The fastest project of my creative life. I was asked by Lisa Mezzai of Busch Gardens on a Monday to create a character for a focus group on Wednesday. I designed the character, created a brief back story for her, emailed the material to my business partner Dave Dorman, who lived in Florida at the time. He painted this piece and emailed me a hi-res scan on tuesday morning. I had a print made and mounted presentation boards and Federal expressed them to Busch Gardens for Wednesday morning. Dementia was the result.
Unfortunately, as much as Lisa loved the character, the focus group thought she might be too scary. Hi-five to Dave Dorman. We pulled it off.
Attractions
Since I was a kid, I've loved amusement parks. I watched the Wonderful World of Disney to see the sneak peeks at PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN and the Osmonds' HAUNTED MANSION episode. I finally got to experience Disneyland for the first time at the age of 26. From that point on, themed attractions became part of my work.
BUSCH GARDENS TAMPA HOWL-O-SCREAM
