Link of the Week!

From the studio that brought you Psychonauts, Grim Fandango, Brutal Legends, The Cave, and Costume Quest comes another gem that's sure to catch your eye!

Broken Age is a point-and-click adventure video game telling the stories of a young boy and girl leading parallel lives. The girl has been chosen by her village to be sacrificed to a terrible monster--but she decides to fight back. Meanwhile, a boy on a spaceship is living a solitary life under the car of a motherly computer, but he wants to break free to lead adventures and do good in the world.

Above is a video Double Fine released showing off the first act to their game, and below is some of the art and designs from the game which are wonderfully done. You can find more posts about their games and studio on their tumblr, main website, insragram, and twitter.

 

 

Here are some artists, designers, and other fantastic people that have worked at/currently are working at Double Fine! You should definitely take a look at what they're up to and who their inspirations are!

Visual Artists/Designers

Tim Schafer (Director/Writer/Studio Founder)

Peter Chan (Concept Artist)

Derek Brand (Art)

Jane Ng (Senior Artist)

Emily Johnstone (Concept Artist)

Lee Petty (Art Director)

Scott Campbell (Art Director)

Nathan Stapley (Lead Artist)

Gabe Miller (Senior Producer/Project Lead at Double Fine)

Levi Ryken (Senior Artist at Double Fine)

Lydia Choy (Senior Technical Artist)

- Mercedes

Meeting Recap, 2/21

Announcements:

1) On Feburary 28th, this coming Friday, we will be talking with Dan Elson who works as a background painter for Uncle Grandpa! Make sure to have some questions ready to ask him!

This week in the collective we had one of our amazing leaders, Jinny Hinkle, give a demo on how to properly display your work online! She also showed some sites and techniques that are helpful for getting your name out and amongst other artists. We received a lot of fantastic questions from everyone who came and enjoyed hearing your recommendations on websites to display art! 

Just a reminder, if you'd like notes from the meeting feel free to send us an email or ask a leader!

See you all next week!

Link of the Week!

 Not much to the link of the week this week...Or is there!?!?! Frederator Studios(Adventure Time, Bravest Warriors and so on) are developing a short titled "SpaceBear." It is currently in production, and should be released late this spring or summer!

They are currently posting the film's progress on their blog!

http://spacebear.cartoonhangover.com/

Go check it out!

-Don

Meeting Recap, 2/14

Announcements:

1) Next week one of our wonderful leaders, Jinny Hinkle, will be telling us al about how to present our artwork online! 

2) On February 24th background painter Dan Elson about his work on Uncle Grandpa! Make sure to have some questions ready because this is a meeting you'll definitely not want to miss!

This week in the collective we celebrated Valentine's Day by watching a movie that touches the hearts of many, Wall-E! What better way to celebrate the holiday of love than watching two robots fall in love! We had a wonderful time watching it with you all!

We'd also like to mention that the Valentine's Day Bake Sale went off very well this year! All the goodies that you all made for us were delicious! We'd like to thank everyone who made food for the table, helped out with selling all the delicious baked goods, and bought the food as well! 

See you all next week! <3

Link of the Week

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