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
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EPISODE 206: ADAM ROSETTE
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 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!ADAM! â–º https://www.adamrosette.com/ â–º https://www.instagram.com/adam_rosette/ â–º https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2411105/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 Intro45:56 Transitioning roles53:59 Questions
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EPISODE 205: JOHNNY RYAN
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 PAIRED WITH A WRITER, 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!JOHNNY! â–º https://linktr.ee/johnnyryancomics â–º https://johnnyryan.bigcartel.com/ â–º https://themansionpress.com/en-us/collections/johnny-ryanâ– 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 Intro1:05 Art school and comics scene30:58 Showrunner day to day40:14 Looney Toons53:51 Questions1:11:22 Creative block
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EPISODE 204: BEN BAKER
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 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!BEN! â–º https://www.fuckyoubaker.com/ â–º https://www.instagram.com/fuckyoubaker/ â–º https://bsky.app/profile/fuckyoubaker.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 Intro2:58 Early career30:45 Process to make merch1:04:58 Streaming1:11:17 Creative block1:54:56 AI
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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