Monday, December 18, 2006

Halloween 2006

I got back pictures from Halloween, 2006. I took them with a film camera using a long exposure and slow shutter speed.







...and here's to my inspiration, Blaine Gibson.



The old man's head I made from aluminum foil and Sculpey. Over time, he fell and cracked, etc. I had to do some last minute touch-up with plaster wrap/bandages and Das Pronto modeling clay. The hair was actually cut from a cat costume.





The gravedigger-same thing as the Old Man with the earphone (but I took better care of it-although the Sculpey is starting to crack.)

This is a mini-graveyard I put together on the patio near the front door. It needs work. One day, I have in mind to make an animated Halloween short film and project it on the wall of my neighbors house (above the fountain). We'll see.





You know, I had this thing stored in my office closet just before putting it out for Halloween and I swear whenever I went to opened the closet door I would see this bride just standing there and it would creep me out, seriously! Go figure. After Halloween, I couldn't stand the thought of this thing still sitting there, so I removed the clothing and kept it in a box. Now it's not sacry anymore. When I was a kid, we would visit my aunt and uncle in El Paso and they had a suit of armor at the top of their stairs. I was so scared of it, I wouldn't go up there! I was always afraid that it would move like the one in the hallway of the Disneyland attraction where they would hire a cast member to dress up in the suit of armor and jump out at you during the ride.



I used to have a jar labeled "Sulfuric Acid" sitting next to the cat-hinting that he replaced the water in the birdbath with the contents and the bird was in mid-shower pose before it discovered that it was too late! Usually I have an atomizer or dry ice in the birdbath to create a boiling/fog effect. But at the time I took this picture, I didn't have anything handy.

11 comments:

Josh said...

Thought you might like to see my Mansion-inspired halloween display. It's not as big as yours, but these things take time to grow, right?

I put some singing pumpkins up on the porch, singing "Grim, Grinning Ghosts" - kinda blending both the standard and NBC Mansions.

(You'll have to excuse the video quality, since I shot it using my webcam.)

http://www.joshbuhler.com/2006/11/25/a-very-adobe-halloween/

Kirsten said...

This is so great! Please keep posting!

willipino said...

i wish i lived in your neighborhood so i could see this first hand.

HauntedPortraits said...

Hey there, amazing stuff. I'm sure you've already seen my HM blueprints at http://www.hauntedportraits.com/Haunted-Mansion-Blueprints.htm but if not check them out.

RIP
Norm

Carrie said...

That is just so amazing... I can't wait to see what you do next year :) I'm going to drive around Glendale until I find you! ;)

If you get a sec, take a look at a pic I took of Main Street at Disneyland... an odd pair of shoes and a streak showed up... a "real" ghost perhaps? :) I think it's a harried cast member in a hurry (my shutter was open for at least a full second)... but, you never know! :)

Disneyland Ghost Pic?

Daveland said...

Just amazing. The detail and what you have accomplished is truly cool - DEFINITELY an E-Ticket House!

Soozcat said...

Man, I wish I had an E-ticket house.

samacleod said...

I looked through all of your posts! Fantastic work! Really inspiring. Jeremy Bernstein emailed me about it. I love that photo of your animation desk with that wallpaper and decorations. So cool!!!

Unknown said...

I know we're still a few months away, but do you advertise that you do this? how would someone locate your place to come see it in all its gory goodness at Halloween?

Grim-GrinNing-Gippos said...

WOW! very cool

Benjamin Hall said...

Very cool!!!!

Your stuff is amazing! Thanks for sharing!