We’ll be discussing some seriously great work that’s out there and trying to figure out how it was done. Bring links or quicktimes of mograph work you’ve been wondering about, and we’ll wrap out collective heads around it to see if we can break it down.

Keeping along with that theme, we will be giving away Harry Frank’s After Effects Expressions and Trapcode Form training (worth $65) in a free drawing. Then you will indeed know how the f#&! to do that.

There’ll also be another first: we’re offering free food. We’ll have subs and beverages available because we’re just that generous. Here’s the details:

7:00pm Meet, talk, network, eat, drink, be merry.

7:15/7:30pm Discussion. There’ll be a few business items to discuss about our group, then we’ll get on to viewing some works and trying to break them down.

8:45 Quick overview of our group project. Where we stand… What needs to be done… Setting deadlines… We’ll also be nailing down a specific theme to work off of. After this meetup, we’ll be kicking it into high gear!

Depending on time remaining we may have time to show off your stuff, but it’s not guaranteed since we only have the space until 9:00pm. So come to Bucketworks on June 16th at 7:00pm to eat, meet awesome people*, pick everyone’s brain, and maybe win some stuff.

*Seriously, the people at these meetings are really awesome.

Introducing The Motion Exchange. Harry Frank of Gray Machine fame has started a social network built specifically for motion designers & vfx artists. The ides of the site is that if you’re a freelancer, a potential client could go on the site and search for something like an experienced (5+ years) cinema 4D artists who have experience in rotoscoping in Milwaukee. Harry is also working on a way to leave feedback on clients/agencies/studios, so you know what you’re getting into when you take that job. Or, you could just connect with other motion designers. There’s a tutorial video of sorts posted to give you a better idea.

It holds great promise and signed up over 400 users in just two days. Milwaukee is poorly represented, however.  As of this writing, there are only two Milwaukee motion designers signed up: John Fischer and myself. Mograph Milwaukee even has a group on The Motion Exchange, so sign up!