Creative Block

Welcome to the final episode of Creative Block! After 5 years of running the podcast, the crew has decided to say goodbye to the podcast the only way they know how: making a podcast episode about it. Join the creative block team, VEE, SEAN, EBUKA, MARCO, AND CLEM, as they say their goodbyes to the show.  In this final episode, we talk about why we’re ending the pod, if it’s Lordspew or lord’s pew,...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is JESSE MOYNIHAN. Jesse is an cartoonist, animator, story artist, and art director, whose work can be seen on Adventure Time, Midnight Gospel, and is the creator of the shorts Manly, Forming, Jesus 2, and Hungy Ghost. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to JESSE about PITCHING JESUS 2, Finding money for projects, balancing the beauty of projects, and so...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is NICK CROSS! Nick is a cartoonist, art director, and background artist whose work can be seen on Over the Garden Wall, Uncle Grandpa, and The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to NICK about LEARNING TO ANIMATE, WORKING IN THE CARTOON NETWORK SHORTS PROGRAM, ART DIRECTING ON OVER THE GARDEN WALL, and so muc...

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 w...

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! While we talk, we doodle on a M...

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 profession...

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...

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...

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...

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 doo...

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 T...

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, wher...

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 w...

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 doo...

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, wh...

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 t...

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...

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 OT...

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 prompt...

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,...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MORGAN NOLL! Morgan is a background painter and prop designer on Angry Birds: Mystery Island, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Digman!, and Tales of the TMNT. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MORGAN about LEARNING TO DRAW AT 23, CLASSIC LITERATURE, HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET INTO ANIMATION, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIRANDA HARMON! Miranda is a comic artist, background designer, painter, and storyboard artist whose work can be seen on Tuca and Bertie, Among Us, and the Fungies. She also illustrated the Mayor Good Boy books! In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MIRANDA about HER ENTRYWAY INTO COMICS, BEING A CARTOON NETWORK STORYBOARD TRAINEE, DRAGONBALL Z,...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BREE PAULSEN! Bree is a writer, illustrator, and comic artist who can be seen in her graphic novels Garlic & the Vampire, Garlic and the Witch, and recently released the Firelight Apprentice! She is currently working on a young adult adaptation of Dracula from the perspective of Mina Harker. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to BREE about CR...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PAUL SCARLATA! Paul was a storyboard artist, writer, and director whose work can be seen on Big Mouth and the new show Mating Season. On the side, he's been creating an animated horror film, the Van Helsing Society. In this episode, VEE talks to PAUL about HIS JOURNEY TO BECOME A DIRECTOR, SWEAT EQUITY, BEHIND THE SCENES OF CREATING VAN HELSI...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the COUCH KIDS, Ari Castleton, Colton Davis, and Andrew Brooks! Couch Kids is a comedy podcast that talks about anything and everything nerdy. The hosts all work in animation and share their whacky opinions on things all while having a good laugh all around. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to the COUCH KIDS about STARTING THE SHOW AS A WAY T...