Disney's Mineral King attraction poster

I created this fake attraction poster, for Mineral King, which was a proposed Ski Resort that Walt Disney wanted to create in California. Development lagged on even after his death and the project ultimately died too. But it's fun to imagine what it would be like if there was a little Disney resort in the Mountains of California.

Project Omni

A little while ago, I wrote an atypically cryptic blog post about the 1960's and sci-fi stuff like miniaturization and molecules and things. And I showed a picture of a logo I had designed. Remember? Well that logo was just a small part of a short film that my friend Roby Brown at Windup JetPack  was working on. He wanted to create a Preshow Film for the classic Disneyland attraction Adventure Thru Inner Space which operated from 1967 until 1985.  If you were fortunate enough to ride that attraction, you'll remember that while you got a lot of information waiting to board your "atommobile", there was no Preshow Film persay- Roby, like all good creative people saw this absence and saw it as an opportunity to make something. It's an awesome little film and I'm happy he asked me to help. Check it out below.




Makes you want to don mouse ears and hop in line to get miniaturized doesn't it? Or at least to dust off the old chemistry set.

Before you do though, here are just a few of the various versions of the logo I designed for ATOM, the Association To Optimize Miniaturization. I love 60's styling, so it was fun to design the corporate logo for this fictional firm.

Miners, Desperados & Buckaroos

I have never really been into the Western Genre, but Chris Merritt, a friend of mine, is releasing a book about Knott's Berry Farm, a western themed Theme Park here in California. The book is called Knott's Preserved. So I was inspired to do some grizzled old cowpokes.

If you'd like to know even more about Chris and the book, you can listen to a fascinating interview with him here at the SeasonPass Podcast.

Mr. Toad, The Big Bad Wolf, and One Little Sheep

A bit of cross promotion today.
For anyone who hasn't explored my other links, I have a seperate blog that I use as a portfolio for my theme park design work. Keep in mind, for me, Theme Park Design is a goal- I don't actually do it yet, so nothing you see there is being built or designed by Disney, just me. Above is 1 panel of 2 for a small gag in a much larger attraction I'm designing, an all new version of a Mr. Toad attraction. This is a simple scene and I think that's why I like it. You can see the other pieces I've done for this attraction here.