EPISODE 126: JEFF LIU

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is JEFF LIU! Jeff worked as a writer, director, storyboard, and story supervisor on the shows Steven Universe, OK K.O., Craig of the Creek, and Adventure Time: Distant Lands. Along the way, we chat about DEALING WITH REJECTION, GETTING ON TO STEVEN UNIVERSE, HIS MUSIC (jeff plays on banjo and guitar for a bit too), 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 Follow them guests! JEFF! ► https://twitter.com/jeffliujeffliu ► https://www.youtube.com/@UC6JkGiBlW28_MGtyonUeSRQ ► https://www.instagram.com/jeffliujeffliu/ ► https://on.soundcloud.com/n5RTP ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 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 2:41 Deciding on animation 6:00 Newgrounds 9:24 College 24:24 Getting on Steven Universe 35:52 Working on anime 50:44 Ok KO 53:58 Pitiching 1:01:33 Development milestones 1:11:27 Supervising director 1:16:16 Keeping storyboard artists in line 1:18:06 American vs Japanese animated shows 1:21:35 Creating your own show 1:28:43 Music 1:38:13 Songmaking 1:41:20 Younger self advice 1:45:57 Outro