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Creative Block

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4.8(175 reviews)
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Hosts Violaine "Vee" Briat and Sean "LordSpew" Glaze doodle and chat with artists about their creative journey, lives, and how they break through their "creative block". Violaine Briat - https://twitter.com/violainebriat Sean Glaze - https://twitter.com/lordspew

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December 15, 2025

EPISODE 241: THE LAST EPISODE

<p>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. </p><p>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. </p><p>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! </p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!</p><p>Want to become a Patron? </p><p>► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock</p><p>Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! </p><p>►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social</p><p>   ►https://x.com/crtvblock</p><p>      ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/</p><p>         ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block</p><p>             ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/</p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Follow the hosts!</p><p>VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat</p><p>              ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat</p><p>                 ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat</p><p>                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/</p><p>SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew</p><p>                ► https://x.com/lordspew</p><p>                    ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/</p><p>                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew</p><p>Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m</p><p>Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks</p><p>Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma</p><p>Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie</p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>0:00 Slowly ripping the bandaid</p><p>4:39 Our Mission Continues</p><p>5:58 Clem’s plans</p><p>10:12 Ebuka’s plans</p><p>11:32 Marco’s Plans</p><p>17:10 Clem’s Piercing Story</p><p>10:14 Lord’s Pew</p><p>24:16 Finding Clippable Moments</p><p>29:10 Perks of the Pod</p><p>34:12 Vee’s Student Film</p><p>37:04 Winding Down the Episode</p><p>50:32 Thanking our Listeners!</p><p><br></p>

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December 8, 2025

EPISODE 240: JESSE MOYNIHAN

<p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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! </p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!</p><p>Want to become a Patron? </p><p>► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock</p><p>Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! </p><p>►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social</p><p>   ►https://x.com/crtvblock</p><p>      ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/</p><p>         ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block</p><p>             ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/</p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Follow the hosts!</p><p>VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat</p><p>              ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat</p><p>                 ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat</p><p>                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/</p><p>SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew</p><p>                ► https://x.com/lordspew</p><p>                    ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/</p><p>                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew</p><p>Follow the guests!</p><p>JESSE! ► https://jessemoynihan.com/</p><p>           ► https://www.youtube.com/@JesseMoynihan</p><p>   ► https://www.patreon.com/cw/studiopicatrix</p><p>         </p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m</p><p>Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks</p><p>Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma</p><p>Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie</p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>1:14 Turing an old Pitch into JESUS 2</p><p>12:43 Rich people doing weird blood stuff</p><p>17:29 Negging during a pitch</p><p>22:10 Approach to creating Jesus 2</p><p>35:22 Money talk (financing and fundraising projects)</p><p>51:03 “People are going to watch it on their phone anyway”</p><p>1:00:37 Thinking about a demographic</p><p>1:02:00 Listener Questions</p><p><br></p>

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December 1, 2025

EPISODE 239: NICK CROSS

<p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>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! </p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show!</p><p>Want to become a Patron? </p><p>► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock</p><p>Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! </p><p>►https://bsky.app/profile/crtvblock.bsky.social</p><p>   ►https://x.com/crtvblock</p><p>      ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/</p><p>         ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block</p><p>             ► https://creativeblockpod.newgrounds.com/</p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Follow the hosts!</p><p>VEE!  ► https://x.com/violainebriat</p><p>              ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat</p><p>                 ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat</p><p>                     ► https://www.violainebriat.com/</p><p>SEAN! ► https://linktr.ee/lordspew</p><p>                ► https://x.com/lordspew</p><p>                    ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/</p><p>                       ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew</p><p>Follow the guests!</p><p>Nick! ► https://nickcrossanimation.net/</p><p>           ► https://www.youtube.com/ncross</p><p>   ► https://www.instagram.com/nicodemuscross/</p><p>         </p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m</p><p>Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks</p><p>Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma</p><p>Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie</p><p>■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■</p><p>1:00 Deeping toe in background design</p><p>6:07 Hiring/</p><p>8:22 Learning to Animate</p><p>12:40 “You can’t afford to be precious”</p><p>16:03 Entering work into festivals</p><p>20:55 “Animation Process is like building a ship in a bottle”</p><p>26:46 Jumping Mediums and Making a comic</p><p>33:44 Over the Garden Wall</p><p>37:35 Shorts Program</p><p>59:59 “The Wire for kids”</p><p><br></p>

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What is Creative Block?

Hosts Violaine "Vee" Briat and Sean "LordSpew" Glaze doodle and chat with artists about their creative journey, lives, and how they break through their "creative block".

Violaine Briat - https://twitter.com/violainebriat Sean Glaze - https://twitter.com/lordspew

How often does this podcast release new episodes?

This podcast updates daily.

Where can I listen to this podcast?

This podcast is available on 9 platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. You can also use the RSS feed directly.

Does this podcast accept guests?

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