EPISODE 128: UMAIMAH

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Umaimah! Umaimah is a visual development artist, prop designer, color designer, and character designer for shows like the Proud Family: Louder and Prouder and Summer Camp Island! Along the way, we chat about GOING TO SCAD, NAVIGATING POP CULTURE REFERENCES, SWITCHING YOUR BRAIN BETWEEN JOBS, 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! DAVE! ► https://twitter.com/ColouredBraids ► https://www.instagram.com/coloured_braids/ ► https://www.udamakka.com/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 5:29 Starting comics and clogged sinks 20:50 Making a game and more Dave lore 39:00 A typical week 40:05 Creative block 46:02 Webtoons and where to post 57:27 Money from comics 1:04:56 Moving to LA 1:13:30 Non art activities 1:17:54 Best advice 1:20:14 Pitch a show 1:24:19 Best part of comics 1:33:52 Stay handsome 1:36:19 Outro 0:00 Intro 2:40 Pursuing animation 6:21 Studying art 14:05 Social media 22:58 Getting noticed 34:35 Color design 38:19 Learning on the job vs school 46:18 South Africa 59:00 Pitching a show 1:02:37 Hardest part of switching jobs 1:04:50 Favorite and least favorite character 1:12:13 Best drawing routine 1:14:29 Production tips 1:16:01 Favorite thing about the industry 1:19:22 Favorite characters part 2 1:21:30 Creative block