...because I bet even Sonic sometimes takes five minutes to sit and look at the view ^_^
(and also because I set myself the challenge of doing a traditional media Sonic pic with a proper background for once, and wanted to play with my new markers. And oh yay, it turned out to be another character-sitting-on-a-rock pic, why do I always do those?!)

In case anyone's interested, that's the Emerald Hill Zone as seen in Sonic the Comic. Where- according to the comic anyway- Sonic grew up; unlike the games, STC gave him a fixed home. The (argh wonky) suspension bridge though is my invention. Somewhere along the way I 'decided' that the Metropolis Zone was not on South Island, therefore bridge. Not the one from SA2 though, that's a NEW bridge. So it's a bit like the river Severn. Yup <.< *insane*

Anyway, this drawing is not perfect, as it started out as an experiment and somehow got finished. I wasn't going for perfect. It's not the same technique as the other marker drawings I've posted here- I decided to revisit the style I used to use before Photoshop happened. Which is less a style and more like taking a drawing and throwing everything capable of making marks on paper at it. So marker pen base, coloured pencil over that, more pen, then black fineliner, still more pen, and then a bit of white paint.
Unfortunately, the scanner murdered the colours and for some reason decided to emphasise the marker streaks, which you can hardly see on the original because I spent three layers of marker pen trying to get rid of them. Oh well.