Before we begin, let it be said that regardless of any grown-up sensibilities Blankets offends, Craig Thompson is a brilliant artist. Follow his near finished progress on his middle-eastern (?) epic Habibi
here at this blog.I thought I'd sketch one of his sketches and put it here:

Next, I drew the Grumble-bee and the Vistasaur:


And sneak preview, here is a rough of Isaac and the T-Rex:

this is for a proposed story book for someone a friend babysits, we'll see how it goes, i'm planning on painting it in watercolors. Which I've barely ever touched. but what better way to learn?