{"id":2134,"date":"2013-12-19T20:32:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T04:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2013-12-19T20:55:58","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T04:55:58","slug":"tokyo-disney-gallery-art-cards-sam-mckim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/tokyo-disney-gallery-art-cards-sam-mckim\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo Disney Gallery Art Cards &#8211; Sam McKim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The vision of the creators behind the Disney parks is on display the moment you enter the properties. \u00a0All the attention to detail, all the hard work that went into executing the vision, is there before your eyes. \u00a0As someone whose day job involves design and engineering, this is what I appreciate most about the Disney parks. \u00a0Seeing an idea that was well conceived and expertly brought into reality.<\/p>\n<p>Where do those visions start? \u00a0Ultimately, they start in the mind of the designers and engineers who created the parks. \u00a0In the early days (and still today to some extent) the primary tool a designer will use to express these ideas is a drawing or sketch.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2136\" alt=\"TD_DG\" src=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Tonight I have a pair of fantastic concept sketches of Disneyland that were published as postcards for the Disney Gallery at Disneyland Tokyo. \u00a0First up is Sam McKim sketching the Drugstore and Trolley of Main Street, U.S.A, Disneyland. \u00a0All that nuance and tone&#8230;with just black pencil (perhaps some ink&#8230;hard to tell) and a pile of talent! \u00a0Be sure to click on the image to get a larger view. \u00a0The card itself is 3 1\/2 X 5 1\/2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG_0001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2135\" alt=\"TD_DG_0001\" src=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG_0001-300x202.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG_0001-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG_0001-1024x692.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/TD_DG_0001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Second up is another Sam McKim Main Street, U.S.A. sketch of the Center Street Arcade. \u00a0Again&#8230;just fabulous detail that does so much, so well, to communicate the vision for a &#8220;typical&#8221; town in 1900. \u00a0The people, the perspective, the architecture, the shadows and shading, even the tones is the sky&#8230;this is brilliant artwork! \u00a0Sam is noted to have been an active researcher of his subjects. \u00a0It shows here.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to learn more about Sam McKim, check out his obituary in the LA Times <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.latimes.com\/2004\/jul\/15\/local\/me-mckim15\">here<\/a>. He passed away in 2004&#8230;but his legacy is alive and well at the Disney parks!<\/p>\n<p>Until next time&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The vision of the creators behind the Disney parks is on display the moment you enter the properties. \u00a0All the attention to detail, all the hard work that went into executing the vision, is there before your eyes. \u00a0As someone &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/tokyo-disney-gallery-art-cards-sam-mckim\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[121,63],"tags":[141,21,122],"class_list":["post-2134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-disney-gallery","category-disneyland-tokyo","tag-disneyland","tag-main-street","tag-sam-mckim"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2G91U-yq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2139,"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2134\/revisions\/2139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sundrycollectibles.net\/disneypostcards\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}