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 INSTABILITY, WORKING IN FEATURE, 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!

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0:00 Intro
1:24 Art school
8:34 First gig
20:43 First feature job
30:48 Story artist vs head of story
59:57 Leadership
1:06:18 Balance
1:11:38 Lessons learned
1:12:52 Breaks
1:16:10 Improvement
1:17:58 Rules
1:32:19 Creative block

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