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Behind the scenes of Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid at Magic Kingdom

Disney has released a new video hosted by Imagineer Chris Beatty who gives us a sneak peek at the making of Under the Sea ~ Journey of the Little Mermaid. The video includes some never-before-seen sketches, artist renderings, attraction maps and more, and shares some details on Prince Eric’s castle and the attraction’s creative queue.

Also included is a brief talk by Imagineer Eric Miller with some behind the scenes glimpses of rock work from a few weeks ago.

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John Carter (of Mars) Concept Art

A day after the one sheet for Disney’s John Carter dropped, the LA Times got their hands on some concept art from the movie. The movie is now in post-production (a long period for a special effects heavy movie such as this one), so it’s… Read More »John Carter (of Mars) Concept Art

TRON costume concept art by Syd Mead

I’ve been a long admirer of the futuristic design and concept art from Syd Mead. Here are a couple costume pieces he designed for the original TRON: Both are from this gallery of Tron concept art. (H/T SuperPunch) Previously: Tron Legacy Animated Series coming to… Read More »TRON costume concept art by Syd Mead

California Adventure Animated Preview Map

While Imagineers busy themselves fixing California Adventure so it is finally worthy of the name Disney, the park itself has become a maze of walls. But there is a vision that looks pretty good. There’s been plenty of concept art released, but they’ve decided to… Read More »California Adventure Animated Preview Map

Disney’s Unbuilt Steampunk Roller Coaster

Designer Thom Shillinger worked at Walt Disney Imagineering during an exciting time. Unfortunately most of the excitement came from layoffs and projects that were blue-sky and never greenlit. One of those projects was known ans Project Meadow and Shillinger has put up some of his… Read More »Disney’s Unbuilt Steampunk Roller Coaster

Pixar’s UP soaring to Incredibles numbers

In bowling parlance Pixar is two thirds a frame away from a perfect game. So far they’re 10 for 10 at the box office and now it looks like “UP” might even become their second highest domestic box office performing animated feature of all. This… Read More »Pixar’s UP soaring to Incredibles numbers

Lou Romano’s The Incredibles Concept Art

Words can not describe how excellent it is that Lou Romano is able to post some of his amazing concept art work for Pixar’s The Incredibles. It’s always great to see what could have been and how inspiration was drawn. Plenty more at Lou’s blog.

New Haunted Mansion 3D Model based on Sam McKim Concept Art

From almost at the beginning of that period when Walt Disney was envisioning how his little part to be known as Disneyland would come together there was a Haunted Mansion. At one point it was located on Main Street, in another in Adventureland. Disney Artist… Read More »New Haunted Mansion 3D Model based on Sam McKim Concept Art