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!

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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 Working in Animation

33:05 Drawing fast or drawing SLOW

35:04 Witchin’ Art

41:09 Anxiety and Regret

43:13 PIERCING ADVICE

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!

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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

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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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! 

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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 Moving to LA

41:55 Personal Work outside of Work Work

43:03 Spirit of the North 2

54:01 Brute Forcing Assets

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! 

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MACIEJ! ► https://maciejgliwa.com/

► http://www.visionforblender.com/                 

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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 do you like blender?

28:54 Best way to learn blender

50:10 Learning by doing and problem solving

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 Fuck 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 LATE IN THE GAME23:18 FIRST BOOKS AND SELF PUBLISHING 27:59 ADVICE FOR ILLUSTRATORS TRYING COMICS30:07 BALANCING ILLUSTRATIONS TO MAKE SOME STAND OUT37:07 BREAKDOWN OF BOOK AGE MARKETS 42:39 DREAM PROJECTS AND ADAPTATIONS46:02 PICKING COLOR PALETTES FOR BOOKS48:39 ADVICE FOR STARTING COMINGS

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! 

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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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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 WORKSHOP 

24:42 REVISIONS + LOONIVERSITY PIPELINE

29:05 ADVENTURE TIME: SIDEQUEST TALK

33:51 LANDSCAPING YOUTUBE CHANNELS

39:37 GHOULS! OOOWEEE (SCARY SFX)

42:02 SOCIAL MEDIA (SCARY SFX)

46:25 LITTLE MYTHS

49:49 ART MEDIUMS AND MARKER TALK

55:36 HARD THINGS TO DRAW

1:03:07 DEALING WITH CREATIVE BLOCK

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! 

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BRANKO! ► https://www.superbrankman.com/

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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

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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 ART STYLE

33:39 BRANKO AND SEAN WORKING TOGETHER

44:23 COMMUNITY ENERGY OF TEEN TITANS GO!

48:49 EQUIPMENT TALK

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! 

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STEVE! ► https://www.instagram.com/wolfhard/

               ► https://steve-wolfhard.squarespace.com/

                    ► https://www.instagram.com/chichosmemes/

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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

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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

17:55 MOVING COUNTRIES AND JOBS

28:03 X, FORMERLY TWITTER

32:38 WHY DID THEY BOARD ON PAPER?

34:00 STORYBOARD PRO, A NECESSARY EVIL

47:32 PITCHING FOR A BIG IP

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! 

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KEITH! ► https://keithpakiz.com/

                    ► https://www.youtube.com/@mooncountyanm

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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

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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 Studio digital/creating long form stories

28:09 Strange Comments

29:34 Listener Questions