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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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 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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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 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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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 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

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! 

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

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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! 

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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

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0:00 INTRO INSPIRATION

2:07 DEVELOPING STUGO

6:53 OVERALL (NOT THE PANTS) DEAL

9:06 PALM ROT SHORT

16:16 INSPIRATIONS FOR STUGO (RIP Manolo)

18:26 WRITING TIP

27:03 THAT STUGO STYLE

37:16 INTENTIONAL SANDBOX

41:58 PITCHING PROCESS/A TREAT FOR THE SLIDE/NUMBER FREAKS

48:22 FEELING SAFE TO SAY YOUR WORST IDEA/PICKLE AND PEANUT

1:00:03 STORY MATH

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! 

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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

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0:00 Horse Talk

5:30 Starting Titanium Daydream

6:50 Making 3D assets from scratch

12:58 Time Between ideation and first episode

14:15 Episode Premises

17:57 What explorer would you compare yourself to?

19:07 Origins of “Benjamin Jacobs” + Easter Eggs

24:28 Anytime I can avoid storyboarding is a win

26:00 A window into their past!

34:57 Casting Voice Actors

44:29 Baywatch Nights

46:26 Shipping 

52:37 Don’t be afraid to be Cheesy

1:00:52 Twenty-five minutes of silent drawing

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!

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► https://www.talyaperper.com/coaching

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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

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0:00 Intro

15:51 First job

30:00 Questions

41:23 TITANS

1:06:58 Outro

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! 

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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

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0:00 Intro

1:29 Creating the channel

31:54 Planning

1:08:44 Questions

1:23:34 Outro

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!

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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

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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

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!

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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 Intro

0:45 Starting Short Short Fest

32:22 Conventions

49:50 Questions

1:16:37 Creative block

1:18:39 Outro