The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

Please forgive the diversion from regular content, but I am compelled to share this. 

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2011) won the richly deserved award for Best Animated Short at this year's Oscars. 

'Inspired, in equal measures, by Hurricane Katrina, Buster Keaton, the Wizard of Oz, and a love of books, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is a poignant, humorous allegory about the curative powers of story.' (From IMDB)

Please spare fifteen minutes to watch this beautiful film, if you can.  I was in tears (and care not who knows it), but you do not have to be a nauseating idiot like me to enjoy and be moved by it.

Ruslan and Ludmilla... And Others

Why, no, I'm not obsessed with this hadrosaur, whatever gave you that idea?

This page in my sketchbook was the victim of an accident with my bottle of sepia ink.  It did, however, add much to the appearance of this being an actual page of field sketches.  I ran with the idea and added a few notes.  Perhaps the messy spattering was because I needed to get out of Ruslan's way in a hurry...

('Ludmila' or 'Lyudmila' is usually anglicised with just one 'l', but I decided to use two here...)