EPISODE 238: HEATHER MAHLER

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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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/@lordspewEditing 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 Slowly ripping the bandaid4:39 Our Mission Continues5:58 Clem’s plans10:12 Ebuka’s plans11:32 Marco’s Plans17:10 Clem’s Piercing Story10:14 Lord’s Pew24:16 Finding Clippable Moments29:10 Perks of the Pod34:12 Vee’s Student Film37:04 Winding Down the Episode50:32 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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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

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”

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

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

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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is HUNTER SPARAGNA! Hunter is a 3D character artist, concept artist, and toy designer whose work can be seen in games Spirit of the North 2 and Dreamscape VR, as well as various action figures for McFarlane Toys.In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to HUNTER about A COYOTE ATTACK, LIVING OFF OF WILD BOAR, PROBLEM SOLVING IN 3D, 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!HUNTER! ► https://infinity774.artstation.com/► https://www.instagram.com/hunter.lasagna/         ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:38 where did you get started?4:03 Hunter Feeds a dog11:38 Weird Time in the Industry/Financial Advice19:15 Save money by eating wild boar!26:30 Moving to LA41:55 Personal Work outside of Work Work43:03 Spirit of the North 254:01 Brute Forcing Assets

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is MACIEJ GLIWA! Maciej is a writer, director, storyboard artist, and animator whose work can be seen on the Clone Wars, The Bad Batch, and is also the developer and designer for Vision add-on for blender. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to MACIEJ about REASON FOR DEVELOPING VISIONS, GOING FROM LAWYER TO CODER TO ANIMATOR, LEARNING BY DOING, 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!MACIEJ! ► https://maciejgliwa.com/► http://www.visionforblender.com/                 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:58 Developing Visions7:48 Blender being Daunting10:21 How Visions Works15:30 Going to school for coding17:12 Why not law school?18:42 Why do you like blender?28:54 Best way to learn blender50:10 Learning by doing and problem solving

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is NICOLE GOUX! Nicole is an illustrator and cartoonist whose work can be seen in her comic Pet Peeves, Forest Hills Bootleg Society and Fuck Off Squad written Dave Baker, and in the recently published This Place Kills Me written by Mariko Tamaki.In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to NICOLE about SENDING OUT POSTCARDS FOR JOBS, COLLABORATING, SELECTING COLOR PALETTES FOR HER BOOKS, 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!NICOLE! ► https://www.nicolegoux.com/► https://linktr.ee/nicolegoux ► https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/ngoux/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■0:38 Sending out postcards for work ("I don't recommend this")5:48 Advice!8:50 DAVE BAKER AND PERKS OF COLLABORATING13:16 ADVICE FR GIVING NOTES TO OTHER CREATIVES15:23 FEELING ANXIOUS ABOUT LETTING SOMEONE ELSE DRAW HER IDEAS20:13 MAKING BIG CHANGES LATE IN THE GAME23:18 FIRST BOOKS AND SELF PUBLISHING 27:59 ADVICE FOR ILLUSTRATORS TRYING COMICS30:07 BALANCING ILLUSTRATIONS TO MAKE SOME STAND OUT37:07 BREAKDOWN OF BOOK AGE MARKETS 42:39 DREAM PROJECTS AND ADAPTATIONS46:02 PICKING COLOR PALETTES FOR BOOKS48:39 ADVICE FOR STARTING COMINGS

Welcome to Creative Block! This week’s guest is HARPER SIMS! Harper is a storyboard artist, illustrator, and background artist whose work can be seen on Tiny Toons Looniversity, Adventure Time: Side Quests, as well as her comic Little Myths!In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to HARPER about DESIGN WORK IN CHICAGO, REVISIONS PIPELINE,  HER COMIC LITTLE MYTHS 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!HARPER! ► https://harpersims.site/► https://www.instagram.com/harpersim.s/  ► https://harpersims.bigcartel.com/                  ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:08 MOVING TO LA2:41 LESSONS FROM EDITORIAL4:37 ANIMATING SANDWICHES7:30 CHICAGO PRINTERS GUILD15:10 HEAVY MANNERS16:54 SEAN’S WORKSHOP 24:42 REVISIONS + LOONIVERSITY PIPELINE29:05 ADVENTURE TIME: SIDEQUEST TALK33:51 LANDSCAPING YOUTUBE CHANNELS39:37 GHOULS! OOOWEEE (SCARY SFX)42:02 SOCIAL MEDIA (SCARY SFX)46:25 LITTLE MYTHS49:49 ART MEDIUMS AND MARKER TALK55:36 HARD THINGS TO DRAW1:03:07 DEALING WITH CREATIVE BLOCK