Rolly Crump, one of Walt's beloved artists and one of the first members of WED, has created many memorable scenes and characters for the Disney franchise. Aside from the art he created for Disney, he also drew beatnik style band posters as well as some others inspired by drug culture.
One of the most popular attractions Rolly worked on is The Haunted Mansion, with Yale Gracey. His contribution was originally called Museum of the Weird, inspired by European "cabinets of curiosities." It was to be at the exit of the Mansion so that guests had to walk through and it included characters a lot like the one below. Not many of Rolly's original drawings made it into the ride but the concepts did.
His sketch of the seance room for Madame Leota.
Rolly also researched tikis for a while to create the Enchanted Tiki Room, originally meant to be a polynesian restaurant for the park. He actually sculpted all the Tiki Gods and Goddesses in the wait area before the show.
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