Joe Siemsen

Welcome to the Nice Moves 2022 Wrapped! We wanted to take a second to see what we did this year and thank all of you for showing up to our events, being a part of our discord, sharing your work on Feature Fridays, and more. Can’t wait to keep doing what we do in 2023! 🎆

THIS THURSDAY is our September monthly meetup! We can’t wait to see you, mingle, chow down on pizza, and learn from community member Michael Hilliger. To learn more and rsvp, head to our eventbrite: eventbrite.com/e/toonboom-har…

Anijam 2022 LAUNCHES TODAY! To learn more about how to participate, read this handy dandy one sheet we made with the bg, specs, and submission details: docs.google.com/document/d/1Ht… Goodluck!

On September 29th, we're having another monthly meetup! We're excited to present our speaker, Michael Hilliger, who will be giving a talk on how he used ToonBoom Harmony to animate his latest short. There will also be time to mingle with fellow cool motion based artists (1/2)

Pssst, Hey! We’re passing along a paid open call for animators! Nice Moves is always excited about a chance to fund more independent animation in Minnesota, so apply and make something for yourself but also for a great local organization that empowers incarcerated writers. 🧵

TODAY AT 2PM, Nice Moves is hosting a Mentorship Mixer at Greyduck Collective! Potential mentees (you) and mentors will get to meet face-to-face in a speed-dating style environment, allowing everyone to talk with everyone, not just the first person you bump into. (1/2)

Nice Moves is excited to announce we will be hosting our second ever Mentorship Mixer this June 5th, 2022! If you’re looking to become a potential Mentee, fill out the application form here before attending: nicemoves.org/mentorship/

Did you know we have a Discord channel for our community? Join us and get access to great people and talented artists to talk to and hang out with! discord.gg/jZp2Ehxb

@Saturnninaa I feel like a bit of insanity is a requirement for animation. Draw a picture. Draw it again slightly different. Do that 100 times. Congratulations you've made almost 3.5 seconds of entertainment.

Dear animators; How are you guys still sane🙃?

We need you! Nice Moves is now accepting applications for open Board Member positions! Help make Nice Moves happen! Grow and highlight our local industry in MN! Sound like you? Fill out this application! forms.gle/bxX45Pxe7swCJV… Deadline is March 1st!

We live in 2022, time for some funky experimentation for our Feb meetup, NM is excited to hear the secrets of Sishir Bommakanti! A deep dive into his illustration process sculpting to rendering to painting. Q&A after! youtu.be/AVkVEDeBbRg Stay warm & hope to “see” you there!

@DavidGallaher More on the post side of things I have lots of experience bringing illustrations to life with animation! vimeo.com/482852738

2022 is here, but lets reflect on 2021 a bit by looking at the fresh off the excel sheet Salary Survey Results! This amazing resource is made possible by all of you! nicemoves.org/salary-survey/

The Nice Moves Annual Salary Survey is so exceptionally important and useful for our industry as a whole. Its a great tool and metric for seeing where things are at and helpful in rate and salary negotiations for our area. THE SURVEY CLOSES THIS THURSDAY! nicemoves.org/salary-survey-…

MET 2021 is TONIGHT! Plus you don’t even have to go anywhere cause it’s virtual! Join us at the livestream link: youtube.com/watch?v=uedJVg… And then on discord for the winners Q&A discord.com/invite/9TBzjRR Minnesota Electronic Theater 2021 6:00PM Dec 02, 2021 youtube.com/nicemoves

It’s the final countdown to the annual Minnesota Electronic Theater! I know everyone hates spoilers, but the work everyone made was incredible! livestream on 12/2, with a Q&A with MET 2021 award winners on the Nice Moves Discord after MET 6PM, 12/02/2021 youtube.com/nicemoves

Going live soon with a presentation from Fraser Maclean! youtube.com/watch?v=DuHaAx…

The Nice Moves Annual Salary Survey is here again to collect your anonymous data to feed the data and graph gods! This salary survey is so important and helpful in rate and salary negotiations. Submit to it and share! You have until Dec. 9th! nicemoves.org/salary-survey-…

New Spotlight Alert!!! In this episode we chat with the creative duo, Gretchen Blase and Eric Kreidler, of @eg_design. Listen to the episode here: open.spotify.com/show/7hceA6Dbv… #NiceMovesMN #wearenicemoves #vfx #motiondesign #animation #cgi #minneapolis #midwestisbest