Happy Valentine's Day

i'm off to Michigan...to take my mom to the beach...

Karl Malden's shoe...(at Sundance Lab). He always wore these comfy, practical shoes.

So many wonderful memories of him.

I keep thinking of him...and his family.

Karl was such a good man...a good pal....

...he was a truly kind and giving person.

meeting Michael Jackson

I worked on a few of Michael Jackson's videos. Below are storyboards from "Childhood" - (they had me paint a few, which was rare).
The producer and i were recalling the very late-night meeting we had with MJ at Propaganda.

We were introduced close-up, but Michael held up papers to cover his face. I remember feeling like i wanted to reassure him... just to let him know, "It's okay."

There were only 3 or 4 of us at the round table. Michael seemed nervous for a while, still covering his face. But, eventually he relaxed...which was nice. And he seemed happy.

When he looked at my drawings he said in his high, gentle voice,
"These are magical."

The producer just sent me a sweet e-mail saying....
"My biggest takeaway from that night was how much he loved your illustrations....and how he wanted them to be published as a book. So....get cracking on your kids books and remember that the biggest kid in the world loved your artwork."

i had forgotten that...that really hit me.
Something about Michael....so talented, so troubled...I don't know.
But I do know that when i met him i felt a sense of sympathy.
I've heard that he said "Childhood" was his most personal video...
...it sure seems like that.
(here's a link to the video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yXG_lXKaRs )

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trying out new ink... and thinking about doubt...
...(i'm just not sure about it)

"Morning is a new

sheet of paper
for you to write on."

~ Eve Merriam

Eve was a treasure...i wish she and Waldo were still here.

Here is the full poem and Eve's bio...
http://www.freewebs.com/poetry-project/evemerriam.htm

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.................................Waldo Salt drawing>

from the Nursery Rhyme series (commissioned posters)...

sketchy stuff...

from the Recipe series (commissioned posters)...
see complete series here... http://poster24x7.com/x-between-5-10~8-x-10~Diedre-Madsen

even MORE sketchy stuff...(Disney)...

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Storyboards...

for a Mary Poppins DVD bonus... which i just found on Youtube! (Youtube is amazing!)

here it is.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sPaCuPy-gI

(These boards are from the first 2 minutes)

Weird stuff ...
Amazing what i found today in a moldy old folder!
Here's my "Recycle or Die" shirt that kept showing up in print.
Chevy Chase with wife, Jayni (in the shirt)...
..............................and Ed Begley, Jr. (in the shirt, in his electric car).
We should all do what Ed is doing!...as much as we can!
(and you gotta see Chris Paine's "Who Killed the Electric Car?"!!!)















And sorry if it's bragging, but i just found this on the interweb...and it's so cute... Lifehouse posing with my boards for the "Make Me Over" video. Not many bands blow up my boards. They were NICE people to work with! (Director Michael Callahan and producer Anthony Bushman)

people in sketchbooks...

Elephant cloud...
...........the view from our house.
...................(i didn't notice the Elephant till i was finished!)


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