Creative Block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is EMILY BRUNDIGE! Emily is the creator of Goldie on Apple+ and the Shut Up! Cartoon series Pubertina, developed Harvey Girls Forever! for Netflix/Dreamworks, and recently released a book, A Guide to Developing an Animated Show! In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to EMILY about CREATING PUBERTINA, HER BOOK, and UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AS A CREATOR, s...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are ASHLEY NICHOLS AND DAVE CAPDEVIELLE, the creators of Far-Fetched! Far-Fetched follows Rue, a DeviantArt sparkle-creature named Kira, and the band Sesamoid as they become unwilling participants in a battle between science and the supernatural. Their Kickstarter was successfully funded, In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to ASHLEY and DAVE talk a...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the BASIL EZENWA! Basil is storyboard artist and animator for anime and animated projects on Netflix, A24, and Titmouse on shows like #1 Happy Family USA and Boruto. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to BASIL TOP 3 SHONEN, SHIFTING BIOLOGY TO ANIMATION, PROCESS FOR ANIMATING ON ANIME PRODUCTIONS, and so much more. While we talk, we doodle on a...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the Vampire Surf Cult Crew! Vampire Surf Cult is an indie animated series about a human stranded on an island of surfing party monsters. The Kickstarter was successfully funded but you can still back the project! In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to the VAMPIRE SURF CULT CREW about COMING UP WITH THE CONCEPT, WORLDBUILDING BEYOND THE ANIMATION, “S...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MUSA BROOKER! Musa is the supervising director for Lil Kev, a new animated series inspired by Kevin Hart's childhood and comedy. He's an animation director, stop motion animator, and USC Professor who has animated sequences for shows and commercials like The Boys, Atlanta, and McDonalds. In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to MUSA about WO...

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 A...

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 d...

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 ST...

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...

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, BA...

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 muc...

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 P...

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 promp...

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...

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 t...

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 Cree...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is the CB Team! We’re celebrating a big milestone for us: 200 episodes! It’s been a long journey up to this point, so we wanted to take a moment to reflect on all the cool stuff we’ve been lucky to continue doing. The CB Team of Vee, Sean, Clem, Ebuka, and Marco chat about their favorite guests, pranks, interesting comments, and give some behind the...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Derrick is a storyboard artist, keyframe animator, and character designer whose can be seen on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Zatsu Tabi: That's Journey, and #1 Happy Family USA!Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with DERRICK about ART SCHOOL, NSFW ART, WORKING IN ANIME, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from p...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BEN STATEN AKA KOBOLD’S CROSSING! Ben is an illustrator, comic artist, and animator. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with BEN about HIS STYLE, DRAWING EVERYDAY, BUILDING A COMMUNITY, 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...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is ALEX GAMSU JENKINS! Alex is an illustrator, comic artist, and animation director and has done work for Adobe, Vans, Facebook. Check his book Whatever Where and Why to see a collection of his comics and illustrations. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with ALEX about ANIMATING VS CREATING COMICS, THE MOST HELPFUL ADVICE HE RECEIVED, SOCIAL MEDIA, a...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIKE MANOR! Mike is an animator, creator, and pixel artist. He is the creator of the Adult Swim Small "Beantown". Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MIKE about getting started with pixel art, sending art to musicians, inspiration for Beantown, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is RYAN D. ANDERSON! Ryan is an animator, visual artist, and comedian. He is the creator of the Adult Swim Small Gav the Alien and regularly releases blender animated videos on his instagram. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with RYAN about WORKING AS LAMP OPERATOR FOR FILM, ACCIDENTALLY DELETING SOMETHING, LEARNING ANIMATION FROM YOUTUBE, and so much m...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is WILL CARSOLA! Will Will is the co-creator of Mr. Pickles and Momma Named Me Sheriff as well as the Creative Director at Liquid Death. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with WILL about GETTING HIS START IN SKETCH COMEDY, ANIMATING WITH A MOUSE, PITCHING MR. PICKLES and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MILLIE HOLTON! Millie is a writer, comedian, and comic artist, releasing episodes of her webseries, Long Head, based on her webcomic, Long Head, on Tiktok. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MILLIE about BODY HEAD VS LONG HEAD, GETTING OBSESSED WITH DRAWING COMICS, ACCEPTING BAD FIRST DRAFTS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA,...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is STU LIVINGSTON! Stu is a director, storyboard artist, and comic artist whose work can be seen in Steven Universe, Owl House, and Bat-Family. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with STU about HIS JOBS BEFORE ANIMATION, HIS FIRST JOB, DRAWING VS STORYBOARDING, about so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on T...