EPISODE 139: SCOTT O'BRIEN

Creative Block

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 STYLES IN ANIMATION, GETTING HIS START IN WRITING 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! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreon Blockheads for supporting the show! Want to become a Patron? ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Hit subscribe and follow our socials for updates! ► https://twitter.com/crtvblock ► https://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ► https://www.threads.net/@crtv.block ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the hosts! VEE! ► https://twitter.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat ► https://www.threads.net/@violainebriat SEAN! ► https://twitter.com/lordspew ► https://www.instagram.com/lordspew/ ► https://www.threads.net/@lordspew Follow the guest! SCOTT! ► https://www.instagram.com/optimusscotto/ ► https://twitter.com/optimusscotto ► https://www.scottobrienart.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:33 Changing responsibilities 9:36 Art school 28:52 Transitions between jobs 33:09 Anime and CG 52:49 Current projects 1:23:49 Supervising producer 1:28:54 Creative block 1:37:54 Working on 2D movies 1:42:05 Writing tips and perfect plot twist 1:44:38 Emotional truth