Sheik - contemplation

More Photoshopping than drawing, for once, so it's going under Digital. Pose practise, thanks to the smashing Pose Maniacs, grass brush from here.

(Edit, 17th July 2009: With thanks to calthyechild for the advice, changed the transition between grass and water. Hopefully that looks more natural!)

(Major edit, 20th May 2011: Image has been replaced! The NEON GREEN GRASS is now gone, Sheik's ear has been retouched slightly (poor stick ears, I don't even draw them like that any more), and his expression has been changed because, frankly, the original looked really sulky. Better lighting, too. The original NEON GREEN GRASS can be found here!)

Important: This page originally included a long discussion on why I viewed Sheik the way I do. That argument is now being rewritten and will be reposted (as a separate post). Until then, the archived version is available here, although please remember that this argument is several years old now and is not nearly as sensitively or coherently written as it could be.