graphic design) helped Jake identify his passion for kinetic text and animated lyric videos

Lyric video specialization:
Jake’s journey to becoming known for lyric videos, culminating in work for Norah Jones and establishing a niche that combined his motion design skills with his music background

Software exploration beyond After Effects:
Jake’s experiments with Blender, Rive, Figma, and interest in DaVinci Resolve’s Fusion, while maintaining After Effects as his primary tool

YouTube content strategy:
Jake’s spontaneous approach to video creation based on excitement rather than strict planning, and his upcoming 30-day series covering every panel in After Effects

Efficient production workflow:
How Jake optimizes his home studio setup with integrated camera, lighting, and teleprompter to streamline the tutorial creation process from recording to editing

Teaching as ultimate career path:
Jake’s progression from full-time motion designer to freelancer to full-time educator, discovering that teaching was his true passion after trying different roles

Link to listen to the full episode in bio @mondaymeetingpodcast

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The @mondaymeetingpodcast game night was fun and unhinged as usual! We played our usual Gartic Phone, Animation, and Exquisite Corpse games. These were my favorite of the frame by frame animations! Join us next month! #gamenight #garticphone

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