Episode 114: Toby Jones

Welcome to Creative Block! In this episode, we’re chatting with TOBY JONES! Toby is an writer, director, storyboard artist, executive producer, and the creator of AJ's Infinite Summer. He's worked on the shows OK KO!, Jellystone, Shape Island, and Regular Show! Along the way, we chat about working on shows that an storyboarded on paper, discovering you could work on cartoons, getting his first job through facebook, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on Twitter. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! Become a Patron! ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Follow us on our socials for updates! ► https://twitter.com/crtvblockhttps://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thanks for the prompts and questions, BLOCKHEADS! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the host! VEE! ► https://twitter.com/violainebriat ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Malik Gayle ► https://twitter.com/MalikGayle and Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 9:16 Path to animation 19:01 Sad autobio comics as a side project 25:42 Shape Island writing 29:52 Title changes 35:10 First gig 49:56 Moving to development 1:09:11 Development 1:17:44 Making a live action movie as a side job 1:25:44 Creative block 1:28:29 Outro