ALIEN (1979)

Early model sheet for the Carpenter, from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland (1951).

I love the wind. The sun is joy, the rain is sadness—but the wind: mystery. The tumultuous firs in TWIN PEAKS. Or the windswept park in BLOW-UP (1966). There’s a hint of menace.

Swiss painter Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) captured the sinister disquiet of a windy landscape well. In the second painting, we see a boy chasing a ball. He is surrounded by looming shadows. In the distance, two mysterious figures have a meeting. Is the boy about to stumble upon something he shouldn’t have seen?

The Horned King animatronic in Disneyland, Tokyo. Part of the finale to the Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour, the attraction was one of the few instances of Disney acknowledging THE BLACK CAULDRON it seems.

The attraction lasted from 1986 to 2006.

Nowhere beings: photos by Laura Thompson.

ALICE (1988) by Czech artist, Jan Švankmajer.

Animation art from THE WILLOWS IN WINTER (1995).

Deserted Twin Peaks.

(from twinpeaksblog.com)

Bart Nixon, designer of Pennywise the Dancing Clown from Stephen King’s IT (1990).

‪Design sketches (and a model sheet) for Hanna-Barbera’s Yogi Bear. The character debuted in 1958 in the Huckleberry Hound Show.

Concept paintings for 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). ‬