In theme with the 1940’s Hollywood Land in California Adventure, I concepted, illustrated, and designed this 15ft billboard that functions as both a set piece and an advertisement. Working closely with our partners at Coca-Cola, the billboard has the organic vibrancy of the brand’s ads from the era.
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Coca-Cola
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
I spent 2018 and 2019 working as a graphic designer for Disney’s Zootopia-themed land in Disneyland Shanghai. This included dozens of large show signs, murals, billboards, wayfinding systems, and graphic/brand identities. We designed signage and graphics that married the design language of the film with unique considerations for a Chinese audience. This involved taking design inspiration from Chinese urban wayfinding systems, Chinese culture and fabrication techniques.
Zootopia-themed land, Disneyland Shanghai Resort
Creative Director: Dustin Schofield
Graphic Designers: Jeff Leinenveber, Emma Wood, Brandon Franco, Laurel Scribner
One of my favorite areas in Zootopia Shanghai is Nocturnal Alley - where all the nocturnal animals enjoy night life. This area features a lot of neon and internally lit signs that draw inspiration from illuminated signs of urban Shanghai itself.
Zootopia-themed land, Disneyland Shanghai Resort
Creative Director: Dustin Schofield
Graphic Designers: Jeff Leinenveber, Emma Wood, Brandon Franco, Laurel Scribner
BRC Imagination Arts did a complete redesign to the Clynelish Distillery in Brora, Scotland that included an immersive story room with engaging props, a tour that takes guests through the process of whisky production, and a tasting experience.
Clynelish Distillery, Brora Scotland
Creative Director: Christian Lachel
Graphic Designers: Emma Wood, Bernard Semerdjian
Illustrator: Emma Wood
Visitor experience created, developed, and produced by BRC Imagination Arts, brcweb.com
The Woodlark Hotel did a large rebrand in 2023 that included a new logo, brand guidelines, website, and collateral. The focal point of my work was an animated illustration of the hotel that became the landing page for the hotel’s website. I also contributed a new hotel crest to support the logo, various hand illustrated flora and fauna from the region, hand drawn typography and other assets that became part of the new hotel website and collateral.
Woodlark Hotel, Portland Oregon
Art Director: Miller McCormick
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
BRC Imagination Arts did a complete redesign to the Glenkinchie Distillery in East Lothian, Scotland that included an immersive story room with engaging props, a tour that takes guests through the process of whiskey production, and a tasting experience.
Glenkinchie Distillery, East Lothian Scotland
Creative Director: Christian Lachel
Graphic Designers: Emma Wood, Bernard Semerdjian
Visitor experience created, developed, and produced by BRC Imagination Arts, brcweb.com
For 2020, we wanted the BRC Imagination Arts Holiday Card to express optimism and unity for the new year while paying homage to our roots in Los Angeles.
BRC Imagination Arts, Burbank, CA
Illustrator: Emma Wood
BRC Imagination Arts did a complete redesign to the Talisker Distillery on the Isle of Skye in Scotland that included an immersive story room that tells the story of the place and the Scotch, a tour that takes guests through the process of whisky production, and a tasting experience.
Talisker Distillery, Isle of Skye Scotland
Creative Director: Christian Lachel
Graphic Designers: Emma Wood, Bernard Semerdjian
Illustrator: Emma Wood
Visitor experience created, developed, and produced by BRC Imagination Arts, brcweb.com
Making this sign at the Museum of Neon Art was a great opportunity for me to get more hands-on experience with sign fabrication. I started by creating the concept and graphic intent through an in-scale pdf to deliver to vendors. Then I printed a full scale reverse pattern of the sign to collaborate with the neon bender on where the best places to bend and break up the text would be. After a lot of black-out painting, tube mounting, electrical rigging, and coordination with several vendors, the sign was complete.
Museum of Neon Art, Glendale, CA
Designer: Emma Wood
Special thanks to David Otis Johnson for his neon expertise
For 2023, we wanted the BRC Imagination Arts Holiday Card highlight the studio’s international focus and work with a design that seamlessly brings together many different places BRC has projects.
BRC Imagination Arts, Burbank, CA
Illustrator: Emma Wood
Had the pleasure of illustrating this poster for Jeff Thomson for his show.
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
In order to maintain show and crowd flow during the largest Main Street construction project since Disneyland's opening, I concepted and designed Illustrations, Informational Panels, and a Wayfinding System.
In true turn of the century fashion, all of my illustrations began as hand drawings. They advertise shops on MainStreet that are obstructed during the construction project.
Disneyland, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Kimberly Irvine
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
For Christmas in Cars Land, we wanted classic Holiday films to join the Cars Universe. I contributed the Santa Clutch and Snowy posters as well as the ghost graphic for the Radiator Springs Drive-in Theatre itself.
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Pixar
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
For Haul-O-Ween in Cars Land, the Cars have decorated radiator Springs for the season. I contributed everything from concept art to vector scary faces and illustration for this land transformation
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Pixar
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood + Other WDI Designers
In 2018, I designed the holiday card for Walt Disney Imagineering. The card had to represent the diverse lines of business that newly encompass Imagineering (games, publishing, consumer products, and parks) as well as the international nature of the work the company produces.
Walt Disney Imagineering
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
For 2021, we wanted the BRC Imagination Arts Holiday Card to celebrate the feeling of finally coming together after so much separation.
BRC Imagination Arts, Burbank, CA
Illustrator: Emma Wood
In response to a request from the producer of WDI Pacific, I created these two 12 foot wall murals for Walt Disney Imagineering’s central campus in Glendale. The Disneyland mural features Herb Ryman’s iconic concept art for the castle emerging from schematic elevations. I illustrated the central building from Aulani, Disney’s Hawaiin resort, in Herb’s style and gave our elevations the same hand drawn/aged feeling as the castle’s. These murals cover two walls in WDI’s Pacific Region offices.
Walt Disney Imagineering Central Campus, Glendale
Art Director: Jeanette Lomboy
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
In 2018, we added Snowy to the Drive In Theatre wall. The film’s poster in inspired by Snowy the Snow Car who sits at the entrance of Cars Land during the holidays. To make this poster, I started by modeling all my components out of clay to give it an old stop motion feeling. Then I combined my clay elements with illustrative components to achieve the look of our final poster.
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Pixar
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
Luigi's Rollikin' Roadsters got a festive overlay for Christmas in Radiator Springs. I designed the new blade sign and queue graphic.
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Pixar
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
While Working at the M&C Saatchi, I designed many digital elements for Fox Home Entertainment. Here's just a few of my pieces for social/digital work.
Creative Direction: Geoffrey Oki
Illustration/Design/Animation: Emma Wood
Luigi's Rollikin' Roadsters was transformed into Luigi's Honkin Haul-O-Ween for the season. I worked on everything from concept art for the new attraction to marquee changes and queue graphics for this overlay
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Pixar
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree transformed into Mater's Jingle Jamboree for the Holiday season. I worked on the Holiday marquee for the attraction.
Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Resort
Art Director: Charlie Kowalski / Pixar
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
Poster designed for short film “Happy to Help”.
Premiered at the Catalina Film Festival, 2019
Director: Carter Feuerhelm and William Karr
Illustrator/Designer: Emma Wood
A collection of graphics from I made for both the Disneyland Resort and internally at WDI.
The Grand Californian Gingerbread house is a 500lb house made of real gingerbread and inspired by the arts and crafts style of the hotel with the childlike whimsy of a child's christmas. It's featured in the hotel lobby every Holiday Season. For 2017, we wanted to include Chip and Dale in the design . I concepted and illustrated the chipmunk's new pose that was then handed off to the resort's bakers to add to the redesign. My illustration was also sold on chocolate bars at the resort.
Grand Californian Hotel, Disneyland Resort
Art Direction: Bo Bolanos
Illustrator: Emma Wood
