Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is AMI GUILLÉN! Ami is a storyboard artist, supervisor, and indie creator, whose work can be seen on Villainous for Cartoon Network and most recently made an indie short called Billie and Basil! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with AMI about CHALLENGES OF WORKING IN MEXICO, BEING POPULAR ON TUMBLR AS A …

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JOEL TRUSSEL! Joel is director, writer, and executive producer that worked on Pickle and Peanut, Yo Gabba Gabba, and Captain Fall. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JOEL about SELLING ET DRAWINGS FOR MONEY IN 4TH GRADE, GETTING HIS START VOLUNTEERING, THE IRREVERENCE OF PICKLE AND PEANUT, and so m…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is BLAKE LEMONS! Blake is a writer, director, producer, and story artist for the shows Sanjay and Craig, Home: Adventures of Tip and Oh, and Arlo the Alligator Boy! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with BLAKE about BEING ALLOWED TO EXPLORE AT PRATT, PITCHING SONGS FOR STORYBOARDS, BALANCING AN ANIMATION …

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is MCKENZIE ATWOOD! McKenzie is a voice actor and editor whose credits include editing for Beavis and Butt-head, voicing young Zerofuku in Records of Ragnarok, and voicing Kelly in the short Kelly and the Kung Fu Gators! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MCKENZIE about BEING IN A EDITING ROOM, WORKIN…

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 a…

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 JUPIT…

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 …

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” PRO…

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 …

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…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is DANNY HYNES! Danny is a character designer, storyboard artist, and writer that's worked on the Venture Bros., Steven Universe, and Craig of the Creek! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with DANNY about HIS LEGEND, GROWING UNDERSTANDING OF ANIMATION, HIS TEACHING PHILOSOPHY, AND so much more! While we t…

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! Whil…

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…

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 FO…

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,…

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 Blo…

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 PRO…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is some of the NOUNSFEST TEAM: CHRIS WATERS, ERIC TOWNER, AND WALTER NEWMAN! Chris Waters is a development executive who spent the last three years at Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. His Favorite movie will be revealed IN THIS EPISODE! Walter Newman is the former head of development at Adult Swim. Before that, h…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is DREW GREEN! Drew is a storyboard artist, illustrator, and writer. He worked on Battle Kitty, Steven Universe, and is coming off a project at A24, #1 Happy Family USA.Along the way, VEE chats with DREW about MAKING THE DECISION TO MOVE TO LA, WORKING ON MIGHTY MAGISWORDS, UGLY BOARDS, and so much more!…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is ANGUEL ROUMENOV! Anguel is an animator, illustrator, Game Dev, and does 3D Rigging. You can see his work in the award winning indie game PotionomicsAlong the way, VEE and KARL chat with ANGUEL about DECIDING TO MAKE VIDEO GAMES, THE CURRENT STATE OF A.I., TIPS FOR LEARNING RIGGING, and so much more!Wh…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is CHASE CONLEY! Chase is director, storyboard artist, writer, and character designer. He is currently a director on X-men '97. Previous work includes: director on Kipo and the Age of the Wonderbeast, 2D Advertisement designer on Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, and storyboards artist on Sonic 2! Along the way, V…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is UCHEOMAAA! Uche is a writer, comic artist, and animator. He's animated for the music videos of Sideways by Fredo Bang and Presha by 2Chainz, Lil Wayne. You can check out Uche's comic "Vibe Check!" on webtoons, where he updates every Thursday and Sunday! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with UCHE about…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is JESS CUFFE! Jess is a storyboard artist, director, and character designer whose work can be seen in Invincible, Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, and Legion of Superheroes. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with JESS about GETTING HER FIRST JOB AT MARVEL ANIMATION, ANIME, WORKING ON ESTABLISHED FRANCHIS…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is GERALD KAYE! Gerald is a storyboard artist, revisionist, writer, and musician, who has worked for Titmouse, Warner Bros, and Marvel, on shows like Spidey and His Amazing Friends, My Adventures With Superman, and Wings of Fire! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with GERALD about WORKING AS A PA, HIS FAV…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is WOLLY MIGHT! Wolly is an indie creator, animator, and lead compositor at Meatcanyon. Check out Wolly's shorts “DEEPSTATES” and “Cucumber & Mr. Hatts” on their youtube channel! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with Wolly about WORKING WITH MEATCANYON, BEING A WITCH, ADVICE FOR LEARNING COMPOSITING, and…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guests is... the Creative Block team! We're celebrating our 150th episode of the podcast and we just wanted to take an episode to commemorate that in podcast form! Joining us this episode are VEE, SEAN, EDITOR CLEM, PRODUCER MARCO, and our newest member, EDITOR EBUKA!We talk about our favorite episodes, memori…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is INBAL BREDA! Inbal is an animator, storyboard artist, cat enthusiast. They've worked on Amphibia, The Owl House, and Hailey's On it! Also check out some of the animation Inbal has done on their own project, Super Space sisters. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with INBAL about WORKING ON AMPHIBIA, ANI…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is REBECCA KIRBY AKA REWEKI! Rebecca is an illustrator and cartoonist. They've worked as a revisionist on Adventure Time Distant Lands, done freelance illustrations for Vice, Fantagraphics NOW, and BOOM Studios. You can check some of her illustrations and shirt designs in her shop! Along the way, VEE and…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is MICHAEL GROVER AKA GROVERTOONS! Michael is the creator of GROVERTOONS, and the webcomics Deeply Dave (soon to be a graphic novel) and Hamburglar Goes to Hell. Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MICHAEL about NOT USING SOCIAL MEDIA, BEING A MISSIONARY IN THAILAND, WORKING FREELANCE, and so much more…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is STEPHEN NEARY! Stephen is the creator and executive producer of The Fungies! He was a Supervising Producer on Clarence. Feature story artist on Ice Age 3 and a bunch of Blue Sky movies. For the past year, he has been boarding on features in production and development for Annapurna Pictures, Netflix, I…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is Nick Edwards! Nick worked as director and story board artist on The Fungies, Summer Camp Island, Apple and Onion, Clarence, and Uncle Grandpa. He created two shorts for Cartoon Network, "Beetle and Bean" and "Allnimal." You can check out some of his current work in his comic Kingly, which he updates r…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is LIZA SINGER! Liza was a feature story artist on the Avatar: the Last Airbender movie and a director at Titmouse and Marvel/Disney. They are currently writing and illustrating the graphic novel Wayward: Fractured Shadows, which is set to release in 2025/2026 through MacMillan. Along the way, VEE and SE…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is MOSS LAWTON! Moss is a director on Monster High. They storyboarded on the Invader ZIM movie, the Pokemon shorts "Bidoof's Big Stand/Path to the Peak," and Monsters at Work. Their comic Hellaween is available now! Along the way, VEE and SEAN chat with MOSS about FINDING WORK, COMING UP WITH HELLAWEEN, …

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is JESSICA BORUTSKI! JESSICA worked as creative producer on Bunnicula, did storyboards on the Snoopy Show, directed on Thundercats Roar, and worked as character designer and director on the New Looney Tunes Show! Along the way, VEE and KARL chat with Jessica about GETTING HER START IN ANIMATION, UNCONVEN…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is CHRISTIAN BOVING ANDERSEN & EVA LEE WALLBERG! They are the writers, directors, and creators of The Heroic Quest Of The Valiant Prince Ivandoe! They've collaborated on the shorts on Rob 'n Ron and Ride of Passage, and both worked on The Amazing World of Gumball! Along the way, VEE chats with Christian …

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is NATALIE ANDREWSON! Natalie is a comic artist, illustrator, and risograph printer. You can see her work in Wolfboy and the Everything Factory on Apple+, her graphic novel The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, and in her print shop!Along the way, Vee and Megan Fisher chat with Natalie about MOVING TO LA, S…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is SCOTT O'BRIEN! Scott is a director, storyboard artist, and animator for shows like Zorkie of Planet Ruby, the Animaniacs Reboot, and animated on the recently announced Genndy Tartakovsky project "Fixed".Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with SCOTT about BOARDING EXPRESSIONS FIRST, ADAPTING TO CHANGING …

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is SAGE COTUGNO! Sage is a writer, story board artist, and director for shows like The Owl House, Star Vs., and Gravity Falls Their new graphic novel, The Glass Scientist, is available now for pre-order!Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with SAGE about INTERNING AT PIXAR, MOURING DEAD PITCHES, EXHAUSTED W…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is J.L WESTOVER AKA MR. LOVENSTEIN! MR. LOVENSTEIN is a writer and comic artist who released one collection of Mr. Lovenstein comics, Failure, with a second volume, Feelings, available for pre-order.Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Mr. Lovenstein about GETTING HIS START IN COMICS, STUDYING FINE ARTS…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is GABE LIN! Gabe is a storyboard artist for features whose work is included in the Loud House Movie, Lego Batman 2, and most recently doubled as the Head of Story/Story Artist on TMNT: Mutant Mayhem!Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Gabe about THE NIGHTMARE INTERVIEW FOR HIS FIRST GIG, NAVIGATING IN…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is ALEX CLINE! Alex is a storyboard artist, character designer, and comic artist who worked on Frog and Toad, City of Ghosts, Summer Camp Island, Bojack Horseman, and Regular Show.Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Alex about GETTING HIS FIRST JOB FROM HIS SHORT, TESTING FOR REGULAR SHOW, MOMENTS THEY…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is MORTIS GHOST! Mortis Ghost is a writer, comic artist, and game designer. He is the creator/writer of the comic Dr. Cataclysm and co-creator of the video game OFF, which just celebrated its 15th anniversary!Along the way, Vee and Sean chat with Mortis about HIS FANBASE, HIS NEW GAME, WEIGHT OF SUCCESS,…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is Yves Bigerel AKA BALAK! Balak is a director, animator, comic artist, and art director. He co-creator of Lastman, Peepoodoo, Vermin, and Les Kassos, and most recently animated the title sequence for My Adventures with Superman.Along the way, we chat with Balak about HOW HE GOT INTERESTED IN STORYBOARDI…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is GRACE ROLEK. Grace is a voice actor for animation and video games, whose work includes Fallout 76, Happiness is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, and she was the voice of Connie on Steven Universe! Along the way, we chat with Grace about STARTING OUT AS A CHILD ACTOR, BOOKING STEVEN UNIVERSE, VOICE ACTIN…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is HANNAH AYOUBI! Hannah is a storyboard artist and director, and has worked on Harvey Beaks, Amphibia, the Fungies, Jellystone!, and is directing on the recently announced StuGo!Along the way, we chat about GETTING ON TO HARVEY BEAKS, DEVELOPING MONSTERS ABROAD, FAVORITE SHIPS, and so much more! While w…

Welcome to CREATIVE BLOCK! This week's guest is SHANE CURRY! Shane is a songwriter, animator, timing supervisor, and animation timer for shows like She-Ra and American Dad, and at at time of the record was in the middle of kickstarting his own musical animated series: Chew Gum! Along the way, we chat about the GETTING THEIR START ON A SMOKE BREAK, …

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is KRISTEN GISH! Kristen is a storyboard artist and writer for shows like Ducktales, Great North, and Tuca and Bertie. She also wrote and directed her own animated pilot, Kelly and the Kung Fu Gators!Along the way, we chat about the WORKING AT SHADOW MACHINE, CHOOSING TO CREATE AN ORIGINAL SHORT, FINDING…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Umaimah! Umaimah is a visual development artist, prop designer, color designer, and character designer for shows like the Proud Family: Louder and Prouder and Summer Camp Island!Along the way, we chat about GOING TO SCAD, NAVIGATING POP CULTURE REFERENCES, SWITCHING YOUR BRAIN BETWEEN JOBS, and so muc…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is DAVE CATMAN! DAVE is a cartoonist, visual development artist, writer, animator, and is the creator of the comics Live With Yourself!, Mercworks, and Hop Dude!Along the way, we chat about the SERIES OF EVENTS THAT LEAD TO CREATING MERCWORKS, RUNNING FOR MAYOR, CREATING FOR WEBTOONS, and so much more!Wh…

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JEFF LIU! Jeff worked as a writer, director, storyboard, and story supervisor on the shows Steven Universe, OK K.O., Craig of the Creek, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands. Along the way, we chat about DEALING WITH REJECTION, GETTING ON TO STEVEN UNIVERSE, HIS MUSIC (jeff plays on banjo and guitar for …