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Dan Faupel

If only life were as easy as you...I would still get screwed

About Me

Creative Visions link .. /Some of Dan's pics link/It may seem contradictory, but I consider myself to be an optimistic pessimist....I am an artist and yet also a logical realist....I am into art AND physics, and I enjoy combining the two into unique creations.........I am currently the Senior Designer for Sally Corporation, which is the largest fabricator of Dark Rides and animatronics in the world.....check out our site at www.SallyCorp.com ........I was previously (for the last 10 years) the Vice President and Production Designer of a company called Creative Visions. They specialize in the fabrication of animatronic characters and themed environments for amusement facilities all over the US and overseas. You can visit their website at www.CreativeVisionsOnline.com . We did a lot of travel (domestic and international) for installations and tradeshows........I've produced an instructional DVD which is available through many .. distributors called "Lifecasting for Silicone Applications". I'm on the board of directors for the International Association of Haunted Attractions (IAHA...www.HauntedHouseAssociation.org ), and am the chairman of their Vendor Committee........When I'm not working (which is most of the time unfortunately!) I like to spend time with my family, work out, play disc-golf, visit amusement parks, and explore my artistic talents...

My Interests

..Being delightfully evil...drawing and sculpting...almost anything dark and macabre...old amusement parks...lifecasting...kick-ass animatronics...twisted artwork...special make-up FX...scaring the crap out of people...

I'd like to meet:

Jim Henson, Stan Winston, Bill Tracy, Salvador Dali, Crash McCreery, Walt Disney, H.R. Giger, Bernie Wrightston, Simon Bisley, Tim Burton, Dr. Suess
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Music:

Industrial...punk...alternative...goth...classic rock...

Movies:

almost anything horror...blockbuster or B-movie...and you can't go wrong with a good Monty Python or Mel Brooks flick...

Television:

is completely useless to me, except for football Sundays when I have my people over for our weekly football party...

Books:

I mostly read just the daily newspaper and various amusement industry magazines...recently read the Stan Winston book, which totally rocked...

Heroes:

my parents...for putting up with my punk ass growing up.....

My Blog

TW pics

Hey guys...I just posted several pics from the TW show in a new album...check em out: http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.vi ewPicture&friendID=55382963&albumId=1858898 D...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:39:00 PST

Jacksonville kicks ass!

I'm in the middle of week two at my new job, and it's going phenomenal...I love Florida! Where I'm staying is really close to the beach, and the weather has been awesome! My pug Moe loves it down here...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:12:00 PST

Im resigning as VP of Creative Visions

I know that those of you that go to the IAAPA show know who Sally Corp. is. They made me a really sweet offer to come be their Senior Designer, and I accepted. If you don’t know who they are, a...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:38:00 PST

Heads On A Stick

Hey guys...one of the new things we are introducing at the TW show is called "Heads on a Stick". They are animatronic talking dead-heads that are on a...well...a stick! (avoid the obvious perverted jo...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:18:00 PST

Some recent pics

I just posted a bunch of new pics on my page called "Latest Album"...there's pics of several new things were working on including a couple of animatronic bands ("Spectacled Bear Country Band" and...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 04:20:00 PST

Back from Europe

Hey guys...I just finished uploading a new album that has pics of Tizzle Woestindizzle's Halloween party, our booth from the IAAPA show, and from our latest install in Russia....check it out and enjoy...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:57:00 PST

New pics...Ecuador...lifecasting...

I just posted a bunch of pics in a new album of recent things we have been doing including a bunch from our two recent trips to Ecuador, where we installed several custom animatronics and designed/bui...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 02:08:00 PST

Back from the Ecuador install

Hey all, Just got back in town from two weeks in Ecuador. We had a phenomenal trip. I'll try to get back with everyone who has been messaging me and stuff while I've been gone as soon as I can. We wer...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 04:24:00 PST

Birthday, Broken Foot and New Project Pics

Thanks so much for the massive amount of kind Birthday wishes...what great friends!!! (even though I am going to have to delete some of the memory hogging ones so my page will load faster! LOL) I foll...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:47:00 PST

Lifecasting DVD

Here are some links to a few distributors for Lifecasting for Silicone Applications:   http://www.fxwarehouse.info/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PR OD&Product_Code=LSA&Category_Code=DVD &n...
Posted by Dan Faupel on Fri, 07 Sep 2007 10:50:00 PST