AMUSEMENT PARK & THEATER ART
With his world class craftsmanship with faux & trompe l'oeil techniques, Takeshi Yamada worked on numerous attractions for amusement parks, theaters, entertainment companies, art events, private parties, and many small venders in Japan and the United States. Shown below are selected commissioned jobs, which Yamada engaged for amusement parks and theaters in the United States and Japan.
With his world class craftsmanship with faux & trompe l'oeil techniques, Takeshi Yamada worked on numerous attractions for amusement parks, theaters, entertainment companies, art events, private parties, and many small venders in Japan and the United States. Shown below are selected commissioned jobs, which Yamada engaged for amusement parks and theaters in the United States and Japan.
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POWER PLANT, SIX FLAGS (Amusement Park)
Takeshi Yamada worked on numerous stage sets, murals, large signs & banners, letterings for machines, props, sideshow gaffs, faux works, trompe l'oeil paintings, logos, letterings etc. for the Six Flags Power Plant (amusement park) at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland in 1985. Shown below are highlights of Yamada's works there. Click for bigger image.
POWER PLANT, SIX FLAGS (Amusement Park)
Takeshi Yamada worked on numerous stage sets, murals, large signs & banners, letterings for machines, props, sideshow gaffs, faux works, trompe l'oeil paintings, logos, letterings etc. for the Six Flags Power Plant (amusement park) at the Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland in 1985. Shown below are highlights of Yamada's works there. Click for bigger image.
Circus of the Mysterious: Fountain of the Youth
Yamada and two more mural painters were first assigned to paint the jungle scene for the 50 foot wide wall here. The first 2 days were spent for the airbrush paint job and drawing the contours of big tree in white chalk on the 50-foot-long wall. The third day was spent for finishing up the white chalk works and filling the tree with solid brown paint as the under painting. Shortly after they started painting details of trees and adding leaves, the production manager saw the big difference in skill levels of them, and asked Yamada to complete the rest of the faux and trompe l'oeil paintings alone, which he happily did. He also did the final touch up of the central sculpture unit. By using the computer-controlled flashing light, it created a breathtaking visual effect of the freezing and ascending water.
Yamada and two more mural painters were first assigned to paint the jungle scene for the 50 foot wide wall here. The first 2 days were spent for the airbrush paint job and drawing the contours of big tree in white chalk on the 50-foot-long wall. The third day was spent for finishing up the white chalk works and filling the tree with solid brown paint as the under painting. Shortly after they started painting details of trees and adding leaves, the production manager saw the big difference in skill levels of them, and asked Yamada to complete the rest of the faux and trompe l'oeil paintings alone, which he happily did. He also did the final touch up of the central sculpture unit. By using the computer-controlled flashing light, it created a breathtaking visual effect of the freezing and ascending water.
Circus of the Mysterious: Pandora's Box
Yamada transformed the wooden floor into the fancy marble floor for this dramatic attraction. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. The flashing lighting, dramatic sounds, and beautifully animated projected monster coming out from the box made this attraction truly breathtaking.
Yamada transformed the wooden floor into the fancy marble floor for this dramatic attraction. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. The flashing lighting, dramatic sounds, and beautifully animated projected monster coming out from the box made this attraction truly breathtaking.
Circus of the Mysterious: Pandora's Box, Reliefs and Wall.
Yamada transformed the blank fiberglass reliefs into an aged marble wall reliefs salvaged from an ancient mythic temple. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. He also transformed the giant long blank white wall into the matching ancient rock wall full of stains, cracks, and chippings.
Yamada transformed the blank fiberglass reliefs into an aged marble wall reliefs salvaged from an ancient mythic temple. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. He also transformed the giant long blank white wall into the matching ancient rock wall full of stains, cracks, and chippings.
Circus of the Mysterious: Incredible Big Foot
POWER PLANT, SIX FLAGS, amusement park, CIRCUS OF THE MYSTERIOUS, INCREDIBLE BIG
FOOT, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, Takeshi Yamada worked on the actual three dimensional footprint of the Big Foot (sideshow gaff). display model. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. He also repaired the minor damage of this sideshow banner.
POWER PLANT, SIX FLAGS, amusement park, CIRCUS OF THE MYSTERIOUS, INCREDIBLE BIG
FOOT, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, Takeshi Yamada worked on the actual three dimensional footprint of the Big Foot (sideshow gaff). display model. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. He also repaired the minor damage of this sideshow banner.
Circus of the Mysterious: Ship in the Bottle
Yamada transformed the concrete floor into a beautifully finished high quality wooden floor with his paint and brush over a night and surprised everyone in the next morning. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. This attraction shows the beautifully animated ship in the bottle faces the heavy storm and sinks into the sea and vanish magically inside of the bottle.
Yamada transformed the concrete floor into a beautifully finished high quality wooden floor with his paint and brush over a night and surprised everyone in the next morning. faux and trompe l'oeil painting works. This attraction shows the beautifully animated ship in the bottle faces the heavy storm and sinks into the sea and vanish magically inside of the bottle.
Circus of the Mysterious: Leprichaun King
Yamada erased and repainted the misspelled lettering for this attraction. Yamada did many lettering jobs there. By using the optical illusions, the projected life-like realistic tiny Leprichaun King appears from the thin air, dances and perform a trick on the char.
Yamada erased and repainted the misspelled lettering for this attraction. Yamada did many lettering jobs there. By using the optical illusions, the projected life-like realistic tiny Leprichaun King appears from the thin air, dances and perform a trick on the char.
Circus of the Mysterious: Four Season of the Man
Yamada painted a fancy signs for this attraction made of the set of four sculptures. Due to the optical illusion of the each concaved portrait of the man, it looked as if he keep facing the viewers as they walk by them. Design & painting works.
Yamada painted a fancy signs for this attraction made of the set of four sculptures. Due to the optical illusion of the each concaved portrait of the man, it looked as if he keep facing the viewers as they walk by them. Design & painting works.
Laboratories of Scientific Wonders: Central Power Generator, Future LivingDr. Flag's Room
Yamada designed and painted the old-looking analogue electric meter (gaff) including the made up name “Yamada Electric Co.” for it for the “Central Power Generator" (a type of the energy of the future) for this attraction. Yamada also painted some of the machines of the future on display there, including the dishwashing machine of the future, which physically breaks the dirty dish into a pieces, cleans it, and reassemble them for making a completely new dish. He also touched up several damaged attractions there. mechanical design & painting works, faux and trompe l'oeil painting works.
Yamada designed and painted the old-looking analogue electric meter (gaff) including the made up name “Yamada Electric Co.” for it for the “Central Power Generator" (a type of the energy of the future) for this attraction. Yamada also painted some of the machines of the future on display there, including the dishwashing machine of the future, which physically breaks the dirty dish into a pieces, cleans it, and reassemble them for making a completely new dish. He also touched up several damaged attractions there. mechanical design & painting works, faux and trompe l'oeil painting works.
Laboratories of Scientific Wonders: Prof. Flag's Room
Yamada transformed the wooden floor into the fancy marble floor for this attraction. faux and trompe l'oeil works. stage set. Thousands of light balls creates the animated giant face of the Professor Flag in this dramatically mysterious room.
Yamada transformed the wooden floor into the fancy marble floor for this attraction. faux and trompe l'oeil works. stage set. Thousands of light balls creates the animated giant face of the Professor Flag in this dramatically mysterious room.
Incredible Sensorium Theater
Yamada did the marble faux painting works for the main pillars of the theater. He also designed and painted the floral pattern for the base of the pillars. In addition, he finished the giant lettering logo of this amusement park above the entrance & exit doors. In addition to three dimensional movie with physically chair-shaking special effect, this theater also produced scents (the scent of roses when we see the rose garden on the screen) as we enjoy the movie, telling the magnificent story and achievement of Prof. Flag.
Yamada did the marble faux painting works for the main pillars of the theater. He also designed and painted the floral pattern for the base of the pillars. In addition, he finished the giant lettering logo of this amusement park above the entrance & exit doors. In addition to three dimensional movie with physically chair-shaking special effect, this theater also produced scents (the scent of roses when we see the rose garden on the screen) as we enjoy the movie, telling the magnificent story and achievement of Prof. Flag.
Magic Lantern Theater
Yamada produced the lettering "Edison" and "Ziegfeld" to be mounted for the giant portrait of them to be installed for the Magic Lantern Theater. This was a very well-animated, fun, and very colorful all robot (no humans) theater.
Yamada produced the lettering "Edison" and "Ziegfeld" to be mounted for the giant portrait of them to be installed for the Magic Lantern Theater. This was a very well-animated, fun, and very colorful all robot (no humans) theater.
LINKS
ARTICLE: Takeshi Yamada’s Works at Theaters/Amusement Park
IMAGES: Six Flags Power Plant, Baltimore Harbor
ARTICLE: Takeshi Yamada’s Works at Theaters/Amusement Park
IMAGES: Six Flags Power Plant, Baltimore Harbor
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VOYAGE 350 (Outdoor Theater)
The outdoor stage theater "Voyage 350" was produced to celebrate the city's 350 year's birthday in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland in 1984. Takeshi Yamada was one of the production artists. Due to the popular demand, this show was extended from six weeks to two years.
VOYAGE 350 (Outdoor Theater)
The outdoor stage theater "Voyage 350" was produced to celebrate the city's 350 year's birthday in the Inner Harbor of Baltimore, Maryland in 1984. Takeshi Yamada was one of the production artists. Due to the popular demand, this show was extended from six weeks to two years.
Yamada was one of the painting crews for producing a series of murals on giant vinyl sheets to be mounted on the exterior of this old wooden ship-shaped outside theater. With his masterful faux and trompe l'oeil painting techniques, he was assigned to paint the elegantly powerful image of the giant bronze eagle seen at the center of the front entrance and other details.
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Stage Theaters in Osaka, Japan
Yamada assisted the professional sign painters for producing a series of dramatic giant realistically rendered signs for numbers of stage theaters in Osaka, Japan during 1980 and 1983. At that time, those giant signs for the stage theaters and movie theaters were almost always hand-painted by the highly skilled and specialized sign painters. They used opaque oil painting with quick drying medium with large paint brushes on the mounted metal board.
Stage Theaters in Osaka, Japan
Yamada assisted the professional sign painters for producing a series of dramatic giant realistically rendered signs for numbers of stage theaters in Osaka, Japan during 1980 and 1983. At that time, those giant signs for the stage theaters and movie theaters were almost always hand-painted by the highly skilled and specialized sign painters. They used opaque oil painting with quick drying medium with large paint brushes on the mounted metal board.
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