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12 Highlights from 2019

 

2019 was a big year for RogueMark. Before you break out the eggnog and start desperately scribbling a list of New Year’s resolutions, take a look at our highlights from the past year.

 
The 2019 highlights from RogueMark Studios, an animation studio in Berkely, California. Founded by Abby VanMuijen.

1. We explore new animation styles.
New projects with the Sapadilla Soap Company and eBay offer the opportunity to experiment with cut-paper, stop motion, and 2D animation.

A stop motion + digital animation video project for eBay HR.
Stop motion animation for the Sapadilla Soap Company.

2. The RogueMark Podcast launches!
Step aside, Ira Glass—there’s a new podcast in town, and you can listen to it here.

RogueMark Studios podcast.
RogueMark Studios animation Berkeley California

3. “The Mountain of Should” premieres at the New Parkway Theater.
Marisa, Abby, and Eliza also present the film at the Alt Summit Conference in Palm Springs. Next stop, Sundance? #dreambig

Abby Van Muijen speaks at the Mountain of Should Premiere at the New Parkway Theatre in Oakland, California.
Abby Van Muijen, Eliza Reisfeld, and Marisa Rafter at the Alt Summit in Palm Springs, California.

4. Abby writes a bomb article on how not to perpetuate patriarchal corporate bullshit.
The LinkedIn world geeks out and shares it all over the place. You should, too.

RogueMark Studios is a female-founded animation studio in Berkeley, California.
Abby Van Muijen is the author of the article, “7 Non-Bullshit tips for uplifting women in the workplace.”
Abby Van Muijen wrote “7 Non-Bullshit Tips for Uplifting Women in the Workplace.”

5. Beth and Marisa tackle graphic recording gigs sans Abby.
AKA Abby kicks them out of the nest. They create visual notes for Ernst & Young, UCSF, Salesforce, Amazon, and the End Well Foundation.

Bethany Kaylor and Marisa Rafter takes digital visual notes at the End Well Conference 2019 in San Francisco.
Bethany Kaylor and Marisa Rafter create an engagement mural at the RSA conference in San Francisco.

6. Vrinda returns to RogueMark!
As does former intern Amy, albeit briefly.

Vrinda Zaveri returned to RogueMark after working at Google Doodle.
Amy Hollschwandner was an intern at RogueMark Studios.

7. We create 131 visual notes at conferences, panels, strategy sessions, and more.
That’s up from 91 visual notes in 2018, and 62 in 2017. Huzzah!

Visual notes created by Abby Van Muijen for the Door Dash Conference in the Bay Area.
Graphic recording from Abby Van Muijen in Berkeley, California.

8. Abby teaches visual communication workshops across the West Coast.
Clients include Amazon, Salesforce, General Assembly and the Acalanes School district.

Abby Van Muijen teaches visual notes at companies in San Francisco.
Abby Van Muijen visual notes workshop San Francisco

9. Our projects highlight social justice.
Environmental racism, the pitfalls of the juvenile justice system, the fight for indigenous peoples’ human rights—just a few of the meaningful projects we worked on this year.

Timelapse animation about air pollution and environmental racism by RogueMark Studios, Berkeley, CA.
Illustrated Multimedia video for the MIT Community Innovators Lab by RogueMark Studios.

10. Marisa and Vrinda build a cardboard universe.
So mighty, so tiny. Look at those spires!

Marisa Rafter is a stop-motion animator in the Bay Area.
Marisa Rafter and Vrinda Zaveri created a cardboard stop-motion set in Berkeley, California.

11. We redefine our cultural values.
We tackle the hard conversations and brainstorm how (and where) we want to grow, both individually and collectively.

RogueMark Studios creates a set of cultural values.
Abby Van Muijen is the lead graphic artist and founder of RogueMark Studios in Berkeley, California.

12. Matchy Matchy.
Incidental or planned? It’s anyone’s guess.

Vrinda Zaveri and Bethany Kaylor dress accordingly.
Vrinda Zaveri and Bethany Kaylor dress in eerily similar ways.


Other highlights include:

  • We got a toaster oven. Our snacks have never been tastier. Or crunchier.

  • Dogs dogs dogs. Riley naps on the couch, Athena makes a toy out of a fuzzball, and Moo Moo eats trash. #doglife

Laughing yet? We sure hope so. As a bonus for sticking it out, here’s a list of our top songs of 2019:

  • Abby: “Sweet but Psycho” by Ava Max

  • Eliza: “Harvest Moon” by Poolside

  • Julia: “All Night” by Romare

  • Bethany: “Motion Sickness” by Phoebe Bridgers

  • Marisa: “I am not afraid” by Charley Crockett

  • Grace: “If You Keep Leaving Me“ by Anderson East

  • Vrinda: “On God” by Kanye West

Okay, that’s it. Thanks for reading, folks! Happy New Years, and holler at us with any animation, visual notetaking, or creative needs in 2020!

The RogueMark team includes founder Abby Van Muijen, Eliza Reisfeld, Julia Cone, Marisa Rafter, Grace Carroll Leger, Vrinda Zaveri, and Bethany Kaylor.
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