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!

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

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0:00 Intro

00:48 Art school and book royalties

22:03 Literary agent

44:22 Layouts and directing

57:06 Wheels and Roses

1:14:02 Work life balance

1:19:13 Questions

1:43:02 Creative block