Rafiki

Here's a pin of Rafiki from The Lion King. This was designed for a three pin set available through Disney Movie Rewards.

 

Pin Trader Delight Pins

Here are some of the PTD designs I've done. PTDs allow a great variety of characters to be used, which makes them a really enjoyable project.

 Mother Gothel from Tangled: Tangled has been a very popular film and the pins that go along with it have been equally popular. At the time I designed this I think there were only one or two pins of this character. There still aren't that many.

Giselle from Enchanted: This is the cartoon version of the lovely Amy Adams character. The film uses the Art Nouveau style and I enjoyed incorporating that into the pin design. 

Winnie the Pooh: This was my first PTD. Pooh is a great classic character!

Oliver from Oliver and Company: There's a lot of love for kittens and puppies in the pin world!

Olivia from The Great Mouse Detective: GMD is such a wonderful underrated film and Olivia is a bright and energetic character.

 King Candy from Wreck-it Ralph: WIR is a very original film with a broad range of characters. Pins for this movie have a great popularity and they are being produced more and more.

Remy from Ratatouille: It's always interesting to do a Pixar character. Their rounded and textured designs have to be done in a flatter 2D style for pins.

Chip from Beauty and the Beast: Some characters really lend themselves to a theme and having Chip hold the ice cream worked out well.

Chesire Cat from Alice in Wonderland: Always fun to work with "crazy"!

Gaston from Beauty and the Beast: Gaston is a great character to work with...No one has a bigger personality than Gaston! Originally he was holding two sundaes, but I was asked to change them to root beer floats and I'm glad because it really looks more in character.

Hades from Hercules: It can be difficult to design a single pin that actually tells a story or has a joke or humor to it. Here we have Hades, unlike all the other characters, he just can't enjoy ice cream. Poor guy!

Robin Hood!!

I have fond memories of seeing Robin Hood when I was a kid, so designing these pins was a treat!

Here's a 3 pin set celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the film's release.

And this is a more recent design from last year celebrating Robin Hood's 40th Anniversary. I included almost all of the main characters. A lot of work, but lots of fun!

 This is little Tagalong, part of an Easter series.

 And Skippy is enjoying an ice cream cone! This design was for Disney's Hollywood Studio Store / Ghirardelli Soda Fountain and their Pin Trader Delights (PTDs). You get a pin with the purchase of the Pin Trader Delight Sundae. The PTDs have become extremely popular over the last couple of years. I'll post more later.

Here's a design from a few years ago for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. It's a fun challenge to work with subject matter that isn't the usual cartoon character.

The recessed metal with translucent fill gives the Nautilus sub a shiny and rich look.

Here's my most recent pin release: Olaf from Frozen in the sorcerer hat that is the symbol for Walt Disney Imagineering, which this pin was designed for. The Characters With Sorcerer Hats series is one that I started several years ago. I haven't designed all of them, but a lot of them. I'm happy to see that the series just keeps going!

Mickey Mouse has always been a favorite Disney character. Here are three pin designs I had fun with!

Combining two favorites, Mickey and Baseball!

Here's classic Mickey as The Brave Little Tailor.

And finally, here's a photograph of Walt framed by Mickey's painting. Mickey is in one of his 1950's forms, which I really like.