Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is the duo behind TITANIUM DAYDREAM, Ben Crouse and Jacob Sluka! Ben was a staff writer on StuGo and storyboard artist on Pickle and Peanut. Jacob is a background painter and story artist, and is the animator for Titanium Daydream. Titanium Daydream is a supernatural, low-poly mystery centered around Benjamin Jacobs, who is called back to his home town in Iowa by an unknown force.
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to BEN and JACOB about HORSES, EVERY 3D ASSET IS MADE FROM SCRATCH, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EASTER EGGS, and so much more.
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0:00 Horse Talk
5:30 Starting Titanium Daydream
6:50 Making 3D assets from scratch
12:58 Time Between ideation and first episode
14:15 Episode Premises
17:57 What explorer would you compare yourself to?
19:07 Origins of “Benjamin Jacobs” + Easter Eggs
24:28 Anytime I can avoid storyboarding is a win
26:00 A window into their past!
34:57 Casting Voice Actors
44:29 Baywatch Nights
46:26 Shipping
52:37 Don’t be afraid to be Cheesy
1:00:52 Twenty-five minutes of silent drawing
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is TALYA PERPER! Talya is a storyboard artist and director who worked on Teen Titans Go! and Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs! as well as the writer for the Steven Universe comics "Crystal Clean," "Ultimate Dough-Down," and "Anti-Gravity".
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to TALYA about HER MENTORSHIP CLASSES, STARTING ON PICKLE AND PEANUT, A TYPICAL TITANS EPISODE, and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
15:51 First job
30:00 Questions
41:23 TITANS
1:06:58 Outro
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MATT & MEGS! Matt + Megs are Matt Yang and Megs McShane. They both work in animation and created Matt + Megs as an opportunity to collaborate and express themselves creatively through animated loops, shorts, and comics.
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MATT and MEG about THE FIRST THING THEY DID TOGETHER, HOW THEIR TASTES BALANCE EACH OTHER, PLANNING, ADJUSTING TO ASPECT RATIOS, and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
1:29 Creating the channel
31:54 Planning
1:08:44 Questions
1:23:34 Outro
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is David C. Smith! David is a director, storyboard artist, and woodworker who has worked on Primos, Mulligan, Hotel Transylvania 4, and Angry Birds 2.
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to DAVID about INTERNING at CARTOON NETWORK, FINDING A HOBBY, THREE Es OF DIRECTING, and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
4:01 Interning and pitching
12:40 First job
17:33 Woodworking
27:19 Specialization vs variety
38:46 Hate on shows
45:54 The three E’s of Directing
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are LEE THOMSON AND SOMMER MONTENEGRO from SHORT SHORT FEST! Short Short Fest is a touring animation festival and community event organized by the Barnhouse Collective. Upcoming dates: AUGUST 2nd in Pennsylvania and AUGUST 9th in Michigan!
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to LEE and SOMMER about CREATING THE FEST, ANTHROCON, CURATING SUBMISSIONS, and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
0:45 Starting Short Short Fest
32:22 Conventions
49:50 Questions
1:16:37 Creative block
1:18:39 Outro
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MORGAN NOLL! Morgan is a background painter and prop designer on Angry Birds: Mystery Island, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Digman!, and Tales of the TMNT.
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MORGAN about LEARNING TO DRAW AT 23, CLASSIC LITERATURE, HOW LONG IT TOOK TO GET INTO ANIMATION, and so much more.
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1:50 Where did you start off?/Switching Majors
8:49 Covid :( and learning to draw at 23
14:01 Some Classic literature talk
18:23 Journey into animation
32:35 Questions
1:17:42 Creative block
1:22:23 Outro
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIRANDA HARMON! Miranda is a comic artist, background designer, painter, and storyboard artist whose work can be seen on Tuca and Bertie, Among Us, and the Fungies. She also illustrated the Mayor Good Boy books!
In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MIRANDA about HER ENTRYWAY INTO COMICS, BEING A CARTOON NETWORK STORYBOARD TRAINEE, DRAGONBALL Z, and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
11:11 Working alone or with others
42:30 Boards vs backgrounds
43:03 Questions
1:20:09 Creative block
1:25:07 Outro
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BREE PAULSEN! Bree is a writer, illustrator, and comic artist who can be seen in her graphic novels Garlic & the Vampire, Garlic and the Witch, and recently released the Firelight Apprentice! She is currently working on a young adult adaptation of Dracula from the perspective of Mina Harker.
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0:00 Intro
17:36 Reviews
26:30 Getting representation
34:57 Ideas and OCs
56:18 Publicist
1:10:45 Creative block
1:15:32 Outro
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PAUL SCARLATA! Paul was a storyboard artist, writer, and director whose work can be seen on Big Mouth and the new show Mating Season. On the side, he's been creating an animated horror film, the Van Helsing Society.
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1:40 Starting as a revisionist on Regular Show
9:12 Journey to Becoming a director
13:06 Pitching Original Ideas
23:53 Sweat Equity
35:26 Creating Van Helsing Society
40:58 two takeaways from making this project
42:14 Making a Feature Over Series
46:39 Goals For Kickstarter
1:00:17 Inspirations for Van Helsing Society
1:23:25 2 Types of Creative Block
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the COUCH KIDS, Ari Castleton, Colton Davis, and Andrew Brooks! Couch Kids is a comedy podcast that talks about anything and everything nerdy. The hosts all work in animation and share their whacky opinions on things all while having a good laugh all around.
In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to the COUCH KIDS about STARTING THE SHOW AS A WAY TO HANG OUT, WHAT TO DO WHEN THE BIT IS OVER, TAKING TURNS TAKING THE HIT, so much more.
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0:00 Intro
1:49 Couch Kids Intro
3:45 Warmin' up to 'Cast
10:15 Making the podcast
14:28 "People Say our bits are MAGIC"
18:01 "It's real when you're doing it right"
20:57 What to do when the bit is over :(
25:04 Ari gets shut down (as a bit)
27:16 Taking turns taking the hit (for the bit)
28:40 Origins of Couch-O
33:08 Patreon
42:31 Strategy
54:26 Questions
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is EMILY BRUNDIGE! Emily is the creator of Goldie on Apple+ and the Shut Up! Cartoon series Pubertina, developed Harvey Girls Forever! for Netflix/Dreamworks, and recently released a book, A Guide to Developing an Animated Show!
In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to EMILY about CREATING PUBERTINA, HER BOOK, and UNDERSTANDING YOURSELF AS A CREATOR, so much more.
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0:00 Intro
1:38 Starting her animation writing career
7:35 Experimental Animation + Pubertina
13:07 “There are a lot of Pokemon”
17:06 Fox ADHD
18:34 “Selling” + Developing a show
23:54 Changing her pitching strategy
26:41 A lil ad break (for Emily’s book)
28:46 Figure out what you want to prioritize
35:56 Working with a Composer
54:07 Questions
1:20:27 Creative block
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are ASHLEY NICHOLS AND DAVE CAPDEVIELLE, the creators of Far-Fetched! Far-Fetched follows Rue, a DeviantArt sparkle-creature named Kira, and the band Sesamoid as they become unwilling participants in a battle between science and the supernatural. Their Kickstarter was successfully funded,
In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to ASHLEY and DAVE talk about HOW THEY STARTED WORKING TOGETHER, DEVELOPING THE CHARACTERS, ADDING ELEMENTS OF THEIR LIVES INTO THE SHOW, and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
11:43 Before working on Far-Fetched
21:37 Working on the show
29:35 Questions
35:37 Launching the Kickstarter
57:39 Economy of animation
1:12:05 Inspiration and creative block
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the BASIL EZENWA! Basil is storyboard artist and animator for anime and animated projects on Netflix, A24, and Titmouse on shows like #1 Happy Family USA and Boruto.
In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to BASIL TOP 3 SHONEN, SHIFTING BIOLOGY TO ANIMATION, PROCESS FOR ANIMATING ON ANIME PRODUCTIONS, and so much more.
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3:21 Art school
21:34 Starting animation
1:07:40 Creative block
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests are the Vampire Surf Cult Crew! Vampire Surf Cult is an indie animated series about a human stranded on an island of surfing party monsters. The Kickstarter was successfully funded but you can still back the project!
In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to the VAMPIRE SURF CULT CREW about COMING UP WITH THE CONCEPT, WORLDBUILDING BEYOND THE ANIMATION, “SURF DRACULA MEME” and so much more.
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0:00 Intro
40:17 Creative block
50:00 Questions
Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MUSA BROOKER! Musa is the supervising director for Lil Kev, a new animated series inspired by Kevin Hart's childhood and comedy. He's an animation director, stop motion animator, and USC Professor who has animated sequences for shows and commercials like The Boys, Atlanta, and McDonalds.
In this episode, SEAN and VEE talk to MUSA about WORKING AT MTV ANIMATION, CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH, AND ADVICE FOR SHIFTING TO DIFFERENT ROLES, and so much more.
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0:00 Watch LIL Kev
3:38 First animation job
8:36 Working at MTV Animation
10:18 Stop motion!
13:05 Working on Celebrity Deathmatch
22:14 Advice for moving or or switching jobs
25:40 Going to back to school
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.
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0:00 Intro
1:45 Starting in ANIME
7:40 Interning
14:00 Missing out on connection with coworkers
15:58 Studio
22:49 Anime work
28:13 Questions
1:03:22 Creative block
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.
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0:00 Intro
0:57 Art school
5:25 INTERNING
11:12 Working with Glitch
14:44 Roles as lead animator
29:59 Questions
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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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/IAN! ► https://www.instagram.com/ian_laser/ ► https://x.com/ianlaser ► https://stuartngbooks.com/pages/search-results-page?q=ian%20higginbotham ► https://bsky.app/profile/ianlaser.bsky.socialFollow the guest!JAXON! ► https://linktr.ee/lumber.jaxon ► https://www.instagram.com/lumber.jaxon/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/lumberjax.bsky.social■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:00 Intro2:59 Starting journey12:55 First Job in Animation24:02 Coming from a family of artists29:07 Questions
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.
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0:00 Intro
1:03 Art school
8:02 First job
14:16 Pitching
32:56 Personal projects
51:10 Questions
1:08:36 Rejections
1:11:23 Creative block
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.
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0:00 Intro
0:53 Path to showrunning
43:17 Animation shorts
49:39 Questions
1:12:10 Creative block
1:19:13 Outro
