Chow 168 :: Where the Wild Things Are

[Aly Fell]

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ROUND #168:: Where the Wild Things Are

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Where the Wild Things Are

... is a wonderful children’s book published in 1963 by Maurice Sendak, and if you haven’t read it, you should have! :) Apparently it is one of Obama’s favourite books! It might be sacrilege to even attempt it this week but imagine a new monster for Max (the central little boy of the story) to meet. They have a very distinctive look loosely based on Mythical Creatures, and of course the style of Sendak is what appeals, but don’t try and match his technique. Use your own and design a new one with his used as inspiration. This is for fun, and although they are ‘wild things’ they are somehow warm and friendly so perhaps steer away from anything gorey. I think the only requirement is yellow eyes!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Wild_Things_Are

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=where%20the%20wild%20things%20are&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi


Movie trailer:

--N9klJXbjQ

("Where the Wild Things Are" is the property of Maurice Sendak and Harper and Row.)

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[morgalahan]

This is an awesome topic and I cant WAIT for that movie. I read this book ages ago, and it was great then and is still.

[ALH]

First time i've caught a CHOW before its started! This will be fun :3

[B-Man]

Oh the irony! i gave crap to ppl replying in my sketchbook regarding my take on where the wild things are. They didnt know what book it was. Im amased that young ones dont know this story. But Im sure, for most part, that aint the case in this forum. hopefully :D

Im in, im yet to tackle a wild one! :) Fun topic!!!

[kaikai]

I'm finding myself with a lot of free time and this is one of my favorite books of all time...so I'm in! Just a question does it have to be digital or can one use traditional media?

[Steve Marworthy]

One of my favourite books as a child - great idea!

[daestwen]

I'm finding myself with a lot of free time and this is one of my favorite books of all time...so I'm in! Just a question does it have to be digital or can one use traditional media?

It can be traditional! :]

[petitemistress]

thank you daest for making me smile at the end of an exhausting day. I'm def in tho this is a week of turmoil for me (traveling YAY!) <3

[ALH]

These are too much fun. My hand couldnt keep up with my brain soon after this legible set though,so everything ended up as boxy T poses and i lost my mojo in frustration.

I was thinking of going with the little sleepy bat, but he reminds me a little too much of the owl character I did not that long ago, and a different bat I did back in march. Need to avoid feathers and wings.

...All kids love inappropriate nipples on a saggy sheman skunk. Im actually liking him/her the most atm, though s/he is perhaps a little too 'punky' for a wtwta character. (nipples aside, that was just to please my love of adding grossness)

Need to reassess and do another set of these in the morning. Must avoid making the characters my own twisted version and stick to something friendly, has to fit in with the universe not reinvent it beyond recognition. *slaps self on wrist*.

This was not a book i owned as a kid, i read it a couple of times but for some reason my parents didnt like it, but i wish i had, the nostalgia goggles would really help! All i remember is that i found the illustrations kinda creepy..

[Angelsway257]

sounds great, can't wait to do some stuff this week!

[~baxter]

great topic! Definitely going to try to squeeze in some time for this! :D

[JParrilla]

im gonna attempt this oneee :)

[bakadoodle]

:yayca:

[Adam Hunter Peck]

Great assignment! I'm pumped about this one!
Here's my initial character sketch.

[sony]

ALH: Cool start!

[Eric Young]

I'm so in, i love this book

[ImaGEEnation]

Oh man! Another wicked topic!!! Thanks! :D I hope I can do this one! Too much assignments! But, I'll do my best!!!

[Troubadour]

part of me wants to just go HARUMPH yes i want to make that sound.

i did this like a month ago because of the blog i had stumbled on :|
http://terribleyelloweyes.blogspot.com

:/

[Viridis]

Oh, excellent. I was planning a tribute to this awesome, awesome book anyway. :D

Also, for more inspiration, check out the website/blog Terrible Yellow Eyes (http://www.terribleyelloweyes.com/), which features a lot of illustrators and artists re-imagining the characters of the book.

[Aly Fell]

Oh, excellent. I was planning a tribute to this awesome, awesome book anyway. :D

Also, for more inspiration, check out the website/blog Terrible Yellow Eyes (http://www.terribleyelloweyes.com/), which features a lot of illustrators and artists re-imagining the characters of the book.
That blog's great! There's some gorgeous work on it!

[corspufo]

sweet topic!! Thank you!

I just got back from Comic-Con and I got to meet the guy who runs the Terrible Yellow Eyes blog. It would really be great for everyone to submit their work to him after this CHOW is done.

[thesaint]

Excelent topic! I fell like this one is calling for some traditional art :D

[PencilEater]

Yes, as many said really nice topic:] I'm going to make my own interpretation of the Wild Things. Those on the book's cover or from the film ain't scary:P

[Flipnastywebby]

hahah Adam your creature has your eyes :p

[Ostrander]

It's been a while since I did one of these. I couldn't pass up this subject though as its one of my all time favs.
Here is a quick doodle, but I think I need to revise the ears a bit.
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some more
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[Sekino]

I just have to make time for this one; it's such a lovely topic! I'm looking forward to seeing all the entries.

Some preliminary sketch/colours...

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[Aly Fell]

Just found this from Aint it Cool, Sendak talking about the movie:

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[artiphats]

I never read the book, but I thought I would give it a shot anyway. Here's a quick sketch of my first idea.

[Nerahla]

my mac is in the shop. my scanner is hooked up to my mac not my PC. my PC doesn't even have PS on it.

I guess I could draw it with pencil/take a picture? GRR... not my favorite choice.

I saw the footage at Comic-Con Hall H and saw the actor who played Max, he was adorable and very nice. I never liked this book actually, I had no memory of any happy ending, I mean, he had to go back home to parents like that... but I think perhaps I was always annoyed as a child that Max couldn't escape for real... and it didn't give me any hope to escape for real from my own childhood.

Anyway I see it in a different light now, would be awesome to try and put my hand to this... but without my usual tools, I'll just screw it up even worse. :(

[wiggum]

sekino-I had pretty much the exact same idea, but you've executed it beautifully. I doubt I'll have time to participate now anyways.

[thesaint]

ALH: Great monsters, you really captured the style!
Adam Hunter Peck: Very good, but I don't know why, but it seems to be small
Troubadour: It's a wonderful painting, is it watercolour?
Ostrander: I like it, it seems very real.
Sekino: I like its expression and I loved its feet :D
artiphats: You should read the book! It's a very small picture book (if you put all the text together it will hardly fill one page). I like your concept, although it looks a little alien to me.

Here's my initial sketch! (The up middle one)
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[Desmayado]

Uhmmm, watching all these sketches i think mine doesnt match very well with the aesthetical atmosfear of the book like others do.:( (Where the wild things are is not known in spanish child culture). I will finish anyway. i am very happy with that bad-semi-silly-not-so-frightening expression. And it has yellow eyes! :P
Sorry for my english

[thesaint]

Desmayado: I like yours, I think that he is diferent, but that's not a bad thing! In fact, it's very good :D

Here's an update on mine!
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[Hideyoshi]

A pencil sketch, for fun and practice, really :)
ALH, those are indeed nice!

[Garth Cochrane]

Here's a wip. I might mess around with colours and proportions a bit before I move on.

[Just Call Me Bruce!]

Here's my idea, I'm still thinking of more but at the moment this one is winning.
He is a cat wild thing.
I have to decide if I'm going to do him up like in the book, flat colour and ink or paint him:thinking:.

[Garth Cochrane]

small update...

[Sundance]

Started this afternoon... too wonderful of a topic to ignore!

[Pierce9]

Nostalgia...

[grenogs]

great chow again this week, but i have a question, i havent read the book, so can anyone tell me if the main creature in there is called a gruffalo? i only ask becouse looking at books online, i noticed one book called "The Gruffalo" and it basicly looks exactly the same as those creatures in the wild things story.

[Chicklet]

http://i955.photobucket.com/albums/ae37/ChickletChicklet/WT4copy.jpg

I've always wanted to give this style a whirl! Cheers everybody

[Aly Fell]

great chow again this week, but i have a question, i havent read the book, so can anyone tell me if the main creature in there is called a gruffalo? i only ask becouse looking at books online, i noticed one book called "The Gruffalo" and it basicly looks exactly the same as those creatures in the wild things story.

'The Gruffalo' and 'Where the Wild Things Are', are not related. Different books, different authors. :)

[grenogs]

'The Gruffalo' and 'Where the Wild Things Are', are not related. Different books, different authors. :)

yeah, thats what i thought,

[Artofinca]

cute stuff so far :)

[Garth Cochrane]

And another...

[Clockwork Bunny]

Nerahla, you can install GIMP free and a PS alternative, its not as swish but it works very similarly.

[Mordus]

Heres my two groats worth:

http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn208/Golly5/WildThing.jpg

[Pierce9]

Cool sketch there Sundance.

[gerezon]

Great topic!

ALH: fabulous sketches!
Garth Cochrane: Love the expression on the kid. The monsters right eye (seen from his perspective) seems a bit misplaced though.


Here a some sketches, think i'm gonna go with the one in the bottom right corner.
http://gerezon.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtwta-1_sketches-400x600.jpg

[Chiritsu]

>_< really would love to participate in this weeks chow but i'm kinda getting ready to move ;o;

will do my best to post something up if i have time to otherwise, i'm really liking everyones concepts and initial ideas <3
love this book >_< <3

[gerezon]

Continued:
http://gerezon.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtwta-6-copy-400x460.jpg

[Garth Cochrane]

Hey Gerezon, nice start. Hopefully this fixes that 'misplaced' right eye...what do you think?

[Mike D]

I really like yours Garth. Very smooth and fun.

I don't know if I like mine much anymore, went with the "Use your own and design a new one with his used as inspiration" a bit much I think. I did have the trademark yellow eyes and teeth, but the rest just seems silly now.

Still have to work on his anatomy and pose a bit, a little odd atm. Colors are not set, nor is my highlights/shadows. Just have the shapes and generic lighting. Kind of considering doing a different piece for this project, more kid friendly and appealing.
http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/9370/wildwip.jpg

[dirkvandulmen]

gave it a try this evening ... great topic, love the book ...

[klortho]

-Very good, dirkvandulmen. The pigtail hairstyle is funny, too.

Here is my pencil drawing. I realize from doing the last two chows that I need to work on my fundamental art skills more.
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[JakkaS]

Fantastic topic Aly!

Here is my entry. I didn't have much time to play with the sketches so now, when I am done, I would like to change, paint again few things, but I don't have time. Tomorrow I am leaving for two days. Anyway. This was fun. More topic like this one :)

dirkvandulmen - fantastic! I thought they should be funny and scary at the same time, but when I saw yours I would like to do another one. More funny and crazy one!

gerezon - I like his head. Especially the hair and eyes, but I don't buy his legs. Nice sketches btw. My fav is the one in the top right corner.

Garth Cochrane - cool creature and I like the face expression of both characters.

Hideyoshi - cool sketch. His eyes are crazy.

ALH - fantastic sketches. I love the middle one in the top row.

Cheers
Kuba

Ps. I think my guy is the grumbler type of guy. The one who always says... "Do what u have to do....we will be eaten by wolves anyway" :D

[Aly Fell]

That's fab Jakkas - but where's his yellow eyes! ;)

[JakkaS]

You got me! I haven't read the description too carefully! hehe :)

I have already fixed his eyes!

[ALH]

Prelim photoshop for this guy..his pose has been doing my head in, its cute on the little thumbnail i did but i cant quite get it to look right in photoshop, that raised arm is the problem, though adding the light has helped- its at the point where i've gone over it so many time i cant see if im doing it right or wrong anymore, cant tell if the head is too shifted either..

On the verge of scrapping it, though i think thats the 12:20 talking after a few days of feeling in the dumps and losing my mojo. This kind of thing usually comes so easily too, its such the bitch to be stuck on it :(!

[Sekino]

Just Call Me Bruce!- Really cute so far; looking forward to see where you'll take the cat inspiration!

Garth Cochrane- Looking nice and polished. I think what gerezon meant was that the right eye seems a bit further from the nose than the left eye.

gerezon- Although it wasn't my favorite on your 4 character sketch, I really like it a lot now. Somehow, it reminds me a bit of something out of Monsters Inc. Its mouth is creepy but its eyes are friendly so it balances out ;)

Mordus- There is a CHOW rule about showing at least 3/4 of the character. This is only a sketch, right?

Jakkas- It looks fantastic! And so wooly :D

ALH- I really dig your style (and sketches!). And it's so sweet how the 'wild thing' shelters the kid from the rain.

My last WIP, probably. I'll add a few more details, but that's the gist of it:

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[Mike D]

Still looks goofy. Colors need adjusting, pose still funny ,finishing refinement and touch ups.
http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/3922/wildwip2.jpg

[Troubadour]

ahh sorry for the quality no scanner atm. some ideas.

[MoHog]

just gotta say troubadour the linework on those last ones is fantastic, the one on coloured paper is particularly awesome
im gonna go draw now

[Kimbee]

I LOVE this theme! Creature like beings are not something I'm really any good at doing, but I think I may have to give this one a try :)

[adamsimons]

here is my second atempt at chow. he's a monkey king wild thing!
gonna change the proportions, stouter body bigger head and then paint him up in photoshop:^^:
some wild stuff going on here, keep it up everyone!

[gerezon]

Thanks for the comments guys, it makes me a happy panda! ;)

dirkvandulmen: That's hilarious! Great work.

JakkaS: You're absolutely right, I'm not buying the legs either. By the way, great render, wish I could paint like that.

ALH: Great! Can't wait to see more.

Sekino: Really like lines and color choices.

Garth Cochrane: What Sekino said :) It's hard when you're painting monsters, maybe your intention was to place the right eye further away from the nose, but I'm not buying it, since the rest is so tight and well executed. Moving the right eye just a tad towards the middle of the face should do it.

[Troubadour]

i cant choose, i just like making more :P

[Adam Hunter Peck]

Another quick idea...

[gerezon]

Troubadour: Wow, great sketches! The one the bottom right in the third image is awesome. I want it!

Painting away all day! But now Im at the point where I don't know whether I'm finished or not.. So any suggestions or crits would be awesome!
http://gerezon.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtwta-9-highres-400x460.jpg

Higher res (3,5mb): http://gerezon.se/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtwta-9-highres.jpg

[kimliatach]

Greetings
This is my first ever Chow entry. Such extraordinary work here every time, it's intimidating.

I Love the book, was raised on it and "In the Night Kitchen".

I had been planning to do a wild things piece for a while so this weeks subject was a welcome challenge.

No finals thread open yet so I'm poping him in here until then.

Have been visualising and doing margin sketches for this guy for a couple of days.

I know the brief specified our own style but he just didn't come to life untill I attempted to replicate the hatching of the great Mr. Sendak's.
Posing and general body part design was problematic. Don't want to copy, want to stay on style. He is original in every sense.

Pen and Watercolour on unstretched Paper

[Sekino]

Troubadour- Well, you sure can keep making more because they're great! :) But that last image really is adorable. The linework and style rock (on all of them). Looking forward to see which one you'll pick!

[Garth Cochrane]

A little progress.

[Mordus]

Sekino: Yes, tis simply a sketch.

[Shard]

wasnt gonna participate as its not quite my subject matter.. but Jakkas entry inspired me! :D i thought it was a good excuse to render some fur which i never do and I ended up having lots of fun..hope i find the time to finish.. great stuff everyone!!

[guggemmaneuver]

One of my best friends is a total maurice sendak NUT!!! hehe... i should do one of these for her!

[DefiledVisions]

My god! this was my favourite book of all time when I was 4 years old.. that and the kid that jumps in his bead so it falls through the floor, down onto the people living underneath :p

great topic pic.

[Aaron Death]

Haha, I love cute things, and I love girls, so perhaps I'll do a cute girlish wild thing for this one, huh?

Anyway, guys, I'm in, ma first CHOW!

[Beastmaster Fred]

Couldn´t resist this even though I´m not that huge a fan of the book. My brother´s enthusiasm of the book and the movie must have rubbed of on me since I was talking to him about it and then saw this topic and just felt the urge to try to make something out of this.

Some good looking entries so far guys. It´ll be fun to see what you all come up with in the end.

Anyways, this is what I´m gonna be entering with this time. It´s based on a chimera but I didn´t really feel like having a snake´s head on the tail and I looked at some chinese statues and masks for inspiration for the "lion" head. And I have no idea why I gave him kind of a mullet looking thing. I just felt like it. Yaaaar.

[Mr. P Show.]

Oh, excellent. I was planning a tribute to this awesome, awesome book anyway. :D

Also, for more inspiration, check out the website/blog Terrible Yellow Eyes (http://www.terribleyelloweyes.com/), which features a lot of illustrators and artists re-imagining the characters of the book.

Wow. Amazing pieces there.

[Mr. P Show.]

gerezon: Your piece made me chuckle lol. The creature has this insane look to its face. The bald spot surrounding its belly button was the icing on the cake.

[dirkvandulmen]

wip 2 ...

[kimliatach]

Loving the work here.
Thank you FlameRaven for the terrible yellow eyes link.

[Cartogriffi]

When my son turned four in April this is the book he wanted me to read at his birthday party, so I'm really enjoying this weeks' CHOW (and right after Saladin!).

It's great to see so many individual takes on WTWTA style monsters, there are some really wonderful examples so far, although I think Beastmaster's chimera is at the top of my list - that's an absolutely awesome idea!

[Adam Hunter Peck]

Here's a new sketch. I'd love to finish this for the finals, but I'll be on vacation all weekend so I don't think I have the time, but I'd really like to complete it on my own later.

I figured I wanted to use this in my portfolio eventually, so I changed the child to a more Alice in Wonderland style girl to avoid any copyright infringement issues.

[dawnusllaw]

Great entries so far everyone! Dunno if I'll be able to finish this in time but I do plan on finishing, I loved this book when I was a kid! Here's my start!

http://i390.photobucket.com/albums/oo343/jp74/wildthings.jpg

[hungryan]

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Some sketches.
I didn't read the book, so it might be very off. It wasn't in my country when I was a kid.

[hungryan]

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Here's 1 of the guys finished.
There wasn't any big WIPs to speak of, only the sketch, and then defining some shapes and shading them.
I will not have time for more, because I will be on a vacation, without my tablet, so I can only post this in the finals thread when it's up and running.
But it would be great to hear what you peoplez think of it.

[Mr. P Show.]

Hey Posh; I was wondering if it's ok to use a little girl rather than Maurice Sendak's boy character? I wasn't sure about that because alot of entries are using the boy in their pieces. If not I'll add the boy. But I'm keeping the girl.


awww time for work:

[kingkostas]

Nice topic even if i havent read the book.
Here my entry.I choosed to place them on an "open" enviroment to show the endless field of imagination and fantasy
Interesting entries all of you :D

[Sundance]

Hey Posh; I was wondering if it's ok to use a little girl rather than Maurice Sendak's boy character? I wasn't sure about that because alot of entries are using the boy in their pieces. If not I'll add the boy. But I'm keeping the girl.


awww time for work:

From re-reading the brief... it says nothing of including Max or any other characters beyond the topic of "new wild thing".

[Troubadour]

so i chose this guy to take to final. Still going to tweak the pose, looking at it on screen he looks a bit off stance. Still not sure whether to use gouache or watercolor

thanks for the comments guys :) <3

edit: tweaked a bit.

[Mr. P Show.]

From re-reading the brief... it says nothing of including Max or any other characters beyond the topic of "new wild thing".

Thanks. I was probably over-thinking when I read:".......imagine a new monster for Max (the central little boy of the story) to meet.":)

[pauscorpi]

such a fun topic ! :) and it's already full of wonderful artwork

here's what caught my eye so far (apologies if i skip someone - it will be on accident ):

Desmayado : he looks so mischievous ;i find it charming;
Hideyoshi - that's a powerful gaze and a lovely creature :)
Garth Cochrane - i like your creature design but i think his colours blend a bit with a background (might be just me )
Jakkas - it looks so cuddly ! i wanna poke it on the mose
Troubadour - these are all really catchy!; my personal faves are the bottom right ones on each blue page :P
Beastmaster Fred - hats off for the design
Hungryan - very nicely stylised
kingkostas - i like the sense of scale in your piece
dirkvandulmen - this character is just beyond adorable all over :)
shard - you are getting a strong mood so far, pleazzzz finish :)
gerezon - lovely colours
sekino - it such an expressive look!..
ALH : thumbs up - great style

again , if i missed someone, and i m sure i did - do forgive me , i am a scatter-brain ;)


and here;s my initial brainstormings

[ALH]

Time for another WIP!

Im a little unsure of the rendering on the white parts of his fur, It still needs a little playing with. ATM its a reverse cross hatch, but i think it could do with being a little more 'wet fur' in the body even if a general hatching is more sendak-y.



The rain was fun to do :)

[maeshanne]

I didn't read the book, but I love the trailer.
Just started today so I hope I'll have enough time.
Here are some thumbs and some lines
I know the feed need some more work :p
I have some more sketches but I didn't scan them yet

[ALH]

HNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG Nearly there, just got to make him POP.

[Marietl]

Hi peoples,

Wow, this movie is going to look stunning! I've never read the books as far as i can remember, but I love the creature design. I sure missed out.

The art here looks incredible.
This is my first time actaully finishing something to post in the wip thread for chow, and im very inspired to completely finish this.. =P
This is my wip.

ALH: I love your piece. I wanted to do a rain scene as well as soon as I looked at the trailer. I hope you don't mind :)

[Sundance]

Final Linework.

Loosely based off of a Manticore, hence the scorpion tail.

[Troubadour]

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i just found this little short, i thought it was cute if anything :P

[Troubadour]

WIP gouache, such a pain but the results are usually worth it :\

edit : updated. will probably ink

[Pixeltuner]

Sheesh, I'm away for a week and a topic like this comes along :p Maybe I'll be able to cook something up tomorrow but right now I just need sleeeeeeeep. The Wacken Festival has taken it's toll. :party: :yawn:

[greenbd]

Fun topic! Here's my raccoon-like Wild Thing.

http://www.briangreen.org/art/misc/images/Wild-Thing.jpg

[Aly Fell]

Because last week there was a bit of confusion over time zones involving various summer times and what-not, and because Daestwen is busy with Team Chow, I will be closing the submissions to the final burning at 10PM British Summer Time which is GMT +1 (which is what I normally do really). So if it’s 10 PM in the UK (where I am) it’s 4PM EST, unless you have some bonkers summer time thingy going on as well, in which case find out! I can’t close any later than this because creatures of the night, myself, also need a bit of sleep from time to time, otherwise we get more grouchy than we normally are! :P

[Wollstonecraft]

I'm going to post my stuff here since my freaking internet and computer and KIDS did not want to jive correctly for my entry. It could use more work anyways.

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/9162/chow168wollstonecraft.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/i/chow168wollstonecraft.jpg/)

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/51/wollstonecraftwip.jpg (http://img98.imageshack.us/i/wollstonecraftwip.jpg/)

[Aly Fell]

Wollstonecraft - because you posted before I'd put the poll up, I've added you.

[Wollstonecraft]

WOW that was a suprise! thanks!

[mcmatz]

poop, I missed it. I so have to keep up with these things...

--Madeline