Double Fine Adventure!

Watch this video! 

I had the pleasure of interviewing with Double Fine a couple times late last year but unfortunately everything was put on hold. I would still love to work along side the talented folks at Double Fine one day. I love their passion and persistence to create fun projects, that they are passionate about. 

It's hard to find that in studios, and within the people working at those studios. My buddy said it best, "To create in an a collaborative and positive environment you're going to get real innovation." I couldn't agree more, it's a world of difference working along side people who are passionate about what they do, helping everyone on the team grow. 

Double Fine achieved their $400,000 goal in less than a day. I love the idea of what they are doing,  taking control of their future, not depending on someone else.

Good luck Double Fine and keep kicking ass! 

Japantown SketchCrawl #10

I'm still getting use to "winter" here in San Francisco, and by winter I mean spring time. As much as I miss CO; I don't miss scraping ice off my windshield, or letting my car warmup for 30 mins, or having my nose hair freeze, or driving / playing bumper cars on an icy road with a bunch of idiots.

Out here, I try to take advantage of the nice weather. This weekend was the 10th sketchcrawl I've been organizing. It started with students from AnimC but now we have people from different schools, studios and professions. We had a really nice turn out today, 17 artists and growing. :D

And of course we ended the day with some delicious ramen. :)

TellTale Cinematic Test

I finished this right before Christmas and can finally post it. I feel good about the test, I enjoyed working on it and finished the test under 20 hrs.

Sam & Max Cinematic Test from Toby Cochran on Vimeo.

I'm excited to take what I learned and apply it to my next project. And for those who have asked, yes, that's my voice for the sounds :D

The History of Lego Universe

If you enjoy LEGO you should watch this little video. It brings back a lot of fun memories working with everyone on Lego Universe. There was a large pool of talent under that roof and I had a lot of fun working on the game.

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I'm sad to see that the game couldn't just accept the free-for-play and let the community still enjoy the game. I put in a little over a year and a half working on the game but there were some who had been there since the first pitch! Around 5 years of blood, sweat and tears were poured into that project.

Thought I'd post some photos :)

We had the 2nd largest collection of Lego bricks in the world

 Getting ready for the Xmas party!

this was my ride until I crashed. Then I bought a ripstick

 

2 fast...

During a BBQ I think...photo by: Sergey

My first year I took 2nd place for the Halloween Costume party, 2nd year we owned it.

This will be a nice little gem to reflect on.