Dear Insane Children,  Yan and Jen continue their work on the next Plushie Dreadful toy: Scruffy Bumps And the workshop just delivered a prototype based on the last round of feedback: Yan got the idea to include a Mini Bumps with the initial orders of the regular-size toy… so, meet Mini Bumps! Let Yan and…

Dear Insane Children,  Omri sent over an updated version of Alice’s confrontation with Inferno Alice in the Chamber of Anger. And I just had to post it because… well, it’s amazing.  Of this update Omri says:  i thought that the child is a prisoner- literally a victim so why not make it so she’s trapping…

Dear Insane Children, First up: A quick note to confirm that there will be NO live stream today. Sorry about that – but I have been super busy across projects and personal life such that I’m not able to set aside the time. For the record, when we do a live stream it really means…

Dear Insane Children,  Ok, first off, I just want to say that I am very nervous about doing this… As a rule, I try to avoid sharing my Writing In Progress. Partly because I just don’t like sharing unfinished work. But I’ve pointed out previously, that’s hypocritical given that I am constantly sharing the unfinished…

Dear Insane Children,  If you are in a place where it’s celebrated and you’re not opposed to it for social-political reasons, then allow me to wish you a Happy Thanksgiving! At least… it’s Thanksgiving morning (but it’s not) here in Shanghai. This would normally be a Live Stream day but I am, as many of…

Dear Insane Children,  Just a quick (and sad) note to say that there will be no Live Stream this week. We’re dealing with a Confluence of Stupidity that has me emotionally drained and technologically blocked.  For several weeks now, we’ve been dealing with an issue at Facebook/Instagram where our Ad Account is Suspended without reason.…

Dear Insane Children,  For those of you interested in Narrative Crowd Design, here’s a little teaser… which I hope to use to test out how this process works prior to sharing the Alice: Asylum narrative outline. I mentioned in a previous post that I want to share the Asylum outline with some holes in the…

Dear Insane Children,  Our team of 7 artists continues to crank through a pile of tasks related to defining all the major scenes, characters, and elements that define the journey Alice takes through Alice: Asylum. If you’ve watched the live streams, you’ve seen me scrolling through all the tasks and discussions contained inside the management…

Dear Insane Children,  Yan is working with Jen on a new Plushie Dreadful design – Scruffy Bumps! A prototype based on initial sketches by Jen arrived a few days ago: There are several issues with the first pass which include:  1) He’s too plump (round and fat). We want Slender Man-style creepy. 2) He’s too…

Dear Insane Children,  Just a quick note to say that I am not dead. But I am dead busy.  If you’re waiting on Art Prints (in the mail) then I’m the reason… As I’ve been playing catch-up on getting everything sent out. Today, I finally cleared out the last of the previous month’s art prints…