We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Tyree Morrow a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Tyree, thank you so much for making time for us today. Let’s jump right into a question so many in our community are looking for answers to – how to overcome creativity blocks, writer’s block, etc. We’d love to hear your thoughts or any advice you might have.
Creative burnout or art block is unavoidable. What helped me overcome those blocks was to take breaks. Taking a break is important in anything you do. With art and animation I take breaks often to avoid burnout and boredom. This way I was able to come back with a fresh look on things and maybe some new ideas on how to improve the work i’m already working on. I believe that taking frequent breaks would definitely help out.
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
What we do over at Creative Overdose is we produce explainer videos as well as 2D animated intro trailers for clients looking to pitch to networks, YouTube channel intros and animated banners.
What excites me about what we do is the creative process and being able to help clients bring their ideas to life and make them a reality. I love what we do. Animation is a passion of mine. We take the good and the bad that comes with being in the creative field and we keep pushing. We don’t let the failures, the stress and all the negative stuff defeat us. We learn from them and become better.
We have an animated series that we are producing called Zufu: A Tails Tale. We’ve been developing this series for 3 yrs now. Finalizing characters and backgrounds, recruiting voice actors and world building etc. Very excited about it! We’ve completed our animatic for episode zero which will give you a look at the world and the main characters and what the theme of the show will be about. So keep an eye out for it by checking our social media as well as our website fort updates.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
I would say to aspiring artists, animators and creators in all aspects to keep learning. Even when you think you know it, keep your mind open to always learn. Learn from people younger and older than you. Also, whatever project you’re working on to just get it done. If it’s animation, just get it done. Don’t focus so much about how pretty or clean it needs to be. Just get it done. So many people start personal projects and stop cause it doesn’t look like what’s on tv. That shouldn’t be the goal. The goal should be to have it completed. You’ll learn so much about yourself and your skills and work ethic. Same goes for anything else. So keep learning and become better than your best.
What’s been one of your main areas of growth this year?
Communication! This is so important especially when working with a team, client, anyone! Some may feel that your team or person you’re working with just get what you’re trying to do but that’s wrong. You have to make it clear what’s expected, what’s going on in the process etc. This will make the production process so much easier I promise. lol!
Contact Info:
- Website: www.itscreativeoverdose.com
- Instagram: Ariesmonk
- Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyree-morrow-575a657/
Image Credits
Images created by Tyree Morrow, Jason Lopez and Creative Overdose
