Creative Block

Welcome to the final episode of Creative Block! After 5 years of running the podcast, the crew has decided to say goodbye to the podcast the only way they know how: making a podcast episode about it. Join the creative block team, VEE, SEAN, EBUKA, MARCO, AND CLEM, as they say their goodbyes to the show. 
In this final episode, we talk about why we’re ending the pod, if it’s Lordspew or lord’s pew, Perks of the POD, 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! 
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VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat
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SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew
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                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew
Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m
Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks
Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma
Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie
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0:00 Slowly ripping the bandaid
4:39 Our Mission Continues
5:58 Clem’s plans
10:12 Ebuka’s plans
11:32 Marco’s Plans
17:10 Clem’s Piercing Story
10:14 Lord’s Pew
24:16 Finding Clippable Moments
29:10 Perks of the Pod
34:12 Vee’s Student Film
37:04 Winding Down the Episode
50:32 Thanking our Listeners!

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! 
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VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat
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SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew
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JESSE! ► https://jessemoynihan.com/
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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m
Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks
Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma
Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie
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1:14 Turing an old Pitch into JESUS 2
12:43 Rich people doing weird blood stuff
17:29 Negging during a pitch
22:10 Approach to creating Jesus 2
35:22 Money talk (financing and fundraising projects)
51:03 “People are going to watch it on their phone anyway”
1:00:37 Thinking about a demographic
1:02:00 Listener Questions

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! 
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Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!
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VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat
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                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/
SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew
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                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew
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Nick! ► https://nickcrossanimation.net/
           ► https://www.youtube.com/ncross
   ► https://www.instagram.com/nicodemuscross/
         
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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m
Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks
Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma
Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie
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1:00 Deeping toe in background design
6:07 Hiring/
8:22 Learning to Animate
12:40 “You can’t afford to be precious”
16:03 Entering work into festivals
20:55 “Animation Process is like building a ship in a bottle”
26:46 Jumping Mediums and Making a comic
33:44 Over the Garden Wall
37:35 Shorts Program
59:59 “The Wire for kids”

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!

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m
Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks
Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma
Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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1:12 STUDYING FINE ARTS
7:02 ANIME INTERVENTION
11:31 “Your Insides come Outside”
14:49 Odd Jobs + “Don’t lick Jesus”
17:29 Selling at Comic Conventions
20:18 Designing on The Other Side
24:22 Uphill Battle with Comics
28:16 Prep for Working in Animation
33:05 Drawing fast or drawing SLOW
35:04 Witchin’ Art
41:09 Anxiety and Regret
43:13 PIERCING ADVICE

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! 
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IAN! ► http://ianlaser.com/about
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SHANE! ► https://www.instagram.com/shanedering/
► https://x.com/deringshane
         
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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m
Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks
Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma
Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie
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1:50 AMBIENT SWIM creation and production
9:35 Who creates the music?
12:26 Attending East Tennessee State
16:09 being self taught
24:51 Finding time for personal projects
28:09 Landing first gig, Trip Tank
43:35 Listener Questions