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Sunday, August 16, 2015

A Tale of Two Eyeballs


I'm working on a larger post about Blaine Gibson's original sculpture of the Hatbox Ghost in Disney's Haunted Mansion attraction.  I couldn't talk about this design without commenting on how it's influenced me over the years.  Without going into the ways I've borrowed from looser stylistic elements of Gibson's work, I wanted to just give you the bullet points of where I couldn't help but use that one-buggy-eye design.

My 2008 Gravedigger:

2006 Groundbreaker (pictured in his 2009 refurb):

And a 2013 pumpkin carving:

I'm just now noticing that, for some reason, I've always done the eyes flip flopped.  Odd.
Posted by Mr. Chicken at 10:57 AM

5 comments:

  1. Scott DimmickAugust 17, 2015 at 2:14 PM

    I've borrowed the look as well.
    http://www.thenevermoor.com/2010/11/creepy-dancing-paper-mache-ghosts/

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  2. UnknownAugust 17, 2015 at 11:26 PM

    The Long Forgotten Haunted Mansion blog just posted an interview with the resurrectionist who recently brought the Hatbox Ghost back to Disney's Haunted Mansion.

    It was a fun little read, and (semi) informative!

    http://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/

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    1. UnknownAugust 17, 2015 at 11:27 PM

      Of course, the ol' bugeye look has crept into my own work as well- It's just iconic- though I have to say that I may be more unconsciously influenced by the Topstone Ghoul!

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    2. Mr. ChickenAugust 17, 2015 at 11:44 PM

      That's great, thanks for linking me to it! I always enjoy that blog.

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