Disneyland Haunted Mansion Pre-Opening Sign

As some of you know my wife and I are huge Haunted Mansion buffs. As part of her anniversary present this year I've been working on a full scale reproduction of the Disneyland Pre-Opening sign for the ride:



Working from an extremely high resolution scan of a photo taken of the original sign, I've worked to recreate the graphic. Here's a reduced size of the almost final version:



(Forgive the Watermark, I don't want to see my hard work being sold on the evilbay!)

I still have to work on the black areas inside the smaller text at the bottom to clean them up a bit, and work on evening out the color on the bat-wings and skull at the top.

When it's totally complete, I plan to have it printed full size on a vinyl sheet and mounted to an acrylic sheet which will then be cut to shape.

If anyone is truly interested in doing this project for themselves, I'll be happy to share the artwork when it's finished in all its High-Rez glory, so long as folks agree not to produce them for re-sale.

I look forward to hearing everyones comments on my work thus far.

That is spectacular work! I love the Mansion, it's my favorite attraction, and I can't recall anyone else tackling the pre-opening sign before. Awesome!

I love it! I'm a huge mansion fan myself, so it's great seeing this! Can't wait to see the finished product, it should turn out amazing!

Always a fan of Haunted Mansion props! I plan on recreating the tombstones for my yard at Halloween.

-Eric

Personally have never seen the actual sign myself outside of videos, but it looks spot on

Okay...THAT'S cool!

Wonderful idea! I would love a copy of the artwork when you're done. Looking great so far.

best,
Tom

Never seen the sign either but that is cool. I was just there earlier this month and I took a few pics of the weather vane on the roof (the ship) and will try to tackle later. The Mansion is awesome all together.

that's very cool. great design on it!

Inspiring work!

That's fantastic! I'd love to have a copy of the artwork as well. I think it'd be great to put up in my yard during October before Halloween.

This year I'm planning to decorate my yard a la Haunted Mansion style with the Grim Grinning Ghosts and tombstones inspired by the ride.

So, I'm assuming the fonts are custom for this? Are each letter hand-made or did you develop a font for the lettering?

Beautiful work!!!

Nicely done.

The random capitalization on the original makes me cringe, though. (don't, License, for)

That is sweeeeeeeeeeet!! I would love the artwork as well. I think
I will mount it on wood for hanging. Nicely done!!

That's awesome. The kidlettes and I both LOVE DHM

The original sign was hand painted by Disney legend Marc Davis. I'm having to go in and hand draw over each letter in photoshop to clean up the edges. My head hurts and my eyes are crossed permanently now.

I'll probably post a link to the final art in the paper props area when it's done so those that want to reproduce it can, at whatever scale you choose.

That is absolutely AMAZING!!!!

As a mansion buff myself, I have to say that is awesome!
Nice work
mike

Ive wanted to try to create this sign for years but never got around to it. If you happen to make more dont forget us

Fantastic work! Perhaps more impressive is your attitude toward sharing your hard work and creativity with us.

The Haunted Mansion is a big part of our childhoods and our kid's, so thanks for sharing. I'm sure you wife will be overjoyed with the result!

Tib

Thanks for all the positive comments!

I got to work on the artwork some today, unless someone points out an error that needs to be fixed or an area I should refine, I'm thinking this is the final version:



I plan on heading out to the printers early next week to get some qoutes on printing.

I will find out how much it will cost and I'll share that info with everyone. I'm not looking to do a run, for those that have asked in PM's, but I may consider it if it doesn't become too overwhelming financially. I hate taking pre-orders for things, so if I did it I would probably have a few made and then offer them up.

Either way, I'm still planning on sharing the artwork for those that have their own ideas for using it or want to make their own signs themselves.

Looks fantastic! Except for I see these grey lettering all over that.

You should clean that up some first

I kid, I kid! I'm extremely excited about this project and it looks friggan great!

Awesome work, from another HM fan to another, that is just great!

It would go well also in my HM-themed bedroom I'm doing right now, or maybe just outside the door...
http://i53.tinypic.com/2eok0w6.jpg

Wow! That's a lot of hard work and dedication. I love how the Haunted Mansion continues to inspire such projects. Big fan here too.

I'd really like to know if this was finished. I'd love to see the results.