Tokyo DisneySea Posters

Long time no posts! Since my website imploded a year or so ago I thought I'd repost these on the blog no one sees! I don't get much of my Disney art approved to share since it's mostly concept art, but these are out there for anyone to look at.They were done about 2000 for the 2001 opening of Tokyo DisneySea park,one of the most visually stunning parks Disney has ever done. I worked on tons of concept art for 20,000 Leagues with art director Scott Sherman, with a good bit of those pieces on display in the ride queue.This was pre-digital, so I used a technique I'd never done before to try and get the look of old illustrations. If I were a good pen and ink guy I would have gone that route. Instead,I used a hybrid style of black and brown Prisma pencil on heavy tracing paper, then ran that through a brownline copier (like a blueprint machine) at full poster size. I then tined the pieces with marker refill color for a watercolor look and went back over the linework to punch it up a bit. Finally some white gouache for detail and then it was sent to graphics for the text. If I did these today the computer would have made my life much easier, but that's how it goes. Considering these were the only 2 finished park posters I got to do, I'm happy with them. Captain Nemo approved them anyway!