FAUX Marketing & Merchandise
I thought it would be fun to come up with some conceptual 'marketing' for the Daark Orphanage...so I occasionally create advertising, products, posters, etc for the 'attraction', mostly based on existing, real items from The Haunted Mansion, as an homage to that grand dark ride...
My version of the sign that stood outside Disney's Haunted Mansion before it opened...click to the next slide to see the original it is based on...
The original, real sign that was posted outside the Disneyland Haunted Mansion for many years prior to it's opening
My version of the sign that stood outside Disney's Haunted Mansion before it opened...click to the next slide to see the original it is based on...
'Coming Soon' Homage
For years before it opened, a sign was posted outside the Disneyland Haunted Mansion...here is my tribute to that infamous plaque. Click the slideshow to see both my version and the original...
My take on the famous Disney album cover...click the slideshow to see the original...
The original LP cover. Artwork by Disney legend Colin Campbell.
My take on the famous Disney album cover...click the slideshow to see the original...
'Story & Song' Album
Disney released a 'Story & Song' LP prior to the opening of the Haunted Mansion...here's my version of the 'Daark Orphanage Story & Song' album cover...click the slideshow to see the original album cover upon which mine was based...
You can also listen to the first three minutes of this homage 'album' HERE
Me 'as' Yale Gracey, with Miss Maple effect...click for slideshow to see the original photo it is based upon...
The original shot of the great Yale Gracey and the Hatbox Ghost...
Me 'as' Yale Gracey, with Miss Maple effect...click for slideshow to see the original photo it is based upon...
Yale Gracey Tribute
My favorite Disney Imagineer who worked on the Haunted Mansion is Yale Gracey. He utilized the Pepper's Ghost illusions and came up with many of the concepts for the attraction. Here you see me in tribute to him, posing with my Miss Maple apparition, as he did with the infamous Hatbox Ghost (a character pulled from the Haunted Mansion after only a few days as his FX did not work as expected)...clcik the slideshow to see the original photo upon which my homage is based...
Parks Poster
My take on the infamous poster for the Haunted Mansion, seen in the Disney parks.
Click slideshow to see the original poster art and my version to compare...
The only known photograph of the Hotbox Ghost in the Daark Valley Orphanage attraction
Page from the ImagiNotions Storybook for The Daark Orphanage
Concept art for the notorious Hotbox Ghost character
The only known photograph of the Hotbox Ghost in the Daark Valley Orphanage attraction
The Hotbox Ghost
The Hotbox Ghost was featured in the Daark Valley Orphanage for only a few days before he was removed due to his effect not functioning properly.
Here you can see artwork and a single photo of him, but to learn his full story, please see 'The Mystery of the Hotbox Ghost' video, HERE