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SAM SPINA | CREATIVE BLOCK #166

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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 STORYBOARD TEST, and so much more!


While we talk, we doodle on a JAMBOARD, 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!


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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m

Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks

Reels/Shorts by Ebuka.PNG ► https://www.instagram.com/ebuka_0foma

Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie


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0:00 Intro

11:21 Getting a first gig

31:27 Growing as an artist

32:28 Drawing schedule and industry work

1:05:07 Writing

1:29:14 Fame

1:36:51 Comics vs storyboards

1:39:21 Cut ideas

1:51:49 Zines

2:01:46 Inspiration

2:02:53 Creative block

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Hello from Newgrounds, Sam! Regular Show is an amazing show. I would say that it's a good idea to have a joke exercise book that gives you challenges, allowing you to solve them and challenge yourself to think of comedic scenarios and then improve them.

Thank you so much for sharing your input on my question at 1:29:21. You are right, I did not realize that in the professional animation realm, that mentality was not an issue.

Regarding Gordon Ramsay, he does have restaurants branded as Hell's Kitchen, which I didn't know. Additionally, it's also a place in Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen is also the name of his show.

I didn't know that you watched those types of YouTube videos! I enjoy watching: PatricianTV, SsethTzeentach, 2 Left Thumbs, BluShades.

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