Two portfolio sketches from the '80's

Back around 1986 or '87 I was asked to put together a group of illustrations for an art portfolio. I did several pencil prelims but I thought most of them fell short of the quality and imagination that would justify the "fine art" treatment. Soon, I got busy with other work and not long after that, the portfolio market tanked. The drawings went into a three-ring binder and were, for the most part -- forgotten about -- until I came across them recently. Here are two of the sketches: