Na'vi Pandora Plush: Colossal Cat At Disney's Animal Kingdom
In December 2018, a brand new Pandora: World of Avatar souvenir debuted at Windtraders and Island Mercantile at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World. A tall, adult Na'vi plush figure with a...
View ArticleSea is for Cookie: Sesame Street in Orlando, Florida
Sea is for Cookie, that's good enough for me. Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with Sea!In honor of the new Sesame Street opening at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, I decided to do a drawing in the spirit...
View ArticleBaby Formula Juan Racer: Juan Year Old
One of the most joyful projects I've worked on is a baby version of my character, Formula Juan Racer. I created the Baby Formula Juan Racer characters using sheets of felt, brads, glue, and markers....
View ArticleGoofy Doo, Where Are You?
Scooby Doo, Where Are You? has been such a successful franchise that even Hanna Barbera itself ripped off its own creation in the 1970s with various Scooby Doo clones. One of the worst offenders was...
View ArticleThings Shore Are Swell For Runaway Railway Mickey Mouse Made Of Shells
I am now officially a Florida resident. And I was inspired to make a Mickey Mouse (as he appears in the new Walt Disney World Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway attraction) out of sea shells, rocks,...
View ArticleDisney DuckTales Sea Treasure Lost and Damp: Fenton Crackshell Made of...
I live near the beach in Venice, Florida. Before the age of Coronavirus sheltering in place, I was working on making sculptures out of seashells, rocks, and other stuff I found at the ocean. Luckily,...
View ArticleRock 'N" Robin Hood
Growing up, Disney's 1973 animated Robin Hood was one of my favorite films. When I saw it in theaters for the first time during a re-release in the eighties, I was frustrated that I couldn't find any...
View ArticleQ*bert and Coily: Silly Snouted Scholar and Sinister Sandy Snake Saturday...
Lately, I have been making sculptures using materials I've gotten from the beach. My latest project is Q*bert and Coily from the 1983 CBS cartoon, Saturday Supercade. The show was produced by the now...
View ArticleSix Flags Over Georgia Monster Mansion Masonry
In 1981, Six Flags Over Georgia debuted its dark boat ride, The Monster Plantation. Set in a flooded mansion, human riders are welcomed to a monster picnic filled with colorful, friendly monsters....
View ArticleHaunted Mansion Pop Up Rock Ghost and Gargoyle
Welcome, Foolish Mortals, to The Haunted Mansion. A place where Grim, Grinning Ghosts come out to socialize. But we mortals shouldn't socialize at the moment, due to the pandemic. So I've been busy...
View ArticlePrecious Moments Rankin Bass Gollum: Put A Ring On It
Rankin/Bass Productions is probably most famous for its stop-motion Christmas animated specials like "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." But they also produced a lot hand drawn animation, including...
View ArticleLudo is Your Friend in the Labyrinth
I saw the 1986 Jim Henson film Labyrinth by myself in an empty movie theater in Sarasota, Florida when I was a kid. The movie was a disappointment when it debuted, but has gained a big cult following...
View ArticleRockabilly Astro Boyd Biker Hog: Insane Anime Clown Piggy
Astro B.O.Y.D.!, the newest episode of Disney's DuckTales animated series, took place in Japan. Among the new characters introduced in this episode was Clown, a biker pig with a giant pompadour....
View ArticleHow To Train Your Disney Komodo Dragon
Komodo Dragons are cool, and it looks like Disney finally made one into a character on the new version of DuckTales. At least, I think he is a Komodo Dragon. The reptile in question is wrestler named...
View ArticleDuckworth Is Not A Duck: Uncle Scrooge's Canine Butler
In 1987, Disney's DuckTales debuted, bringing the world of Uncle Scrooge comics to life on television. One of the characters created for the show was Duckworth (voiced by Chuck McCann), Scrooge's...
View ArticleFriends on the Other Side of Splash Mountain
With Splash Mountain in the news recently, I was inspired to make a Princess and the Frog Splash Mountain sculpture. Riding in the front of the log are Naveen and Tiana in their frog form, inspired by...
View ArticleThe Good Sesame Place
Big Bird is the latest sculpture I've made using materials I've found on the beaches near my home in Venice, Florida. Here in Florida, the Sesame Street Muppets can be found at Busch Gardens in Tampa...
View ArticleSaiga the Trunk-Nosed Plains Deer
I've been making sculptures using materials I find at the beaches near my home in Venice, Florida. I decided to build an animal bust series, with the challenge of not using any paint. So, strictly...
View ArticlePete's Dragon Orchids
It's a Brazzle Dazzle Day. While strolling through my local Lowe's Garden section, I stumbled across a familiar face. It was Elliott, Pete's Dragon, from the 1977 Disney movie. The ears, the pink...
View ArticleGoof Troop 1955
With reboots all the rage, I had an idea for Goof Troop 1955. The 1992 Disney animated TV series Goof Troop was itself something of a reboot. Cartoons featuring Goofy and his (offscreen) wife and...
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