A masked tinkerer in goggles and a canvas apron works at a cluttered lab bench of glowing flasks and tools

Cinderbox · Always in ses. sion

A SPACE to think,
‍tinK, and toil.

Cinderbox, LLC is a technology lab, scene shop, and production space built for crafting characters and story worlds in the cloud. Every project runs Agile, and every one is a test bench for new tools, human-and-machine improvisation, and new ways to shape what comes next.

Now in session2026Performance labScene shop

Explore the worlds The practice

CINDERBOX / CHARACTER · WORLD · SCENE

DRIVEN BY CHARACTER

8 projects

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ExperimentEach story project is an experiment in character-driven story development for immersive storytelling and interactive play.

THE IMPOSTERs OF
UNEVERCITYCinderbox original

Imposters of Unevercity

Ensemble & world · In development

LOST NESSIECinderbox original

LOST NESSIE

Character & story · In development

Glacier Lake
Chicago

Glacier Lake Chicago · 10,000 B.C.

Short Nosed Bear

The great apex predator of North America

LIL' SPEEDYHand-painted · 1950s

Lil' Speedy

Hand painted nostalgic character study · In development

GARY IS A FISHCinderbox original

GARY IS A FISH

Character exploration · In development

Professor Praxis key art: a toy-like figure with orange round glasses, a trim red beard and a long black coat.

PROFESSOR PRAXISPMI · Mascot on spec

Professor Praxis · PMI

Mascot · Spec for PMI

NFL TOYETICS

Figure 01 · On spec

NFL Toyetics · Figure 01

Collectible figure line · In development

Play-Doh Pete in a clay barbershop chair, grinning under a spiky rainbow crown of clay hair

PLAY-DOH PETEHasbro · DDB · 1997

Play-Doh Pete · Hasbro

1997 · Curious Pictures

ORIGINAL WORLDS

Design · Build · Perform

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Dean Horn / Model reference

Costume, proportion & articulation

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Nessie / Swimming dynamics

Motion planning · Concept mockup

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The Silo Campus

Worldbuilding · Set concept

The practice / A living process

Make. Play. Discover.

Character, world, and scene.
Three ways into the same story.

01 / Character

Find the personality.

Start with a desire, a contradiction, a silhouette. Give the character something worth pursuing.

02 / World

Build a place to belong.

Explore environments, objects, and visual rules. Let the world put pressure on the character.

03 / Scene

See what happens.

Use writing, improvisation, and performance to test choices. Reflect, revise, and follow what emerges.

Inside Cinderbox

Character first.
Everything else follows.

The character work of Tyler Lennox Bush. Drawing, storytelling, puppetry, performance, and digital experimentation meet at the same workbench. Follow the work from first sketch to character, world, and scene.

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WAXING ON PRAXIS

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HUMAN IN
THE LOOP

HUMAN IN THE LOOP

Ep. 01 · AI & Craft · 6 min

Practice
in SESSION

Practice IN SESSION

Ep. 02 · Practice · 5 min

THE Artist
in Society

The Artist in Society

Ep. 03 · Position · 8 min

IN Good
Friction

IN Good Friction

Ep. 04 · Systems · 7 min

★ Feature Project

Coming soon to the channel

WWM · FEATURE · 16:9 · 2026

Podcast + Blog · Coming Soon

Wrestling with Machines

If there's Blood in the Machine, there's Craft in the Work.

A podcast and blog from Ty Bush and Cinderbox about making things, teaching people, and keeping human judgment in the work as AI changes the tools. From the scene shop to the classroom, we test ideas through practice, play, and conversation. Come with a question. Get your hands in.

Animated Short

Hand + Machine

2026

Cinderbox Original

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Bring a story to light.

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A SPACE to think, ‍tinK, and toil.

DRIVEN BY CHARACTER

ORIGINAL WORLDS

Make. Play. Discover.

Find the personality.

Build a place to belong.

See what happens.

Character first.Everything else follows.

WAXING ON PRAXIS

Wrestling with Machines

A SPACE to think,
‍tinK, and toil.

Character first.
Everything else follows.