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Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is THUROP VAN ORMAN! Thurop is a writer, showrunner, storyboard artist, and voice actor. He's the creator of the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack as well as the voice of Flapjack, produced and wrote for Adventure Time, and was a director on Angry Birds 2!



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with THUROP about PITCHING AND DEVELOPING FLAPJACK, SWITCHING ROLES FOR STABILITY, PRODUCING ON ADVENTURE TIME, WRITING, and so much more!



While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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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0:00 Intro

9:51 Feeling stable

17:43 Producing vs directing

37:46 Before CalArts

46:19 Creative Block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JULIAN GLANDER! Julian is a 3D artist, animator, and director that was a special guest director on Amazing World of Gumball and Summer Camp Island before moving on to direct his upcoming feature, Boys Go to Jupiter.



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JULIAN about BEING ON JEOPARDY, BOYS GO TO JUPITER, MULTITASKING, and so much more!



While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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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0:00 Intro

10:58 Feature

1:00:59 Short vs long format

1:07:50 Favorite part of directing

1:21:06 Directing

1:25:35 Multitasking/scheduling

1:54:16 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is SEVAN NAJARIAN! Sevan is a VFX artist, animator, and director. MARS, an animated feature from The Whitest Kids U' Know which Sevan Directed and produced, is set to premiere at the Tribecca Film Festival.



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with SEVAN about BUILDING HIS BACKYARD STUDIO, GETTING HIS START DOING CHANNEL 101, and so much more!



While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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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SEVAN! ► https://midkidstudios.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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0:00 Intro

4:23 First gig

26:30 Tests

38:08 Influences

59:37 Development process

1:37:46 Favorite career moments

1:44:44 Advice for younger self

1:51:37 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Raj Brueggemann! Raj is a storyboard artist, writer, and director who has worked on Big City Greens, Jellystone, and Pinky Malinky! He's also developed projects at Cartoon Network and Disney.



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with RAJ about STARTING AN ANIMATION CLUB IN COLLEGE, “HURRY UP AND WAIT” PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT, GROWING FROM DEFEAT, and so much more!



While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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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0:00 Intro

4:23 First gig

26:30 Tests

38:08 Influences

59:37 Development process

1:37:46 Favorite career moments

1:44:44 Advice for younger self

1:51:37 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JENNIE GYLLBLAD! Jennie is Kickstarting a memoir comic about her grandmother called Farmor Stina. Connecting historical research with personal photos and diary entries, the comic chronicles her grandmother's experiences in WW2 Sweden.



A bit of a content warning, this project deals with a lot of heavy issues including war crimes, mental health struggles, and the mistreatment of minorities.



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JENNIE about the TONAL SHIFT FROM HER NORMAL WORK AND HER CURRENT PROJECT, CREATING COMICS, THE KICKSTARTER, and so much more!



While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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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JENNIE! ► https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jenniegyllblad/farmor-stina

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► https://www.youtube.com/@JennieGyllblad

► https://www.twitch.tv/jeninator



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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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0:00 Intro

5:56 Professional comic artist

34:21 Kickstarter and platforms

1:08:46 Farmor Stina

1:43:22 Creative block

1:52:48 Real name vs alias

2:06:59 Reading the diaries

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is SAM SPINA! Sam is a cartoonist and storyboard artist who worked on Regular Show, Apple & Onion, Infinity Train, Shape Island, and most recently Big City Greens and Merry Little Batman.



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with SAM about FALLING IN LOVE WITH COMICS, MAKING A NICKELODEON SHORT, REGULAR SHOW STORYBOARD TEST, and so much more!



While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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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SAM! ► https://samspina.com/

► https://www.instagram.com/spinadoodles/

► https://twitter.com/Spinadoodles



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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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0:00 Intro

11:21 Getting a first gig

31:27 Growing as an artist

32:28 Drawing schedule and industry work

1:05:07 Writing

1:29:14 Fame

1:36:51 Comics vs storyboards

1:39:21 Cut ideas

1:51:49 Zines

2:01:46 Inspiration

2:02:53 Creative block