Damon Saddler

My passion for drawing started at the age of seven while riding the school bus every morning.  Sitting next to an eighth grader one day, I was mesmerized by the superhero drawings he was sketching out of a comic book.  He was kind enough to allow me to sit next to him everyday and taught me how to draw the same characters. (Thanks Maurice Kane!)  My passion for all things creative has fueled my appetite for areas such as drawing, painting, sculpting, photography, woodworking, 3D Computer modeling, and product design.  My influences have been artists such as Norman Rockwell, J.C. Leyendecker, Ernie Barnes, Diego Rivera, Charles White, Archibald Motley, Thomas Blackshear, and Kadir Nelson.  

I am a Key Lead Designer for Mattel and currently work in the Games Division designing some of the most well known games in the portfolio including UNO Attack, UNO Triple Play, UNO Power Grab, Pictionary Showdown, Pictionary Air, Crossed Signals, Whac-A-Mole, and Scrabble Speed.  I have received over a dozen U.S. patents for my inventions and designs. Prior to working at Mattel, I was a product designer for Educational Insights, where I designed over 100 educational  toys and games.  I am a graduate of California State University Long Beach where I received my Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design.