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Creative Block

Creative Block

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Hosts Violaine "Vee" Briat and Sean "LordSpew" Glaze doodle and chat with artists about their creative journey, lives, and how they break through their "creative block". Violaine Briat - https://twitter.com/violainebriat Sean Glaze - https://twitter.com/lordspew

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EPISODE 241: THE LAST EPISODE

51 min

Welcome to the final episode of Creative Block! After 5 years of running the podcast, the crew has decided to say goodbye to the podcast the only way they know how: making a podcast episode about it. Join the creative block team, VEE, SEAN, EBUKA, MARCO, AND CLEM, as they say their goodbyes to the show.  In this final episode, we talk about why we’re ending the pod, if it’s Lordspew or lord’s pew, Perks of the POD, and so much more.  While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Slowly ripping the bandaid 4:39 Our Mission Continues 5:58 Clem’s plans 10:12 Ebuka’s plans 11:32 Marco’s Plans 17:10 Clem’s Piercing Story 10:14 Lord’s Pew 24:16 Finding Clippable Moments 29:10 Perks of the Pod 34:12 Vee’s Student Film...

EPISODE 240: JESSE MOYNIHAN

1 hr 23 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is JESSE MOYNIHAN. Jesse is an cartoonist, animator, story artist, and art director, whose work can be seen on Adventure Time, Midnight Gospel, and is the creator of the shorts Manly, Forming, Jesus 2, and Hungy Ghost. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to JESSE about PITCHING JESUS 2, Finding money for projects, balancing the beauty of projects, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! JESSE! ► https://jessemoynihan.com/            ► https://www.youtube.com/@JesseMoynihan    ► https://www.patreon.com/cw/studiopicatrix           ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:14 Turing an old Pitch into JESUS 2 12:43 Rich people doing weird blood stuff 17:29 N...

EPISODE 239: NICK CROSS

1 hr 39 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is NICK CROSS! Nick is a cartoonist, art director, and background artist whose work can be seen on Over the Garden Wall, Uncle Grandpa, and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to NICK about LEARNING TO ANIMATE, WORKING IN THE CARTOON NETWORK SHORTS PROGRAM, ART DIRECTING ON OVER THE GARDEN WALL, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! Nick! ► https://nickcrossanimation.net/            ► https://www.youtube.com/ncross    ► https://www.instagram.com/nicodemuscross/           ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:00 Deeping toe in background design 6:07 Hiring/ 8:22 Learning to Animate 12:40 “You can’t af...

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EPISODE 241: THE LAST EPISODE

51 min

Welcome to the final episode of Creative Block! After 5 years of running the podcast, the crew has decided to say goodbye to the podcast the only way they know how: making a podcast episode about it. Join the creative block team, VEE, SEAN, EBUKA, MARCO, AND CLEM, as they say their goodbyes to the show.  In this final episode, we talk about why we’re ending the pod, if it’s Lordspew or lord’s pew, Perks of the POD, and so much more.  While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Slowly ripping the bandaid 4:39 Our Mission Continues 5:58 Clem’s plans 10:12 Ebuka’s plans 11:32 Marco’s Plans 17:10 Clem’s Piercing Story 10:14 Lord’s Pew 24:16 Finding Clippable Moments 29:10 Perks of the Pod 34:12 Vee’s Student Film...

EPISODE 240: JESSE MOYNIHAN

1 hr 23 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is JESSE MOYNIHAN. Jesse is an cartoonist, animator, story artist, and art director, whose work can be seen on Adventure Time, Midnight Gospel, and is the creator of the shorts Manly, Forming, Jesus 2, and Hungy Ghost. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to JESSE about PITCHING JESUS 2, Finding money for projects, balancing the beauty of projects, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! JESSE! ► https://jessemoynihan.com/            ► https://www.youtube.com/@JesseMoynihan    ► https://www.patreon.com/cw/studiopicatrix           ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:14 Turing an old Pitch into JESUS 2 12:43 Rich people doing weird blood stuff 17:29 N...

EPISODE 239: NICK CROSS

1 hr 39 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is NICK CROSS! Nick is a cartoonist, art director, and background artist whose work can be seen on Over the Garden Wall, Uncle Grandpa, and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to NICK about LEARNING TO ANIMATE, WORKING IN THE CARTOON NETWORK SHORTS PROGRAM, ART DIRECTING ON OVER THE GARDEN WALL, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! Nick! ► https://nickcrossanimation.net/            ► https://www.youtube.com/ncross    ► https://www.instagram.com/nicodemuscross/           ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:00 Deeping toe in background design 6:07 Hiring/ 8:22 Learning to Animate 12:40 “You can’t af...

EPISODE 238: HEATHER MAHLER

54 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is HEATHER MAHLER! Heather is an illustrator, character designer, and comic artist whose work can be seen in the table-top RPG Drunkards, Druggies, & Delinquents, Nickelodeon intergalactic short the Other Side, and Titmouse's upcoming show DRAW YOUR WEAPON! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to HEATHER about ART SCHOOL, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://x.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! HEATHER! ► https://www.instagram.com/heathermahlerart/ ► https://linktr.ee/HeatherMahlerArt ► https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeatherMahlerArt ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:12 STUDYING FINE ARTS 7:02 ANIME INTERVENTION 11:31 “Your Insides come Outside” 14:49 Odd Jobs + “Don’t lick Jesus” 17:29 Selling at Comic Conventions 20:18 Designing on The Other Side 24:22 Uphill Battle with Comics 28:16 Prep for Wor...

EPISODE 237: SHANE DERING

1 hr 2 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is SHANE DERING! Shane is a director, animator, illustrator, and programmer whose work can be seen on Ambient Swim, Scavenger's Reign, Trip Tank, and Love, Death & Robots. In this episode, VEE and GUEST HOST IAN talk to SHANE about AMBIENT SWIM, BEING SELF TAUGHT , GETTING GROUNDED FOR ANIMATION, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ IAN! ► http://ianlaser.com/about              ► https://www.instagram.com/ian_laser/                  ► https://x.com/ianlaser Follow the guests! SHANE! ► https://www.instagram.com/shanedering/ ► https://x.com/deringshane           ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:50 AMBIENT SWIM creation and production 9:35 Who creates the music? 12:26 Attending East Tennessee State 16:09 being self taught 24:51 Finding time for personal projects 28:09 Landing first gig, Trip Tank 43:35 Listener Questions

EPISODE #236: CREATIVE CAFE

1 hr 21 min

Welcome to Creative Block! Vee and Sean invite you to sit at the Creative Cafe table with them as they catch up with each other and chat about all things going on in and around animation.While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

EPISODE #235: HUNTER SPARAGNA

1 hr 5 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is HUNTER SPARAGNA! Hunter is a 3D character artist, concept artist, and toy designer whose work can be seen in games Spirit of the North 2 and Dreamscape VR, as well as various action figures for McFarlane Toys. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to HUNTER about A COYOTE ATTACK, LIVING OFF OF WILD BOAR, PROBLEM SOLVING IN 3D, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! HUNTER! ► https://infinity774.artstation.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/hunter.lasagna/           ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:38 where did you get started? 4:03 Hunter Feeds a dog 11:38 Weird Time in the Industry/Financial Advice 19:15 Save money by eating wild boar! 26:30 Mo...

EPISODE 234: MACIEJ GLIWA

1 hr 7 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is MACIEJ GLIWA! Maciej is a writer, director, storyboard artist, and animator whose work can be seen on the Clone Wars, The Bad Batch, and is also the developer and designer for Vision add-on for blender.  In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MACIEJ about REASON FOR DEVELOPING VISIONS, GOING FROM LAWYER TO CODER TO ANIMATOR, LEARNING BY DOING, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! MACIEJ! ► https://maciejgliwa.com/ ► http://www.visionforblender.com/                  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:58 Developing Visions 7:48 Blender being Daunting 10:21 How Visions Works 15:30 Going to school for coding 17:12 Why not law school? 18:42 Why d...

EPISODE 233: NICOLE GOUX

52 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is NICOLE GOUX! Nicole is an illustrator and cartoonist whose work can be seen in her comic Pet Peeves, Forest Hills Bootleg Society and F**k Off Squad written Dave Baker, and in the recently published This Place Kills Me written by Mariko Tamaki.In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to NICOLE about SENDING OUT POSTCARDS FOR JOBS, COLLABORATING, SELECTING COLOR PALETTES FOR HER BOOKS, and so much more.While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://x.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guests!NICOLE! ► https://www.nicolegoux.com/► https://linktr.ee/nicolegoux ► https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ngoux/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:38 Sending out postcards for work ("I don't recommend this")5:48 Advice!8:50 DAVE BAKER AND PERKS OF COLLABORATING13:16 ADVICE FR GIVING NOTES TO OTHER CREATIVES15:23 FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT LETTING SOMEONE ELSE DRAW HER IDEAS20:13 MAKING BIG CHANGES...

EPISODE 232: HARPER SIMS

1 hr 14 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is HARPER SIMS! Harper is a storyboard artist, illustrator, and background artist whose work can be seen on Tiny Toons Looniversity, Adventure Time: Side Quests, as well as her comic Little Myths! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to HARPER about DESIGN WORK IN CHICAGO, REVISIONS PIPELINE,  HER COMIC LITTLE MYTHS and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! HARPER! ► https://harpersims.site/ ► https://www.instagram.com/harpersim.s/   ► https://harpersims.bigcartel.com/                    ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:08 MOVING TO LA 2:41 LESSONS FROM EDITORIAL 4:37 ANIMATING SANDWICHES 7:30 CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD 15:10 HEAVY MANNERS 16:54 SEAN’S...

EPISODE 231: BRANKO KLJAJIC

1 hr 22 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is BRANKO KJLAJIC! Branko is a storyboard artist and animator who worked on Teen Titans Go!, Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam, and Teen Titans Go! Vs. Teen Titans! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to BRANKO about WORKING SMARTER IN FLASH, POOPIN’ OUT ANIMATION,  and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! BRANKO! ► https://www.superbrankman.com/ ► https://www.youtube.com/@SuperBrankman   ► https://www.instagram.com/superbrankman                    ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 TIPS FOR WORKING SMARTER IN FLASH  9:14 “POOPING OUT ANIMATION” TO LEARN 13:07 HOW DO YOU FIND JOY DOING THIS WORK? 18:56 PRE-SHOW HAIR CALLBACK!  25:11 DEVELOPING HIS A...

EPISODE 230: STEVE WOLFHARD

57 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is STEVE WOLFHARD! Steve is a storyboard artist, director, and writer who worked on Adventure Time, Fiona and Cake, StuGo, and is currently directing on Super Mutant Magic Academy. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to STEVE about LIVING IN A FOREST, TURNING DOWN ADVENTURE TIME, STORYBOARD PRO, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! STEVE! ► https://www.instagram.com/wolfhard/                ► https://steve-wolfhard.squarespace.com/                     ► https://www.instagram.com/chichosmemes/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 CRYING FROM STRESS/LIVING IN A FOREST 5:40 SAYING NO AND YES TO ADVENTURE TIME!  15:10 ANIMATION IN CANADA VS LA 17:...

EPISODE 229: KEITH PAKIZ

52 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is KEITH PAKIZ! Keith is an animator, director, and storyboard artist who worked on Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Wylde Pak, and animated various A Studio Digital shorts. In this episode, SEAN talks to KEITH about MOON COUNTY, CREATING MUSIC FOR THEIR ANIMATED SHORTS, WRITING A SEGMENTED STORY, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://x.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! KEITH! ► https://keithpakiz.com/                     ► https://www.youtube.com/@mooncountyanm ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 KEITH’S SHORTS 4:02 LEARNING TO ANIMATE 9:14 “I PRIDE THE TIME THAT IS MINE” 11:48 Musical Sequences  13:28 SOUND DESIGN IN THEIR SHORTS 16:09 “Vee wanted me to ask you about SKA” 21:02 A S...

EPISODE #228: VEE & SEAN

1 hr 59 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are VEE and SEAN? HUH? That’s right! Vee and Sean invite you to sit at the cafe table with them as they catch up with each other and chat about all things going on in and around animation. In this episode, VEE and SEAN ABOUT VEE’S CHILDHOOD AI FRIEND, SEAN’S “REGULAR GUY” TRAINING, “SEXUALLY CHARGED MOANING,” and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

EPISODE 227: RYAN GILLIS

1 hr 16 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is RYAN GILLIS! Ryan is a storyboard artist, director, and animator who also worked on Pickle and Peanut, The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse, and is the creator of StuGo! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to RYAN about DEVELOPING STUGO, PITCHING PROCESS, FEELING SAFE TO SAY YOUR WORST IDEA, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! RYAN ► https://www.instagram.com/gillizama                ► https://bsky.app/profile/gillizama.bsky.social                     ► https://www.instagram.com/chichosmemes/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 INTRO INSPIRATION 2:07 DEVELOPING STUGO 6:53 OVERALL (NOT THE PANTS) DEAL 9:06 PALM ROT SHORT 16:16 INSPIRA...

EPISODE 226: TITANIUM DAYDREAM

1 hr 26 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is the duo behind TITANIUM DAYDREAM, Ben Crouse and Jacob Sluka! Ben was a staff writer on StuGo and storyboard artist on Pickle and Peanut. Jacob is a background painter and story artist, and is the animator for Titanium Daydream. Titanium Daydream is a supernatural, low-poly mystery centered around Benjamin Jacobs, who is called back to his home town in Iowa by an unknown force. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to BEN and JACOB about HORSES, EVERY 3D ASSET IS MADE FROM SCRATCH, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EASTER EGGS, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! TITANIUM DAYDREAM ► https://linktr.ee/titanium.daydream                                               ► https://www.titaniumdaydream.net/                                       ► http://instagram.com/jumpgalaxy/                                          ► https://www.instagram.com/jacobsluka/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Bri...

TALYA PERPER | CREATIVE BLOCK #225

1 hr 18 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is TALYA PERPER! Talya is a storyboard artist and director who worked on Teen Titans Go! and Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs! as well as the writer for the Steven Universe comics "Crystal Clean," "Ultimate Dough-Down," and "Anti-Gravity". In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to TALYA about HER MENTORSHIP CLASSES, STARTING ON PICKLE AND PEANUT, A TYPICAL TITANS EPISODE, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! TALYA ► https://linktr.ee/talyaperper ► https://www.instagram.com/taretari/ ► https://www.talyaperper.com/coaching ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 15:51 First job 30:00 Questions 41:23 TITANS 1:06:58 Outro

EPISODE 224: MATT AND MEGS

1 hr 27 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MATT & MEGS! Matt + Megs are Matt Yang and Megs McShane. They both work in animation and created Matt + Megs as an opportunity to collaborate and express themselves creatively through animated loops, shorts, and comics. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MATT and MEG about THE FIRST THING THEY DID TOGETHER, HOW THEIR TASTES BALANCE EACH OTHER, PLANNING, ADJUSTING TO ASPECT RATIOS, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron?  ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates!  ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social    ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock       ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/          ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block              ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat               ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                  ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                      ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                 ► https://x.com/lordspew                     ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                        ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! MATT & MEGS!  ► https://www.youtube.com/@mattandmegs                     ► https://www.instagram.com/mattandmegs_                         ► https://www.tiktok.com/@matthewandmegan ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00...

EPISODE 223: DAVID C. SMITH

1 hr 21 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is David C. Smith! David is a director, storyboard artist, and woodworker who has worked on Primos, Mulligan, Hotel Transylvania 4, and Angry Birds 2. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to DAVID about INTERNING at CARTOON NETWORK, FINDING A HOBBY, THREE Es OF DIRECTING, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! DAVID! ► https://www.daveofthedeadportfolio.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/thedaveofthedead/ ► https://www.daveofthedeadportfolio.com/#/lumen/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 4:01 Interning and pitching 12:40 First job 17:33 Woodworking 27:19 Specialization vs variety 38:46 Hate on shows 45:54 The three E’s of Directing

EPISODE 222: SHORT SHORT FEST

1 hr 19 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are LEE THOMSON AND SOMMER MONTENEGRO from SHORT SHORT FEST! Short Short Fest is a touring animation festival and community event organized by the Barnhouse Collective. Upcoming dates: AUGUST 2nd in Pennsylvania and AUGUST 9th in Michigan! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to LEE and SOMMER about CREATING THE FEST, ANTHROCON, CURATING SUBMISSIONS, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! SHORT SHORT FEST! ► http://www.barnhousecollective.com/ssf/ ► https://www.youtube.com/@barnhousecollective7528 ► https://www.instagram.com/shortshortfest/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 0:45 Starting Short Short Fest 32:22 Conventions 49:50 Questions 1:16:37 Creative block 1:18:39 Outro

EPISODE 221: MORGAN NOLL

1 hr 23 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MORGAN NOLL! Morgan is a background painter and prop designer on Angry Birds: Mystery Island, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Digman!, and Tales of the TMNT. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MORGAN about LEARNING TO DRAW AT 23, CLASSIC LITERATURE, HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET INTO ANIMATION, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! MORGAN! ► https://www.morgannoll.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/heliohermit ► https://x.com/heliohermit ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:50 Where did you start off?/Switching Majors 8:49 Covid :( and learning to draw at 23 14:01 Some Classic literature talk 18:23 Journey into animation 32:35 Questions 1:17:42 Creative block 1:22:23 Outro

EPISODE 220: MIRANDA HARMON

1 hr 27 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIRANDA HARMON! Miranda is a comic artist, background designer, painter, and storyboard artist whose work can be seen on Tuca and Bertie, Among Us, and the Fungies. She also illustrated the Mayor Good Boy books! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MIRANDA about HER ENTRYWAY INTO COMICS, BEING A CARTOON NETWORK STORYBOARD TRAINEE, DRAGONBALL Z, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! MIRANDA! ► https://linktr.ee/mirandaharmon ► https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2200651/miranda-harmon/ ► https://www.mirandaharmon.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 11:11 Working alone or with others 42:30 Boards vs backgrounds 43:03 Questions 1:20:09 Creative block 1:25:07 Outro

EPISODE 219: BREE PAULSEN

1 hr 17 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BREE PAULSEN! Bree is a writer, illustrator, and comic artist who can be seen in her graphic novels Garlic & the Vampire, Garlic and the Witch, and recently released the Firelight Apprentice! She is currently working on a young adult adaptation of Dracula from the perspective of Mina Harker. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to BREE about CREATING THE PITCH FOR GARLIC, THE AGONY OF REVIEWS, THE CLASHING OF HER TWO AESTHETICS, so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! BREE! ► https://www.vampiresnwhimsy.com/ ► https://breebird33.tumblr.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/breebird33/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 17:36 Reviews 26:30 Getting representation 34:57 Ideas and OCs 56:18 Publicist 1:10:45 Creative block 1:15:32 Outro

EPISODE 218: PAUL SCARLATA

1 hr 31 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PAUL SCARLATA! Paul was a storyboard artist, writer, and director whose work can be seen on Big Mouth and the new show Mating Season. On the side, he's been creating an animated horror film, the Van Helsing Society. In this episode, VEE talks to PAUL about HIS JOURNEY TO BECOME A DIRECTOR, SWEAT EQUITY, BEHIND THE SCENES OF CREATING VAN HELSING SOCIETY, so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! PAUL! ► https://linktr.ee/paulscarlata ► https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulscarlata/the-van-helsing-society-movie ► https://thevanhelsingsocietymovie.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 1:40 Starting as a revisionist on Regular Show 9:12 Journey to Becoming a director 13:06 Pitching Original Ideas 23:53 Sweat Equity 35:26 Creating Van Helsing Society 40:58...

EPISODE 217: COUCH KIDS

1 hr 34 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the COUCH KIDS, Ari Castleton, Colton Davis, and Andrew Brooks! Couch Kids is a comedy podcast that talks about anything and everything nerdy. The hosts all work in animation and share their whacky opinions on things all while having a good laugh all around. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to the COUCH KIDS about STARTING THE SHOW AS A WAY TO HANG OUT, WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BIT IS OVER, TAKING TURNS TAKING THE HIT, so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guests! COUCH KIDS! ► https://linktr.ee/couchkidspodcast ► https://www.instagram.com/andrewbrooks93/ ► https://www.aricastleton.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/coltdee/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:49 Couch Kids Intro 3:45 Warmin' up to 'Cast 10:15 Making the podcast 14:28 "People Say our b...

EPISODE 216: EMILY BRUNDIGE

1 hr 26 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is EMILY BRUNDIGE! Emily is the creator of Goldie on Apple+ and the Shut Up! Cartoon series Pubertina, developed Harvey Girls Forever! for Netflix/Dreamworks, and recently released a book, A Guide to Developing an Animated Show! In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to EMILY about CREATING PUBERTINA, HER BOOK, and UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AS A CREATOR, so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! EMILY BRUNDIGE! ► https://www.emilybrundige.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/emilybrundige/ ► https://www.sendowl.com/s/product/79314489/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:38 Starting her animation writing career 7:35 Experimental Animation + Pubertina 13:07 “There are a lot of Pokemon” 17:06 Fox ADHD 18:34 “Selling” + Developing a show 23:54 Changing her pitching...

EPISODE 215: FAR-FETCHED CREW

1 hr 38 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are ASHLEY NICHOLS AND DAVE CAPDEVIELLE, the creators of Far-Fetched! Far-Fetched follows Rue, a DeviantArt sparkle-creature named Kira, and the band Sesamoid as they become unwilling participants in a battle between science and the supernatural. Their Kickstarter was successfully funded, In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to ASHLEY and DAVE talk about HOW THEY STARTED WORKING TOGETHER, DEVELOPING THE CHARACTERS, ADDING ELEMENTS OF THEIR LIVES INTO THE SHOW, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! FAR-FETCHED! ► https://farfetched.show/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/ashleynichols.bsky.social ► https://linktr.ee/CadaverDave ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 11:43 Before working on Far-Fetched 21:37 Working on the show 29:35 Questions 35:37 Launch...

EPISODE 214: BASIL EZENWA

1 hr 11 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the BASIL EZENWA! Basil is storyboard artist and animator for anime and animated projects on Netflix, A24, and Titmouse on shows like #1 Happy Family USA and Boruto. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to BASIL TOP 3 SHONEN, SHIFTING BIOLOGY TO ANIMATION, PROCESS FOR ANIMATING ON ANIME PRODUCTIONS, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! BASIL! ► https://www.basilezenwaartwork.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/basil_ie/ ► https://x.com/basil_ie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 3:21 Art school 21:34 Starting animation 1:07:40 Creative block

EPISODE 213: VAMPIRE SURF CULT CREW

1 hr 5 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the Vampire Surf Cult Crew! Vampire Surf Cult is an indie animated series about a human stranded on an island of surfing party monsters. The Kickstarter was successfully funded but you can still back the project! In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to the VAMPIRE SURF CULT CREW about COMING UP WITH THE CONCEPT, WORLDBUILDING BEYOND THE ANIMATION, “SURF DRACULA MEME” and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! VAMPIRE SURF CULT CREW! ► http://kck.st/3X1zYzL ► https://vampiresurfcult.com/ ► https://www.youtube.com/@vampiresurfcult ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 40:17 Creative block 50:00 Questions

EPISODE 212: MUSA BROOKER

57 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MUSA BROOKER! Musa is the supervising director for Lil Kev, a new animated series inspired by Kevin Hart's childhood and comedy. He's an animation director, stop motion animator, and USC Professor who has animated sequences for shows and commercials like The Boys, Atlanta, and McDonalds. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to MUSA about WORKING AT MTV ANIMATION, CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH, AND ADVICE FOR SHIFTING TO DIFFERENT ROLES, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! MUSA! ► https://www.platypuspictureworks.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/moosaybrooker/ ► https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1582017/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Watch LIL Kev 3:38 First animation job 8:36 Working at MTV Animation 10:18 Stop motion! 13:05 Working on Celebrity Deathmatch...

EPISODE 211: KENNEDY FREEMAN

1 hr 12 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is KENNEDY FREEMAN! Kennedy is a storyboard artist, prop designer, and animator who has worked on various Japanese productions through their indie anime studio, Luv Letter. They are working on their proof of concept for their webseries Toward Galaxy's End. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to KENNEDY about WORKING IN ANIME, PROCESS OF GETTING AN INTERNSHIP, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! KENNEDY! ► https://www.luvletterstudios.com/ ► https://linktr.ee/cookiiesetcreme ► https://kennedyfreeman1008.wixsite.com/artwork ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:45 Starting in ANIME 7:40 Interning 14:00 Missing out on connection with coworkers 15:58 Studio 22:49 Anime work 28:13 Questions 1:03:22 Creative block

EPISODE 210: KEVIN TEMMER

40 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is KEVIN TEMMER! Kevin is an animator, song writer, and youtuber whose work can be seen in Digital Circus, Murder Drones, and the songs he shares on his youtube! In this episode, SEAN talks to KEVIN about FINDING WHAT RESONATES ON YOUTUBE, INTERNING, GETTING STARTED ON DIGITAL CIRCUS, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! KEVIN! ► https://linktr.ee/kevintemmer ► https://www.youtube.com/temmertunes ► https://kevin-temmer-tunes.printify.me/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 0:57 Art school 5:25 INTERNING 11:12 Working with Glitch 14:44 Roles as lead animator 29:59 Questions

EPISODE 209: JAXON SORBY

56 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JAXON SORBY! Jaxon is a storyboard artist, game dev, and comic artist whose work can be seen on Tales of the TMNT, Mulligan, and Little Demon. He is currently working on his debut comic, working title "Nibiru".In this episode, VEE and IAN talk to JAXON about JOINING A WITCH GROUP, COMING FROM A FAMILY OF ARTISTS, HIS DRIVING FORCE TO STAY IN ANIMATION, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/IAN! ► https://www.instagram.com/ian_laser/ ► https://x.com/ianlaser ► https://stuartngbooks.com/pages/search-results-page?q=ian%20higginbotham ► https://bsky.app/profile/ianlaser.bsky.socialFollow the guest!JAXON! ► https://linktr.ee/lumber.jaxon ► https://www.instagram.com/lumber.jaxon/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/lumberjax.bsky.social■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:00 Intro2:59 Starting journey12:55 First Job in Animation24:02 Coming from a family of artists29:07 Questions

EPISODE 208: SAM LANE

1 hr 19 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is SAM LANE! Sam is an animator, storyboard artist, writer, and director. They are the creator of the Adult Swim Small Let's Play Pretend and storyboarded on the shows Jellystone and Strange Planet! In this episode, VEE and Sean talk to SAM about STUDYING EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION, WORKING ON I HEART ARLO, PITCHING AN IDEA, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! SAM! ► https://www.samlaneart.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/sam_lane_art/ ► https://vimeo.com/flotsamlane ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:03 Art school 8:02 First job 14:16 Pitching 32:56 Personal projects 51:10 Questions 1:08:36 Rejections 1:11:23 Creative block

EPISODE 207: SEAN BUCKELEW

1 hr 21 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is SEAN BUCKELEW! Sean is a writer, director, animator, and founding partner for Green Street Pictures, an independent animation studio, as well as worked as a writer/executive producer on Scavenger's Reign and Common Side Effects. In this episode, VEE and Sean talk to Sean about LEARNING ON NEWGROUNDS, APPLYING FOR THE GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP, BALANCING MULTIPLE PROJECTS and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! SEAN! ► https://www.seanbuckelew.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/seanbuckelew/ ► https://www.greenstreetpictures.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 0:53 Path to showrunning 43:17 Animation shorts 49:39 Questions 1:12:10 Creative block 1:19:13 Outro

EPISODE 206: ADAM ROSETTE

1 hr 6 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is ADAM ROSETTE! Adam is a director, storyboard artist, and animator whose work can be seen in Dog Man, the Wild Robot, the Bad Guys, and as co-director of the upcoming movie Goat! In this episode, VEE and IAN talk to ADAM about BEING SURROUNDED BY ART, NOT WATCHING TV GROWING UP, BEING ON THE "IN MEMORIAM" PAGE IN HIS YEARBOOK, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ IAN! ► https://www.instagram.com/ian_laser/ ► https://x.com/ianlaser ► https://stuartngbooks.com/pages/search-results-page?q=ian%20higginbotham ► https://bsky.app/profile/ianlaser.bsky.social Follow the guest! ADAM! ► https://www.adamrosette.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/adam_rosette/ ► https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2411105/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 45:56 Transitioning roles 53:59 Questions

EPISODE 205: JOHNNY RYAN

1 hr 20 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JOHNNY RYAN! Johnny is a writer, comic artist, and showrunner whose work can be seen in his comic Prison Pit, as co-creator of Pig Goat Banana Cricket, and as the writer of the Looney Tunes Movie The Day the Earth Blew Up.In this episode, Vee and Sean talk to JOHNNY about BEING NATURALLY TRANSGRESSIVE, PITCHING PIG GOAT BANANA CRICKET, GETTING PAIRED WITH A WRITER, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!JOHNNY! ► https://linktr.ee/johnnyryancomics ► https://johnnyryan.bigcartel.com/ ► https://themansionpress.com/en-us/collections/johnny-ryan■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:00 Intro1:05 Art school and comics scene30:58 Showrunner day to day40:14 Looney Toons53:51 Questions1:11:22 Creative block

EPISODE 204: BEN BAKER

2 hr 16 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BEN BAKER! Ben is an illustrator and designer whose work can be seen on his website and shop, where he'll regularly post updates on new merch drops. In this episode, Vee and Sean talk to BEN about EARLY ILLUSTRATION WORK, PEOPLE STEALING HIS DESIGNS, WEAPONIZED NOSTALGIA, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! BEN! ► https://www.fuckyoubaker.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/fuckyoubaker/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/fuckyoubaker.bsky.social ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 2:58 Early career 30:45 Process to make merch 1:04:58 Streaming 1:11:17 Creative block 1:54:56 AI

EPISODES 203: BREANA NAVICKAS

2 hr 7 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BREANA NAVICKAS! Breana is a storyboard artist, illustrator, production coordinator, and podcaster who co-founded Black N Animated, currently works on Sofia the First: Royal Magic, and recently launched a new podcast, Keeping You Animated! In this episode, Vee and Sean talk to BREANA about FEELING UNPREPARED POST ART SCHOOL, FALLING INTO GRAPHIC DESIGN, WORKING ON THE PROUD FAMILY: LOUDER AND PROUDER, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! BREANA! ► https://www.breananavickas.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/breaanimator/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/breanimator.bsky.social ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 3:30 Art school 45:29 Production to revisions 1:48:46 Questions 1:53:16 Creative block 2:06:51 Outro

EPISODE 202: EVAN RED BORJA

1 hr 24 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is EVAN RED BORJA! Evan is a storyboard artist, animator, and director that's worked on Midnight Gospel, City of Ghosts, and Lucas Bros. Moving Co. In this episode, Vee and Sean talk to Evan about the School of Visual Arts, Skateboarding in LA vs NY, WORKING at ADHA, and so much more. The CB Team of Vee, Sean, Clem, Ebuka, and Marco chat about their favorite guests, pranks, interesting comments, and give some behind the scenes of how this whole creative block sandwich is made. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! EVAN! ► https://www.instagram.com/evanredborja/ ►https://sva.edu/faculty/evan-red-borja ► https://vimeo.com/evanborja ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro08:19 First Job at ADHD21:14 bouncing around to different jobs25:59 Midnight Gospel57:18 Teachin...

EPISODE 201: PEARL LOW

1 hr 44 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PEARL LOW! Pearl (they/them) is the founder of Orange Blossom Studios. They are a director, story artist, and writer that has worked in animation for over 10 years. They are the director and creator of the indie project Wheels & Roses, directed at Sanrio and Studio Smokescreen, and storyboarded on projects such as Hair Love, Craig of the Creek, #1 Happy Family USA, and Canvas. They also work in publishing as a writer and illustrator. In this episode, Vee and Sean talk to Pearl about book publishing, first storyboarding experience, Wheels and Roses, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! PEARL! ► https://www.pearllow.com/ ►https://www.orangeblossomstudios.com/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/pearllow.bsky.social ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro...

EPISODE 200: 2OOTH EPISODE CELEBRATION

1 hr 40 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is the CB Team! We’re celebrating a big milestone for us: 200 episodes! It’s been a long journey up to this point, so we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the cool stuff we’ve been lucky to continue doing.The CB Team of Vee, Sean, Clem, Ebuka, and Marco chat about their favorite guests, pranks, interesting comments, and give some behind the scenes of how this whole creative block sandwich is made. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!Creative Block! ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock ► https://linktr.ee/crtvblock ► https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

EPISODE 199: DERRICK MALIK JOHNSON

2 hr 15 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Derrick is a storyboard artist, keyframe animator, and character designer whose can be seen on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey, and #1 Happy Family USA!Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with DERRICK about ART SCHOOL, NSFW ART, WORKING IN ANIME, and so much more!While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!DERRICK! ► https://derrickmalikjohnson.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/derrickmalikjohnson/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/derrickmalikjohnson.com■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:00 Intro1:35 Art school46:25 NSFW art and commissions1:06:39 LA1:17:28 Working in anime1:45:33 Questions2:08:59 Creative block

EPISODE 198: KOBOLD'S CROSSING

1 hr 45 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BEN STATEN AKA KOBOLD’S CROSSING! Ben is an illustrator, comic artist, and animator. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with BEN about HIS STYLE, DRAWING EVERYDAY, BUILDING A COMMUNITY, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! KOBOLD’S CROSSING! ► https://linktr.ee/koboldscrossing ► https://www.instagram.com/koboldscrossing/ ► https://x.com/koboldscrossing ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro and style 6:47 Drawing every day 15:23 Living from art 49:02 Building a community 54:21 Accountability

EPISODE 197: ALEX GAMSU JENKINS

1 hr 59 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is ALEX GAMSU JENKINS! Alex is an illustrator, comic artist, and animation director and has done work for Adobe, Vans, Facebook. Check his book Whatever Where and Why to see a collection of his comics and illustrations. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with ALEX about ANIMATING VS CREATING COMICS, THE MOST HELPFUL ADVICE HE RECEIVED, SOCIAL MEDIA, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! ADAM! ► https://linktr.ee/alexgamsujenkins ► https://www.instagram.com/alexgamsujenkins/ ► https://store.alexgamsujenkins.com/collections/comics ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 12:55 helpful advice from college 22:22 Early career 44:50 Style 1:47:59 Creative Block and creative block

EPISODE 196: MIKE MANOR

2 hr 2 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIKE MANOR! Mike is an animator, creator, and pixel artist. He is the creator of the Adult Swim Small "Beantown". Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MIKE about getting started with pixel art, sending art to musicians, inspiration for Beantown, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! MIKE! ► https://mikemanor.me/ ► https://youtube.com/@MikeManor/ ► https://x.com/Mike_Manor ►https://www.instagram.com/mike_manor/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:15:41 Questions 1:38:36 Creative block

EPISODE 195: RYAN D. ANDERSON

1 hr 53 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is RYAN D. ANDERSON! Ryan is an animator, visual artist, and comedian. He is the creator of the Adult Swim Small Gav the Alien and regularly releases blender animated videos on his instagram. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with RYAN about WORKING AS LAMP OPERATOR FOR FILM, ACCIDENTALLY DELETING SOMETHING, LEARNING ANIMATION FROM YOUTUBE, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! RYAN! ► https://linktr.ee/ryandanderson ► https://www.instagram.com/itsryandanderson/ ► https://www.youtube.com/c/RyanDAnderson ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 28:40 Inspiration 42:52 Adult Swim 1:06:59 Questions 1:45:42 Creative block

EPISODE 194: WILL CARSOLA

1 hr 59 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is WILL CARSOLA! Will Will is the co-creator of Mr. Pickles and Momma Named Me Sheriff as well as the Creative Director at Liquid Death. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with WILL about GETTING HIS START IN SKETCH COMEDY, ANIMATING WITH A MOUSE, PITCHING MR. PICKLES and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! WILL! ► https://www.willcarsola.com/ ► https://x.com/willcarsola ► https://www.instagram.com/willcarsola ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 0:44 Art school and first jobs 46:22 Liquid death 1:07:41 Questions 1:34:20 Creative block

EPISODE 193: Millie Holten

2 hr 6 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MILLIE HOLTON! Millie is a writer, comedian, and comic artist, releasing episodes of her webseries, Long Head, based on her webcomic, Long Head, on Tiktok. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MILLIE about BODY HEAD VS LONG HEAD, GETTING OBSESSED WITH DRAWING COMICS, ACCEPTING BAD FIRST DRAFTS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! MILLIE ► https://www.tiktok.com/@thisislonghead ► https://www.instagram.com/millieholten ► https://www.millieholten.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 9:18 University 43:56 Australian animation 1:27:29 Questions 2:02:25 Creative block

EPISODE 192: STU LIVINGSTON

1 hr 58 min

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is STU LIVINGSTON! Stu is a director, storyboard artist, and comic artist whose work can be seen in Steven Universe, Owl House, and Bat-Family. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with STU about HIS JOBS BEFORE ANIMATION, HIS FIRST JOB, DRAWING VS STORYBOARDING, about so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, NEWGROUNDS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/ SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! STU ► https://www.stuartlivingston.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/stulivingston/ ► https://stulivingston.bigcartel.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 9:18 First gig 18:36 Storyboarding 25:45 Directing 48:14 Writing 54:54 Questions 1:41:59 Creative block

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