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Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JASON DWYER! Jason was a storyboard artist for Craig of the Creek and Clarence, and was most recently the storyboard layout artist for A24’s #1 Happy Family USA.



Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JASON about SELLING HIS W.O.W. ACCOUNT, STORYBOARD TESTS, DRAWING FOR YOURSELF, 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

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie



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0:00 Intro

2:38 Art school

20:36 Storyboarding

48:35 Pitching

1:03:20 Animation industry

1:20:09 Perfect project

1:23:57 Method

1:26:59 Storyboarding tricks

1:28:30 Drawing for yourself

1:32:09 Important qualities & feedback

1:37:12 Challenges

1:39:02 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MIGUEL PUGA! Miguel is a writer, producer, storyboard artist, and director. His work can be seen on the Loud House, Futurama, Fairly OddParents, and Casagrandes! He is also the director of the Casagrandes movie on Netflix!



Along the way, VEE chats with MIGUEL about SELLING COMICS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIS DIRECTING PHILOSOPHY, HIS FIRST JOB, 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

1:03 Childhood

6:45 Art college

13:44 Changing positions

36:04 Directing philosophy

41:24 First job at Nickelodeon

51L17 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is LOIC LOCATELLI. Loic is a comic artist, background artist, character designer, and illustrator. His comics, FLAVOR GIRLS and PERSEPHONE, were published by Archaia/Boom Studios.



Along the way, VEE chats with LOIC about GETTING HIS START IN ANIMATION IN JAPAN, TRANSITIONING TO FREELANCE, HIS SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETING A COMIC, 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

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie



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0:00 Intro

1:04 Living in Japan

32:17 Changing companies

38:31 Comics and process

47:42 Writing

1:14:40 Community and connection

1:29:49 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PAT KAIN! Pat worked on Beavis and Butthead, Apple and Onion, and Superjail. His past credits include director, storyboard artist, animator, and character designer. His comic Rorg of the Blood Swamp is available now through Pat's Etsy!



Along the way, VEE and IAN chat with PAT about CANCELLED PROJECTS, MOVING TO LOS ANGELES, TIPS FOR CURRENT STUDENTS, 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

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie



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0:00 Intro

9:03 Childhood and drawing

12:14 College and finding a job

34:38 Portfolio

48:18 Working remote

1:09:39 Directing

1:39:47 Creative block

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is PENDLETON WARD! PENDLETON is writer, voice actor, storyboard artist, and the creator of Adventure Time and Midnight Gospel!

Vee, Sean, and Pendleton are creating pitches based on suggestions from all of you! Using a very scientific and elaborate mechanism to randomize the suggestions from Creative Block listeners: pair of dice, they come up with new and original ideas to sell to no one. Which allows for the conversation to go all over while the work out these characters and premises.

While we talk, we doodle on a MAGMA, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, and PATREON. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is AARON LONG! Aaron is a director, musician, and indie creator. He's was a director on Bojack Horsemen, supervising director on Tucca and Bertie, and is the creator of Sublo and Tangy Mustard.

Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with AARON about GETTING HIS START ON TRIPTANK, WORKING ON BOJACK, CREATIVE PROCESS BEHIND SUBLO AND TANGY MUSTARD and so much more!

While we talk, we doodle on a Google Jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, YOUTUBE, THREADS, 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
5:55 Youtube vs industry animation
27:08 Working on shorts
47:29 Balancing work
1:05:06 Creating
1:08:45 Pros and cons of idustry/indie
1:16:01 Youtube algorithm
1:22:46 Retakes
1:30:31 Music
1:47:08 Process
1:57:08 Lightining round
2:05:00 Indie landscape