The Witch’s Catalog: Haunted Dollhouses and Other Deals
The 1976 Norman Bridwell classic revisited.
View Article1970’s Disneyland Shopping Bag Art is Now Desktop Wallpaper – Yay!
Due to the response from the brilliantly designed 1970’s Walt Disney World shopping bag seen in my previous post, I’ve dug out this beauty. If you, like myself, were an aesthetically astute child...
View ArticleLooking At It’s A Small World, Seeing Modern Art
The iconic facade and sets of Disneyland’s It’s a Small World attraction were designed in the late 1960′s and bear the unmistakable markings of that time (and the couple proceeding decades). But I...
View ArticleI Made You Some Mega-Magical Iphone Ringtones And A Fantasy-tastic Wallpaper
This was a design for another project that didn’t happen but I always liked it and now that I have a fancy iphone I had a reason to make it into my screen wallpaper. All the other wallpapers I found...
View ArticleNorman Bridwell’s The Witch Next Door
Here’s the whole book, originally published in 1965. Also see his “The Witch’s Catalog.” And send him a message on Facebook, he loves hearing from fans – the man was born in 1928 people. Although...
View ArticleHarper Goff Mystery Illustration (Update: Mystery Solved)
I have this 34 x 11.5″ gauche painting by Harper but I can’t figure out what it was for. Harper worked as a set designer for Warner Brothers in the 40′s then worked on several Disney projects including...
View ArticleFeng Shui For The Cartoon Home
Although I’ve been described as animated, I am not a cartoon. Yet over the years I’ve seen and sympathized with the struggle of the inked and painted – every day, finding yourself drawn into another...
View ArticleNegative Pencil Drawing
Back when i started working as a concept designer in the late 90′s this particular company i was at didn’t think i needed a computer, so i did all my rendering by hand. But renderings on black material...
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