EPISODE 217: COUCH KIDS

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. In this episode, VEE and SEAN talk to BREE about CREATING THE PITCH FOR GARLIC, THE AGONY OF REVIEWS, THE CLASHING OF HER TWO AESTHETICS, 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/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guests!BREE! ► https://www.vampiresnwhimsy.com/ ► https://breebird33.tumblr.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/breebird33/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro17:36 Reviews26:30 Getting representation34:57 Ideas and OCs56:18 Publicist1:10:45 Creative block1:15:32 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.In this episode, VEE talks to PAUL about HIS JOURNEY TO BECOME A DIRECTOR, SWEAT EQUITY, BEHIND THE SCENES OF CREATING VAN HELSING SOCIETY, 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/SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew ► https://x.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspewFollow the guests!PAUL! ► https://linktr.ee/paulscarlata ► https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulscarlata/the-van-helsing-society-movie ► https://thevanhelsingsocietymovie.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■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■1:40 Starting as a revisionist on Regular Show9:12 Journey to Becoming a director13:06 Pitching Original Ideas23:53 Sweat Equity35:26 Creating Van Helsing Society40:58 two takeaways from making this project42:14 Making a Feature Over Series46:39 Goals For Kickstarter1:00:17 Inspirations for Van Helsing Society1:23:25 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guests!COUCH KIDS! ► https://linktr.ee/couchkidspodcast ► https://www.instagram.com/andrewbrooks93/ ► https://www.aricastleton.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/coltdee/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro1:49 Couch Kids Intro3:45 Warmin' up to 'Cast10:15 Making the podcast14:28 "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-O33:08 Patreon42:31 Strategy54:26 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!EMILY BRUNDIGE! ► https://www.emilybrundige.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/emilybrundige/ ► https://www.sendowl.com/s/product/79314489/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro1:38 Starting her animation writing career7:35 Experimental Animation + Pubertina13:07 “There are a lot of Pokemon”17:06 Fox ADHD18:34 “Selling” + Developing a show23:54 Changing her pitching strategy26:41 A lil ad break (for Emily’s book)28:46 Figure out what you want to prioritize35:56 Working with a Composer54:07 Questions1:20:27 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!FAR-FETCHED! ► https://farfetched.show/ ► https://bsky.app/profile/ashleynichols.bsky.social ► https://linktr.ee/CadaverDave■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro11:43 Before working on Far-Fetched21:37 Working on the show29:35 Questions35:37 Launching the Kickstarter57:39 Economy of animation1:12:05 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!BASIL! ► https://www.basilezenwaartwork.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/basil_ie/ ► https://x.com/basil_ie■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro3:21 Art school21:34 Starting animation1:07:40 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!VAMPIRE SURF CULT CREW! ► http://kck.st/3X1zYzL ► https://vampiresurfcult.com/ ► https://www.youtube.com/@vampiresurfcult■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro40:17 Creative block50:00 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!MUSA! ► https://www.platypuspictureworks.com/ ► https://www.instagram.com/moosaybrooker/ ► https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1582017/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Watch LIL Kev3:38 First animation job8:36 Working at MTV Animation10:18 Stop motion!13:05 Working on Celebrity Deathmatch22:14 Advice for moving or or switching jobs25:40 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!KENNEDY! ► https://www.luvletterstudios.com/ ► https://linktr.ee/cookiiesetcreme ► https://kennedyfreeman1008.wixsite.com/artwork■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro1:45 Starting in ANIME7:40 Interning14:00 Missing out on connection with coworkers15:58 Studio22:49 Anime work28:13 Questions1:03:22 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. 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/@lordspewFollow the guest!KEVIN! ► https://linktr.ee/kevintemmer ► https://www.youtube.com/temmertunes ► https://kevin-temmer-tunes.printify.me/■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■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 Intro0:57 Art school5:25 INTERNING11:12 Working with Glitch14:44 Roles as lead animator29:59 Questions