Creative Block

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is CHRISTIAN BOVING ANDERSEN & EVA LEE WALLBERG! They are the writers, directors, and creators of The Heroic Quest Of The Valiant Prince Ivandoe! They've collaborated on the shorts on Rob 'n Ron and Ride of Passage, and both worked on The Amazing World of Gumball! Along the way, VEE chats with Christian and Eva about GETTING THEIR START...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is NATALIE ANDREWSON! Natalie is a comic artist, illustrator, and risograph printer. You can see her work in Wolfboy and the Everything Factory on Apple+, her graphic novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, and in her print shop! Along the way, Vee and Megan Fisher chat with Natalie about MOVING TO LA, STICKING TO YOUR PERSONAL STYLE, POST OFFICE A...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is SCOTT O'BRIEN! Scott is a director, storyboard artist, and animator for shows like Zorkie of Planet Ruby, the Animaniacs Reboot, and animated on the recently announced Genndy Tartakovsky project "Fixed". Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with SCOTT about BOARDING EXPRESSIONS FIRST, ADAPTING TO CHANGING STYLES IN ANIMATION, GETTING HI...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is SAGE COTUGNO! Sage is a writer, story board artist, and director for shows like The Owl House, Star Vs., and Gravity Falls Their new graphic novel, The Glass Scientist, is available now for pre-order! Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with SAGE about INTERNING AT PIXAR, MOURING DEAD PITCHES, EXHAUSTED WORKER CHIC, and so much more! While we talk,...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is J.L WESTOVER AKA MR. LOVENSTEIN! MR. LOVENSTEIN is a writer and comic artist who released one collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics, Failure, with a second volume, Feelings, available for pre-order. Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Mr. Lovenstein about GETTING HIS START IN COMICS, STUDYING FINE ARTS, REACHING FINANCIAL STABILITY WITH HIS COMIC...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is GABE LIN! Gabe is a storyboard artist for features whose work is included in the Loud House Movie, Lego Batman 2, and most recently doubled as the Head of Story/Story Artist on TMNT: Mutant Mayhem! Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Gabe about THE NIGHTMARE INTERVIEW FOR HIS FIRST GIG, NAVIGATING INSTABILITY, WORKING IN FEATURE, and so much mo...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is ALEX CLINE! Alex is a storyboard artist, character designer, and comic artist who worked on Frog and Toad, City of Ghosts, Summer Camp Island, Bojack Horseman, and Regular Show. Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Alex about GETTING HIS FIRST JOB FROM HIS SHORT, TESTING FOR REGULAR SHOW, MOMENTS THEY WISHED THEY HAD AN EDITOR, and so much more!...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is MORTIS GHOST! Mortis Ghost is a writer, comic artist, and game designer. He is the creator/writer of the comic Dr. Cataclysm and co-creator of the video game OFF, which just celebrated its 15th anniversary! Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Mortis about HIS FANBASE, HIS NEW GAME, WEIGHT OF SUCCESS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle o...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is Yves Bigerel AKA BALAK! Balak is a director, animator, comic artist, and art director. He co-creator of Lastman, Peepoodoo, Vermin, and Les Kassos, and most recently animated the title sequence for My Adventures with Superman. Along the way, we chat with Balak about HOW HE GOT INTERESTED IN STORYBOARDING, LEARNING FROM HIS EXPERIENCE FROM LAST MA...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is GRACE ROLEK. Grace is a voice actor for animation and video games, whose work includes Fallout 76, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and she was the voice of Connie on Steven Universe! Along the way, we chat with Grace about STARTING OUT AS A CHILD ACTOR, BOOKING STEVEN UNIVERSE, VOICE ACTING TIPS FOR QUIET GIRLS, and so much more! Whil...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is HANNAH AYOUBI! Hannah is a storyboard artist and director, and has worked on Harvey Beaks, Amphibia, the Fungies, Jellystone!, and is directing on the recently announced StuGo! Along the way, we chat about GETTING ON TO HARVEY BEAKS, DEVELOPING MONSTERS ABROAD, FAVORITE SHIPS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google Jamboard, where...

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is SHANE CURRY! Shane is a songwriter, animator, timing supervisor, and animation timer for shows like She-Ra and American Dad, and at at time of the record was in the middle of kickstarting his own musical animated series: Chew Gum! Along the way, we chat about the GETTING THEIR START ON A SMOKE BREAK, WE DO A LIL TIMING EXERCISE, NAVIGATING TIKTOK...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is KRISTEN GISH! Kristen is a storyboard artist and writer for shows like Ducktales, Great North, and Tuca and Bertie. She also wrote and directed her own animated pilot, Kelly and the Kung Fu Gators! Along the way, we chat about the WORKING AT SHADOW MACHINE, CHOOSING TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL SHORT, FINDING COLLABORATORS, and so much more! While we ta...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Umaimah! Umaimah is a visual development artist, prop designer, color designer, and character designer for shows like the Proud Family: Louder and Prouder and Summer Camp Island! Along the way, we chat about GOING TO SCAD, NAVIGATING POP CULTURE REFERENCES, SWITCHING YOUR BRAIN BETWEEN JOBS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is DAVE CATMAN! DAVE is a cartoonist, visual development artist, writer, animator, and is the creator of the comics Live With Yourself!, Mercworks, and Hop Dude! Along the way, we chat about the SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO CREATING MERCWORKS, RUNNING FOR MAYOR, CREATING FOR WEBTOONS, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google Jamboard,...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JEFF LIU! Jeff worked as a writer, director, storyboard, and story supervisor on the shows Steven Universe, OK K.O., Craig of the Creek, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands. Along the way, we chat about DEALING WITH REJECTION, GETTING ON TO STEVEN UNIVERSE, HIS MUSIC (jeff plays on banjo and guitar for a bit too), and so much more! While we talk, w...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is HOWIE PERRY! Howie worked as supervising director on Middlemost Post, as storyboard supervisor on Kamp Koral, and director on Rocky and Bullwinkle! Along the way, we chat about BEING AN ECONOMICAL STORYBOARD ARTISST, PRODUCTION ON MIDDLEMOST POST, STORYBOARD GUIDES, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google Jamboard, where we draw fr...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are BILL MOTZ AND BOB ROTH! Bill and Bob are the creators of The Ghost and Molly McGee! They’ve both worked as writers, producers, story editors for many animated shows like Kim Possible, Xiaolin Showdown, and Darkwing Duck. Along the way, we chat about GETTING THEIR START AT DISNEY TVA, PITCHING TO STUDIOS, WRITING TIPS, and so much more! While we...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Sapphire Sandalo! Sapphire is an animator, podcaster, and recurring Paranormal Expert on the Trvl Channel. She worked on animated show Mr. Pickles, created Something Scary and School Spirit on Snarled, and is the creator/host of the podcast Stories with Sapphire! Along the way, we chat about VISION BOARDS, SAPPHIRE REIGNITING HER PASSION FOR PARA...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest are DEVIN BUNJE and NICK STANTON! Nick and Devin are the creators of Haley's On It! This is their first foray into show running an animated series, having previously done live-action shows like Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything, Prince of Peoria, and Zeke and Luther. They've also written for Phineas and Ferb, Emperors New School, a...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Kay (Ritter) Hayes! Kay is a storyboard artist and director who has worked on Tangled: Before Ever After, Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, and Monsters At Work! Along the way, we talk about working with aphantasia, benefits of collaboration in animation, their favorite project to work on, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google ja...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is April "Pinkie" Davis! Pinkie is a storyboard artist and director who has worked on SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Show, and Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years! Along the way, we talk about doing commissions on twitch, navigating the pressures of kid friendly work, Pinkie's celebrity horse Jeepers, and so much more! While we...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Sammie Crowley! Sammie is a writer who has worked on The Ghost and Molly Magee, Loud House, DC Super Hero Girls, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Along the way, we talk about finding a community of TV writers in college, her journey to becoming a writer for cartoons, some lessons she learned from My Little Pony, and so much more! While we...

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIKE AUSTIN! Mike is a storyboard artist who worked on Owl House and Monsters at work! Along the way, we talk about Mike discovering you can work in animation from the Steven Universe crew Tumblr, getting the call for OWL HOUSE during midterms for Computer Engineering, learning storyboard pro on the job, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle...

Welcome to Creative Block! We're talking to VICTOR COURTRIGHT! Victor is a storyboard artist, animator, showrunner, and writer, who worked on shows like Aquaman: King of Atlantis, Thundercats Roar, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Pickle and Peanut. Along the way, we chat about the major inspirations for Thundercats Roar, impostor syndrome, Victor breaks down the day-to-day for a showrunner, and so much more!...