I am not a gibbering fanboy

Well, I'm not. I don't ever gibber. On purpose.
So, this week my copy of The Art of How to Train Your Dragon finally came! Sometimes I just open it and drool at (never on or over) Nico Marlett's drawings. He just manages to pack so much character into a few simple shapes and lines! I covet whatever mystic talisman grants him his powers. Plus I loved the film. If you haven't seen it, DO. Go and see it, I mean.

Sometimes it Just Doesn't Work

These were two images I whipped up with Painter to hopefully go into a children's book by Diana Smith. It didn't happen though. I guess our visions for what this project should be just didn't match up. Oh well. I figured that since the book wasn't going to happen I might as well post these up for the internet populace to see. I mean, I sort of like them.