Creative Block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is VALERIE SCHWARZ! Valerie is an Art Director, Background Designer, and Painter, who worked on Ducktales and We Baby Bears. Check out her recently announced jewelry and home goods shop Friendly Folk.

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with VALERIE about TYPICAL MEETING DAY FOR AN ART DIRECTOR, FINDING REFERENCES FROM BOOKS, GETTING A JOB OPPORTUNITY IN MIDDLE OF CLASS, 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!

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0:00 Intro

23:33 Worldbuilding and first job

46:13 Responsibilities and imposter syndrome

1:00:02 Learning from shows

1:15:03 Questions

1:30:20 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is SARAH SCHMIDT! Sarah is an animator, illustrator, and is 1/2 of the animation studio Sunshine Mall. You can see her work in the Adult Swim Smalls series Gassy's Gas & Stuff and her short Vegeversary on youtube. She also curates and hosts Malt Adult, an animation and zine festival

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with SARAH about STARTING A FESTIVAL, CREATING BAND POSTERS IN OHIO, CREATING A CARTOON SQUAD WITH MALT ADULT, 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!

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Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro and screening festival

9:32 After graduation

35:01 Music videos

1:00:14 Backgrounds and settings

1:21:28 Going back to school

1:24:55 Questions

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is SAM GRINBERG! Sam is a character designer on the Simpsons. You can also see his work in the comic anthology "Rust Belt Review" and the recently released mega-sized issue of the ongoing comic "Scumburbia"!

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with PAYTON about MAKING COMICS AS A KID, INTERNING AT THE SIMPSONS, WORKING IN BLACK AND WHITE, 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!

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m

Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

11:12 Simpsons

37:32 Animating

51:57 Conventions, festivals, shops

1:30:42 Questions

2:06:42 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PAYTON FINNEY! Payton is a character designer, 3D animator, and indie animator. He's an animator for Meat Canyon and recently released his pilot "Sludge Brothers" available on his youtube.

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with PAYTON about LEARNING ANIMATION WAS A JOB, GETTING WORK FROM NEWGROUNDS, LEARNING TO COLLABORATE, 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!

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

1:52 Influences

14:30 Jobs from Newgrounds and collaboration

1:17:46 Projects

1:38:37 Advice

1:43:46 Sludge Brothers

2:08:58 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JJ VILLARD! J.J. is a writer, storyboard artist, and is currently working as the character designer on Spider-verse 3. He designed the Mutant Mayhem logo and is the creator of King Star King.

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JJ about DEVELOPING KING STAR KING, WINNING AN EMMY, SHELVED 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!

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 TREACHEROUS WATERS

2:00 Journey through school

12:00 Getting started at Dreamworks

27:00 JJ’s Secret Sauce (hard work)

31:08 King Star King

1:00:32 TMNT Mutant Mayhem

1:11:30 Frustrations of Shelved Projects

1:17:28 Quickfire Listener Questions

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is HARRIS FISHMAN AKA BEETLEMOSES! Harris is an illustrator and comic artist. His webcomic, Beetle Moses, is a regularly updating collection of his jokes and humorous takes on popular culture and media.

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MARGO PIERCE! Margo is an animator, storyboard artist, and rigging artist, who has worked on Smiling Friends, Clone High, and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MARGO about COLD EMAILING FOR JOBS, BEING CRINGE AS STUDENTS, ADVICE FROM PROFESSORS, 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!

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m

Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

1:12 School

31:00 Moving to LA

58:15 Between jobs

1:00:50 Rigging

1:12:09 Retake animation

1:27:11 Smiling Friends

1:33:58 Studio vs Indie

1:50:35 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JEREMY POLGAR! Jeremy is a director, storyboard supervisor, and animator, who has worked on X-men '97, Centaurworld, and OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JEREMY about ANIMATING ON SPACE DANDY, The OK K.O. PITCHES, FIRST JOB NAIVETY, 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!

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m

Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

12:29 Supervising

46:15 Hardest projects

1:04:22 Identity

1:17:09 Leadership positions

1:36:47 Inspiration

1:50:36 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is AMI GUILLÉN! Ami is a storyboard artist, supervisor, and indie creator, whose work can be seen on Villainous for Cartoon Network and most recently made an indie short called Billie and Basil!

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with AMI about CHALLENGES OF WORKING IN MEXICO, BEING POPULAR ON TUMBLR AS A TEENAGER, GETTING ON VILLAINOUS, 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!

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Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

1:01 Starting out

38:13 Path to supervising

1:09:24 Losing interest in art

1:17:47 Advice

1:20:43 Inspirations

1:31:23 Industry in Latin America

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JOEL TRUSSEL! Joel is director, writer, and executive producer that worked on Pickle and Peanut, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Captain Fall.

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JOEL about SELLING ET DRAWINGS FOR MONEY IN 4TH GRADE, GETTING HIS START VOLUNTEERING, THE IRREVERENCE OF PICKLE AND PEANUT, and so much more!

While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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!

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Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

32:13 Representation

40:45 Director vs showrunner

1:33:11 Development

1:55:41 Writing

1:59:59 Creative Block