In Japan, Tokyo, to be exact, The Oriental Land Company teamed up with Disney to create the japanese version of Disneyland. The first park was called Tokyo DisneyLand, and the second was Tokyo DisneySea. In the DisneySea park there is a waterfront area that is themed after the New York City waterfront. This is where the Tower of Terror is located.
The attraction is themed as a hotel. The guests go inside the lobby and wind up riding the elevator for the thrill. As Disney attractions tend to do so well, the whole experience is themed with a backstory that is entertaining in and of itself. This particular attraction has the reputation of being one of the best overall themed attractions that Disney has done in any of it’s parks worldwide. It was an honor and pleasure to be a part of it.
I created the artwork that appears in the lobby as murals telling the story of Harrison Hightower and his travels across the globe to acquire rare and precious artifacts.
Let me show you the Easter Island Mural.
Here’s a photo of the mural in the lobby.
I was given this ruff color sketch to work from.
Hightower is shown in some of the other murals as having to escape an angry mob. He basically has stolen something from them and they are upset. In this location however, it appears that the natives, at least for the time being are happy to part with their treasure. In this case, they seem to be satisfied with a barter involving a victrola.
Smelding is as usual doing all the work, as Hightower strikes another pose.
Here is some detail of the ocean waves.
Next time we’ll look at the Egypt mural.
Wow! That’s awesome – did you paint it digitally? Hope you got to go see them in person! 🙂
Becky,
Thanks for the Wow. No, I did not do them digitally. I painted them in oils, on panels that were one third the size they appear at the attraction. Disney makes an enlarged print, sort of like a wallpaper that gets applied to the wall on site. If anything happens to damage the picture on the wall, all they have to do is reproduce it again and re-install it. If original art was painted right on the wall and it got damaged, it would be very troublesome and time consuming to get it repaired. The ride would get shut down for much longer. Not a good thing.
Speaking of “not a good thing”, no, I did not get to visit Tokyo as part of the deal.
Thanks for the comment.
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