Creative Block

• EPISODE 240: JESSE MOYNIHAN

  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 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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social   ►https://x.com/crtvblock      ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/         ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block             ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat              ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                 ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                ► https://x.com/lordspew                    ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guests!JESSE! ► https://jessemoynihan.com/           ► https://www.youtube.com/@JesseMoynihan   ► https://www.patreon.com/cw/studiopicatrix         ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:14 Turing an old Pitch into JESUS 212:43 Rich people doing weird blood stuff17:29 Negging during a pitch22:10 Approach to creating Jesus 235:22 Money talk (financing and fundraising projects)51:03 “People are going to watch it on their phone anyway”1:00:37 Thinking about a demographic1:02:00 Listener Questions

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• EPISODE 239: NICK CROSS

  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 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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social   ►https://x.com/crtvblock      ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/         ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block             ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat              ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                 ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew                ► https://x.com/lordspew                    ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guests!Nick! ► https://nickcrossanimation.net/           ► https://www.youtube.com/ncross   ► https://www.instagram.com/nicodemuscross/         ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:00 Deeping toe in background design6:07 Hiring/8:22 Learning to Animate12:40 “You can’t afford to be precious”16:03 Entering work into festivals20:55 “Animation Process is like building a ship in a bottle”26:46 Jumping Mediums and Making a comic33:44 Over the Garden Wall37:35 Shorts Program59:59 “The Wire for kids”

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• EPISODE 238: HEATHER MAHLER

  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 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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://x.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guests!HEATHER! ► https://www.instagram.com/heathermahlerart/ ► https://linktr.ee/HeatherMahlerArt ► https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeatherMahlerArt ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:12 STUDYING FINE ARTS7:02 ANIME INTERVENTION11:31 “Your Insides come Outside” 14:49 Odd Jobs + “Don’t lick Jesus”17:29 Selling at Comic Conventions20:18 Designing on The Other Side24:22 Uphill Battle with Comics28:16 Prep for Working in Animation33:05 Drawing fast or drawing SLOW35:04 Witchin’ Art41:09 Anxiety and Regret43:13 PIERCING ADVICE

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• EPISODE 237: SHANE DERING

  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 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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social   ►https://x.com/crtvblock      ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/         ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block             ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat              ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat                 ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/IAN! ► http://ianlaser.com/about             ► https://www.instagram.com/ian_laser/                 ► https://x.com/ianlaserFollow the guests!SHANE! ► https://www.instagram.com/shanedering/► https://x.com/deringshane         ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:50 AMBIENT SWIM creation and production9:35 Who creates the music?12:26 Attending East Tennessee State16:09 being self taught24:51 Finding time for personal projects28:09 Landing first gig, Trip Tank43:35 Listener Questions

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• EPISODE #236: CREATIVE CAFE

  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 professionals! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblockHit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social ►https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Follow the hosts!VEE! ► https://x.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat ► https://www.violainebriat.com/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_mProduced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocksReels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0fomaTheme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

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