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Our Products are Also Available on ETSY!

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Have we mentioned that we are also on ETSY? All of our MULTIPLANES products and selections of prints and stickers are all on ETSY. If you prefer to shop on that site make sure to stop on by and “favorite” our shop or pick something up while you’re there. Our best selling Disneyland inspired “Happy Haunts” and “McFly” Dioramas have really taken off there!

Thanks for supporting small businesses like ours!

-Jacob

SHOP LINK: https://www.etsy.com/shop/vinylsmack

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VINYLSMACK artist Jacob Morales Interview on Leaving Today Podcast

Leaving Today Podcast


Last week I had the pleasure of being on the Leaving Today Podcast (@leavingtodaypodcast on instagram). We covered the inspiration for the Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise Inspired Dioramas/MULTPLANES. We also went over current and future product releases, the inspiration for the art I do and my take on the various facets of the Disneyland Park. Make sure to follow them on instagram and Apple Podcast as well!

Visit the Haunted Mansion...in miniature

This is the Disneyland Haunted Mansion inspired product that I developed this past November. It originally started as a large format multilayered framed piece a few years back and was a hit at the various conventions I took it to but as crowds would pass through the booth, most expressed how much they loved the framed piece but was out of their price range. Each Haunted Mansion had over 100 small intricately cut parts and even had a wireless LED system. These factors made it very costly and took a lot of time to build and thus out of the affordable range.


Fast forward to this past November, I reworked all of the art and scaled it down to about 1/6 the size of the original and designed it in a way that it still retained its 3D art style. I also added guests and brought in the horseless carriage; both supporting elements to the experience as you enter the queue. After several prototypes, I was also able to simplify the art to roughly 12 layers versus 100+. After implementing these changes, I was able to deliver a product that is affordable and still made without consuming so much time. I eventually debuted the product at DesignerCon this year at the Anaheim Convention Center. I was so hyped to be able to sell these across the street from Disneyland! I might not be able to go into the park and visit the Haunted Mansion as often as I’d like but for now, I now have a miniature one on my desk and so can you!

Haunted Mansion Prototype
Haunted Mansion Prototype 2
Assembling a Haunted Mansion
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Haunted Mansion Carriage
Haunted Mansion Retail Package

Each MULTIPLANES measure roughly 5” x 7” x 2.75” and is packed with super intricate laser cut graphics. I love the immersive nature of this art form that I’m pursuing. It truly is the next best thing to actually being there in person. One day I imagine that I’ll get these outsourced but for the time being, I design, produce and assemble all of these by hand; even down to the hand painted rails. Happy Haunts are now available!

Haunted Mansion Diorama

Haunted Mansion Diorama

Our Series 2 MULTIPLANES, Wonderwalls," is now shipping!!!

This past weekend at our favorite annual Designercon convention we launched our all new lineup of MULTIPLANES called “Wonderwalls.” It features 5 new designs of subjects that we love. McFly, Pacific Electric Railroad, Griffith Observatory, Acoustic Guitars, and Happy Haunts are the new stars of this current line of MULTIPLANES! They all feature super intricately cut graphics that are distributed across 6 frames. They make a great gift for people that love dioramas and 3 dimensional art. They all measure about 5”x7”x3” and are perfect for displaying on a shelf, desk, or display cabinet.

Get one today!