Prepares for the onslaught of tomatoes for being punny! =)

No Skritcher, don't take it! No one can safely wield that kind of power and not be corrupted! D=
(Ironically, the wiseacre personality I had envisioned for Skritcher would fit aspects of Gollum's character. XD)

I started this one in early Fall of 2012, mainly because I hadn't drawn my character Skritcher Roo here in ages (and in fact this is the only pic I have of him in this gallery so far! X3 ). Having him tempted by the One Ring was actually an afterthought! ^_^;

Doing the initial drawing and coloring literally took only a few hours, but I lost my ability to use a tablet on Photoshop when I upgraded in 2011 to Windows 7 (no Wacom drivers =P ) and trying to do the lighting I wanted with a mouse wasn't working out. So I finally broke down and got a Surface Pro and was able to finally finish this. =D

This was just a warmup sketch at the time (the ink lines are too thick for my tastes X3 ) but I love the pose, so enjoy! =3