Creative Block

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!

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

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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

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!

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

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0:00 Intro

0:57 Art school

5:25 INTERNING

11:12 Working with Glitch

14:44 Roles as lead animator

29:59 Questions

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

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!

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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

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!

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0:00 Intro

0:53 Path to showrunning

43:17 Animation shorts

49:39 Questions

1:12:10 Creative block

1:19:13 Outro

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!

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

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0:00 Intro

45:56 Transitioning roles

53:59 Questions

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

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!

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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

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!

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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

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!

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

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0:00 Intro08:19 First Job at ADHD21:14 bouncing around to different jobs25:59 Midnight Gospel57:18 Teaching 1:10:11 Creative block and pitching