Wightbred, I find your goblin ideas intriguing and wish to subscribe to your goblin newsletter.
I also would really dig drawing a lot of goblins. Look me up (
http://www.edheil.com/illustration/) and drop me a line if you're interested.
(BTW, in terms of additional inspiration and incredible art, look into the Tunnels & Trolls pocket adventure Goblin Lake, in which you play a goblin; it's illustrated by perhaps my favorite fantasy illustrator EVAR, Liz Danforth, and it's available as part of the free T&T rules at RPGNow
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=54407 -- the cover's not in the PDF, but you can see it here:
http://www.gamebooks.org/show_item.php?id=2735 )