This summer, we shall RE-EMERGE from our caverns of glowing screens and hand cramps to once again say hi face-to-face! Come meet and mingle with fellow animators/motion designers/vfx artists/etc from across Minnesota (and even Wisconsin, shhhh, don’t blow their cover across enemy lines!) We’ll briefly introduce you to the new Nice Moves Board before we... View Article

Nice Moves is back with another monthly meetup! (Really, they're bimonthly meetups, but that doesn't have the same ring to it.) We're excited to present our speaker, Michael Hilliger, who will be giving a 30 min talk and Q&A on how he used ToonBoom Harmony to animate his latest short, “Marcus The Teenager’s Never-Ending Quest... View Article

We will be hosting the Fall Mentorship Mixer on Sunday, November 6th from 3-5 pm at Greyduck Collective. Interested in joining in? Here’s some info! MENTEES: Prepare to show your work! Whether it’s on your phone, a tablet, or a laptop, bring a device to share your best work with mentors. Then, complete a Mentee... View Article

The cold may be chasing us indoors but we propose to hang out in a warm place… TOGETHER! Come mingle with fellow animators/motion designers/vfx artists/etc from across Minnesota for another monthly meetup. We’re also going to have the exciting PREMIERE of the 2022 Anijam! Can’t wait to share the final community collaboration. Don’t worry, it’s... View Article

Come watch LIVE this annual showcase of amazing work made by local animators, motion designers and vfx artists! Hello folks! Nice Moves wanted to create an opportunity for people to get together in a public place and watch the 2022 Minnesota Electronic Theater livestream. We'll have three different lounge spaces with screens hooked up to... View Article

For this month’s monthly meetup, Nice Moves is thrilled to host our first out-of-town speaker of the year! Animation director Andrew Chesworth will discuss his journey as a character design and animation supervisor on the Netflix series My Dad the Bounty Hunter as well as his experiences creating his own short films. A little more... View Article

For our April Monthly Meetup, Nice Moves is excited to feature a local community member, Hanna Loegering (though depends on how "local" you define Fargo as!) She'll speak about her process making stylized animations in Blender, consistently creating and putting out her independent projects, and her journey as a freelancer and business owner of Fractal... View Article

Nice Moves is getting together again this May 18th, and we're excited to have local legend Andy Lefton as our speaker. Andy will discuss the making of his short, World Suicide, from conception to final. He'll talk about deciding to use Unreal Engine for the project, his process of creating assets in Cinema 4D and... View Article

Happy Pride! Nice Moves is getting together this month on June 22nd, welcoming Augustus Hinton as our speaker. Augustus will be speaking about how he makes his ongoing animated web series, Closet Combat. He’ll talk about his process making the pilot, the episodes planned to come, and his journey in the industry as a whole.... View Article

This July 20th, come mingle, eat free pizza, and hear from our awesome speakers, the organizers of Hellavision Television Network! Finding time to create for yourself and with others can be difficult, but it doesn’t have to be. Hellavision Television Network has made participation in animation screening fun for over 6 years. Run by Minneapolis... View Article

Hello everyone! Our August monthly meetup approaches- and this time, we’re so excited to host a speaker from out-of-town with a Minnesota connection- Kendra Vander Vliet! As a current rough layout artist at Disney Feature, Kendra will talk about her journey into animation, getting to direct a short for Disney+ called Downtown, and where she... View Article

It's September, so get excited for cooler weather and get excited for our September speaker! Minnesota-born Victor Courtright will be coming to talk about the journey that brought him to being an animation showrunner and producer in LA. He’ll dive into how to get an animated show greenlit (as well as all the work it... View Article