Happy December!

Hi everyone!

So! It's been a while since I've had the chance to churn out some more Mouseology designs. School has been slamming me with homework leaving me with close to no free time. But with school coming to a close for Christmas break, I think I'll be getting more time on my hands.
Happy December! Can you believe that the big day is just 22 days away now?! Christmastime has always been my favorite time of year, so why not celebrate with a simple & festive shirt design?

277 individual snowflakes come together to make this snazzy not-so-hidden-Mickey shirt design. It started out as a minimalist poster for my intro to graphic design class so that it explains the simplicity. It'd be the perfect shirt to wear opening up presents on Christmas Day! 

Also, thank you so much to everyone who checks in. Last week, Mouseology hit 15,000 views! For as new as this blog is, it's great to see how many people visit. Thanks!

See you soon for more designs!

Walt Disney Typographic Poster

This design isn't something newly created, but something I made a few months ago for a scholarship competition. I got the idea from some promotional posters created for the 2009 Grammys that featured nominated artists in a colorful text representation of their face. I chose to use this technique to create a typographic portrait of Walt Disney, containing words of his legacy that make up the man himself. Over three thousand text boxes are placed in the graphic, which took over 35 hours to complete.

"Little Orange Nerd" Shirt Design

This next design is based on the Little Orange Bird - Walt Disney World's original mascot. Back in the 70s, Little Orange Bird could be found on signs and brochures, and even on some merchandise. This year, for Walt Disney World's 40th anniversary, this lost character was brought back to be featured on shirts and pins among other mediums. Lou Mongello (from WDW Radio) coined the term "Little Orange Nerd" describing those of us who love The Little Orange bird and the era he came from. I thought it'd be fun to create a shirt design for those "Little Orange Nerds" out there:

I re-designed the character to vector form and added gradients, highlights, and shadows to make it more dimensional. Then I worked on hand-rendering the title in the like of the font found on retro Little Orange Bird books. Finally, adding some glasses for a little fun.

I'm working on a few more shirt designs for the future, including one without any Disney copyrighted material, so it has the potential to be sold if there's enough interest. But for now, that's all! Stop by again soon.

Welcoming Monorail Peach

This past week, the newest addition to the Walt Disney World monorail system debuted, Monorail Peach! Monorail Peach once again completes the fleet with a total number of 12 running monorails, and can be seen running on the express beam. To celebrate the introduction of the new monorail (and to complete an assignment for my graphics studio class), I decided to create a poster:

This poster is based on the classic monorail posters made for the Disneyland and Walt Disney World monorails. I loved how retro and stylized the posters were, so I thought there should be a similar one for the newest monorail of the fleet. Welcome to the fleet, Monorail Peach!

That's all for now...but keep checking back for more designs that are currently in the works. 

Happy 40th Anniversary, Walt Disney World

Welcome to Mouseology's very FIRST design post! And it's only fitting the inaugural post should celebrate something momentous.

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of the day the Magic Kingdom park opened its doors to vacationers around the world. Since then, Walt Disney World has provided 40 years of happiness to kids and adults alike, and has defined what family vacationing is all about.

This year to celebrate Walt Disney World's 40th, I decided to create a commemorative poster. There are 300 different vintage photos in the design, found from Yesterland, Gorillas Don't Blog, and Imagineering Disney. I also threw in a few of my own to give it a personal touch:

I tried to make it as simple yet dramatic as I could. I would love to actually have this printed out and hung in my apartment someday. That's all for now, folks. Check back often for more designs.

Happy 40th, WDW!