Digital Dream Machine

Discoveries, Art, Photos, Thoughts, and Writings From Chad Kerychuk.

Entries for the ‘Disney’ Category

Quote of the Day: 02.08.10

“Get a good idea and stay with it. Dog it, and work at it until it’s done right.” – Walt Disney

Quote of the Day: 01.25.10

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

Pogo’s New Disney•Pixar “Upular” Tune

Talented electronic music artist, Pogo has created his latest magical audio/video remix featuring samples from Disney•Pixar’s film “Up” and you can listen to it and watch the video right here!

Halloween Haul 2006

One of the best things about Halloween is working your way through the candy and treats throughout the year. In addition to this year’s haul, be sure to check out my 2005 blog post for a bunch of tasty Halloween leftovers from last year!
AUDIO GOODIES:

Characters © Mike Mignola. Art © 2006 Starz Media, LLC and [...]

More Goodies For The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas © Walt Disney Pictures.
Catch a glimpse of how the wizards at Industrial Light and Magic and Disney transformed Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas into a 3-D film format in this video.

Photo: Robert Hanashiro / USA TODAY.
Tim Burton discusses the impact of the film at this USATODAY.com article:
“It makes [...]

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D

As the 2D version is one of my all-time favorite films, I’m really looking forward to seeing this…

Image: Copyright 2006 Walt Disney Pictures.
Trailer available at this link.

Image: Copyright 2006 Joel Fletcher
For a taste of what the film might look like, be sure to grab your red and blue anaglyph 3-D glasses and check out Joel [...]

It’s Experiment 626!

Check out this great Flickr photo from Princess Shari of Stitch from Walt Disney World…

“It’s Experiment 626!” – Originally uploaded by Princess Shari.

Live Giant Squid Photographed!

Because I’m a bit of a science geek, and because they have that ‘cool’ mythic element to them, news regarding Giant Squids excite me. Well, on September 27th, word spread that a live one had been photographed underwater!

Photograph courtesy T. Kubodera and K. Mori.

Photograph courtesy T. Kubodera and K. Mori.
The Japanese scientists estimated the animal [...]

In Memory: Joe Ranft (1960-2005)

Pixar Animation Studio’s Joe Ranft passed away in a tragic car accident last night. Truly sad news. Please see my post at Luxo.

Raiders of the Lost Archive – Vol. 2

More great record covers found in the ‘Lost Archive’…
The Adventures of Pinocchio needed quite a bit of image retouching. To see the original scan I did, click here.

The Adventures of Pinocchio © United Artists Records, Inc.

The Sword in the Stone © 1972 Walt Disney Productions

Winnie the Pooh and the honey tree © 1965 Walt Disney [...]

Raiders of the Lost Archive – Vol. 1

Occasionally, I’ll venture into thrift shops, visit garage sales, and browse flea markets. Not to seek out discarded fortunes, but to discover great treasures in illustration, photography, and design. These come in many forms, but mostly materialize as books, toys, and even records.
LPs or albums, as records were also known, had a major plus over [...]

Lemmings Suicide Myth

You know how Lemmings supposedly commit mass suicide by jumping off cliffs? That myth really gained momentum from none other than a Disney movie that was filmed right here in Alberta. It’s amazing to think that one smaller Disney film had the effect of creating not only a false representation of an animal and its [...]

Disneyland Aerial Photo

Ever wonder what The Magic Kingdom looks like from the air? My wife and I have yet to experience Walt’s California creation, but perhaps you’ll recognize parts of the park you’ve been to. Thanks to the US Geological Survey, aerial photos from 2003 have been merged together to provide a stunning overhead view of the [...]