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! â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? â–º https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! â–ºhttps://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social â–ºhttps://twitter.com/crtvblock â–º https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block â–º https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Follow the hosts!VEE! â–º https://x.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat â–º https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! â–º https://linktr.ee/lordspew â–º https://x.com/lordspew â–º https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!KENNEDY! â–º https://www.luvletterstudios.com/ â–º https://linktr.ee/cookiiesetcreme â–º https://kennedyfreeman1008.wixsite.com/artworkâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Editing by Clemence Briat â–º https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran â–º https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG â–º https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong â–º https://twitter.com/everydaylouieâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– 0:00 Intro1:45 Starting in ANIME7:40 Interning14:00 Missing out on connection with coworkers15:58 Studio22:49 Anime work28:13 Questions1:03:22 Creative block
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EPISODE 210: KEVIN TEMMER
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! â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? â–º https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! â–ºhttps://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social â–ºhttps://twitter.com/crtvblock â–º https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block â–º https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Follow the hosts!VEE! â–º https://x.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat â–º https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! â–º https://linktr.ee/lordspew â–º https://x.com/lordspew â–º https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!KEVIN! â–º https://linktr.ee/kevintemmer â–º https://www.youtube.com/temmertunes â–º https://kevin-temmer-tunes.printify.me/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Editing by Clemence Briat â–º https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran â–º https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG â–º https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong â–º https://twitter.com/everydaylouieâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– 0:00 Intro0:57 Art school5:25 INTERNING11:12 Working with Glitch14:44 Roles as lead animator29:59 Questions
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EPISODE 209: JAXON SORBY
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! â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? â–º https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! â–ºhttps://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social â–ºhttps://twitter.com/crtvblock â–º https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block â–º https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Follow the hosts!VEE! â–º https://x.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat â–º https://www.violainebriat.com/IAN! â–º https://www.instagram.com/ian_laser/ â–º https://x.com/ianlaser â–º https://stuartngbooks.com/pages/search-results-page?q=ian%20higginbotham â–º https://bsky.app/profile/ianlaser.bsky.socialFollow the guest!JAXON! â–º https://linktr.ee/lumber.jaxon â–º https://www.instagram.com/lumber.jaxon/ â–º https://bsky.app/profile/lumberjax.bsky.socialâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Editing by Clemence Briat â–º https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran â–º https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG â–º https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong â–º https://twitter.com/everydaylouieâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– 0:00 Intro2:59 Starting journey12:55 First Job in Animation24:02 Coming from a family of artists29:07 Questions
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EPISODE 208: SAM LANE
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! â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? â–º https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! â–ºhttps://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social â–ºhttps://twitter.com/crtvblock â–º https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block â–º https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Follow the hosts!VEE! â–º https://x.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat â–º https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! â–º https://linktr.ee/lordspew â–º https://x.com/lordspew â–º https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!SAM! â–º https://www.samlaneart.com/ â–º https://www.instagram.com/sam_lane_art/ â–º https://vimeo.com/flotsamlaneâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Editing by Clemence Briat â–º https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran â–º https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG â–º https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong â–º https://twitter.com/everydaylouieâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– 0:00 Intro1:03 Art school8:02 First job14:16 Pitching32:56 Personal projects51:10 Questions1:08:36 Rejections1:11:23 Creative block
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EPISODE 207: SEAN BUCKELEW
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! â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? â–º https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! â–ºhttps://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social â–ºhttps://twitter.com/crtvblock â–º https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block â–º https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Follow the hosts!VEE! â–º https://x.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat â–º https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat â–º https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! â–º https://linktr.ee/lordspew â–º https://x.com/lordspew â–º https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ â–º https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guest!SEAN! â–º https://www.seanbuckelew.com/ â–º https://www.instagram.com/seanbuckelew/ â–º https://www.greenstreetpictures.com/â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– Editing by Clemence Briat â–º https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran â–º https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG â–º https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong â–º https://twitter.com/everydaylouieâ– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– â– 0:00 Intro0:53 Path to showrunning43:17 Animation shorts49:39 Questions1:12:10 Creative block1:19:13 Outro
Hosts Violaine "Vee" Briat and Sean "LordSpew" Glaze doodle and chat with artists about their creative journey, lives, and how they break through their "creative block".
Violaine Briat - https://twitter.com/violainebriat
Sean Glaze - https://twitter.com/lordspew
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