Beauty and the Beast 2: The Beast Gets Literate

Or "Even Monsters Need Books" or "My Sendak Tribute"

Any of these titles work.  I had purchased a stack (and I mean stack) of kraft paper note and greeting cards from Michael's crafts.  I am definitely still in my "brown" period.  So, I have been using earth tone markers and pens to make little drawings on these thick brown paper cards, and this was no exception.  I decided the "front flap" of the card would not be enough of a canvas so I used the open space.  I used sparing pencils to layout the drawing and instead plotted much of it using yellow marker and orange pen, then used brown brush point marker, then back to yellows and oranges.

I wasn't altogether thinking of doing a tribute to Maurice Sendak, but clearly it turned out that way.  It started out more as an idea of depicting my girlfriend (who is a librarian) helping a monstrous being check-out a book. She was also generous enough to take a hi-res image of the card since I failed to scan it before licking the envelope and entrusting it to the USPS.