James Gunn is letting fans in on his creative process.
TheGuardians of the Galaxy Vol.
Over the entire film I draw thousands of these thumbnails.

Credit: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Many of them are messy and its impossible for anyone other than me to tell what they are.
Some of them get turned over to accomplished storyboard artists to flesh out.
Some of them go directly to our pre-visualization team to turn into animated storyboards.
And others just stay in their primitive state.
The first installment shows what looks like a Baby Groot grabbing a rodent-like creature.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
2arrives in theaters May 5, 2017.