I picked up a couple of drawing books to try and teach myself how to put pencil to paper and not end up with a mess on the page. It's not going quickly, but then I don't have a lot of time to practice (and Disgea isn't helping) so I shouldn't expect overnight success. I have finally done something I'm willing to share - don't laugh too hard!
...Is Allegro the horse.
Both done on my notebook at work during lunchtime. The only thing I had to touch them up was paint, so there's not a lot of post production work. They're not amazing, but at least they look like a horse, leg at each corner, that sort of thing.
People scare me, so I haven't really tried them yet. I can now do a single eye lookign foward, so who knows. Maybe in a couple of months I'll have got the other one down pat.