Pirates of the Caribbean OPI collection!

Hey guys!

Lots of exciting mermaid action today! haha

For those of you, probably most of the male readers of my blog, who don't know what OPI is, it's an expensive nail polish brand. I say that with a grain of salt because it's not cheap at $8.50 a pop, but it is a good quality nail polish, they've got great colors, and the names are super fun.

Well... they're about to get a whole lot more irresistible!!

Next month, to correspond with the release of the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean film: On Stranger Tides, OPI is releasing a new collection based on it.

check out the mermaid on the rocks... SQUEE!

I'm super excited for these to come out, I love the names and the colors are super unique!
Here are the names in the collection that will be released in May 2011:

Skull and Glossbones - a bone grey color
Steady as She Rose - a light pink
Planks a Lot - a purple
Sparrow Me the Drama - a cool bright pink
Stranger Tides - a sage green
a Silver Shatter - like silver crackle paint

and my favorite one that I can't wait for...

Mermaid's Tears

Ugh, I die!! I want to try this one under the silver shatter and the black shatter I already have.  I don't know why but I've been loving teal variants lately.

These will be available in May as I mentioned and you can find them at professional salons, JC Penny, and Ulta. If you don't have any of those locations near you, you can go to their website and see if there are other locations that sell OPI near you.  They also have a twitter account: @opi_products


That's it for today, till next time!

Ariel's Undersea Adventure

Can I even explain how excited I am about this?!?  Not really! Only the fact that my favorite Disney movie ever finally has a permanent attraction at the Disneyland resort!

If you aren't, check out this video the Disney Blog just posted on the animatronic Ariel.



video from  Dateline Disneyland via MiceChat


If you didn't see the video I posted on facebook a while back (or if we're not friends haha) here's the previous video of Ursula being set up inside the attraction.



from the Disney Parks Blog

June 3rd cannot come fast enough!

Vinylmation!!

For those of you who don't follow my Illustration blog, this is the latest post over there. I figured it was more than appropriate to share here too. I'm so excited :D

Happy New Year everyone! Hope you all had a safe and happy time celebrating :)

To kick off the new year with posts, I felt it appropriate to show you one of the Christmas presents I received that will be one of my new projects.  To start, my sister and I LOVE going to Disneyland (well, really who doesn't??) and as fun as the princesses and characters are, my favorite thing about the park is the theming and Imagineering that goes on within it. I could pour over those "Art of..." books the park publishes about attractions and lands for hours on end. That being said, anything "art" related to the parks I sorta go gaga over :)
Well my sister surprised me this year with one of these babies:

Its a blank DIY Mickey Vinylmation!

Now I'm not really a Mickey person, I have to say.  The guy's cool and there's always something to be said about what he represents to the Walt Disney Company, but I'm not going to have my entire kitchen branding red pants with yellow buttons. Do you really want to pour your tea out of a spout stemming from a pair of pants? ermmm....No Thanks.

ANYWAY! The thing about these Mickeys is that you can do whatever you want to them! The shape doesn't really matter, it's all about the design element(s) you chose to put on them. For this guy, I'm brainstorming about Disney Memories in the parks. So original right? Considering the entire marketing campaign this year is "Let The Memories Begin". But my memories will never be the same as anyone else's and unlike the campaign, this one will last for a very long time.

I'm going to be using acrylic paint and some sculpted elements added to it. Not sure when this will actually be taking place because I really want to flesh out these concepts before I start painting. I want this to be a really cool show piece and not just an experiment that goes to crap.  So wish me luck!


Do Something Creative Today!

Disney Imagineers' involvment with the military in WWII

This morning I came across an absolute GEM of an article!

Who would have guessed that Disney had a BIG (no exaggeration!) part in helping pull off a major stunt to fool the Nazi planes surveying US Coastlines during WWII.

A fellow blogger at longforgottenhauntedmansion posted THIS POST about a secret mission comissioned to not only Disney but to many of the Hollywood studios to hide buildings from sight from the air.

Check it out and be amazed!

I Fail

So apparently I fail at keeping up this Disney Blog! hahaha Major Fail this time.

Well, here's a bit of good news!

DISNEYLAND TRIP REPORT coming up!! I'll be at the enchanting park that started it all on Oct. 10 :)  (hopefully I can get in maybe the 9th too for a bit at night).


Maybe i'll post some photos of past trips just for kicks before then. Photos of Disneyland are always fun.

Till then, Ta-Ta!

Disneyland's Birthday Club Scavenger Hunt!

It's my Birthday!
... and the folks at the resort thought they would send me this fun scavenger hunt to participate in next time I visit the park. Well... that won't be for a little while unfortunately, Soooo! I thought I'd bring this to you guys and let you have fun with it :) After the answers are filled, you unscramble the code, and enter it on the website in your birthday email to get your "Birthday Surprise". Which I think is a wallpaper background...

By myself, I didn't do too well from memory.  There are a few things you really wouldn't have noticed or even looked at.  Maybe you guys can do better! Happy Hunting!

*Please print it out if you'd like to :) Just click it and zoom for the best quality*

Feel free to post your answers in the comments below. I have mine written down already so I promise I won't cheat! ;)

Rivers of America gets it's refill

This week marked the end of the refurb for the Rivers of America. Along with replanting and painting existing scenes/props, Imagineers also created some new scene attractions along the riverbanks which are now separated into 4 different regions: Mississippi, Rio Grande, Colombia,  & Potomac. A few of these new additions are actually ideas presented in the very early sketches of the  Rivers of America by Disney collaberators such as Marc Davis and Sam McKim.
The OC register posted this little guide map to the new locations...

After the river was drained in January, Disney crews:

•Installed a new 2,500-foot track for the Mark Twain Riverboat and the Sailing Ship Columbia for the first time since the park opened in 1955.

•Built a corral for two live ponies. (It is the first time live animals are long the banks).
•Planted 4,000 new shrubs and 130 new trees that look like the river regions.
•Added 10 new figures and repainted about 16 old ones, either plants or animals.
•Posted Mike Fink’s Keel Boat in front of the cabin.
•Put in a new paddle wheel on the Mark Twain Riverboat.
•Replaced nine of the 11 docks.

We'll all be able to see the new additions starting this saturday, May 8th aboard the Disneyland Railroad. The Mark Twain will not be running until later this month. Click to read the Full Article