Thread: The MAKING of the Haunted Garden BLOG POST TUTORIAL

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Hey guys! I have been working on this for 3 days now. I managed to document the whole process of The Haunted Garden from Silver Spring this year, so i created what is probably the longest blog post in the history of blog posts. It is a massive Picture Blog Tutorial on how we created the event this year, with the sign building instructions including stencils, fonts and finishing, the haunt setup itself, all the music selections, prop inventory, setup details and lighting information!

If you read my original post with the pictures of the haunt, then you know how detailed and large scale this was. If not check out that post here: The Haunted Garden 2011 from Silver Spring MD for more info on that.

And for the MAKING OF:

http://www.stopandeattheroses.com/20...ed-garden.html

Cheers!
Rania

Wow Rania! Thank you so much! I will be pouring over your blog in the coming days. There's so much to absorb and you are really great for doing this for us. I just love your design style and humor. The chicken in the top "masthead?" area made me smile. Like your choice of fonts too.

Thanks so much! Yeah the chicken is this character i'm working on. I have 10 of them at my place. I'm kind of obsessed with them. I had a dream about a big scary one when i was little and ever since i kind of love chickens. Twisted i know. hehe

Thanks for sharing all that - that's really interesting. I really love the blood fountain, the pond (and the horse skull!) and the way you incorporated the things like the kayak and the boat. The signs are impressive too - love the fonts you picked and the 3-D lettering. It must have been a metric ton of work, but everything looks gorgeous and creepy as all get out! Hope you had a lot of fun because it sure seems like everyone who saw it must've!

You have lots of great ideas. I always like seeing how people use some of the same props I have and how lighting and placement can really improve the presentation. Just browsing through the pictures, I saw four things I'd like to emulate using the props I already have.

I also love the signs.

Just finished reading. Thanks for posting your awesome blog. I really enjoyed it. The signage tutorial was great--Nice to see the whole process. I saw some effect props that I also have, but had some buyer's remorse over. I'll probably be thinking of them in a new way now. You really did a great job documenting the process.