The schmucks of the animal kingdom, sheep are more than content to spend their days wandering about doing nothing in a nervous fashion, following each other into certain death, and being a mindless consumer for their corporate overlords. Being considered a "dumb" or even a mindless species is often a slur sheep are subjected to by those higher on the food-chain, but scientific studies in IQ assessment have shown that sheep are actually just below average intelligence compared to all other species. However, sheep uniquely seem to lack the ability to prejudge their actions in any way, and as such tend to make irrational or dangerous decisions without considering the aftereffects or repercussions of their actions, often leading to their own unfortunate demise. It should come as no surprise that sheep have one of the highest mortality rates, and have a rich history of managing to kill themselves in a wide variety of ridiculous and bizarre ways. Because of this, I can strongly advise for both parties sake that you never hire a sheep to do any building or repair work for you.

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Did I ever mention sheep are one of my favorite animals? Talk about under-rated; I can't get enough of the mad, wooly beasties! Designing these two was pretty fun if a little challenging. They had to be short but not too short, have nice big friendly heads (each sheep is three heads tall: FACT!), and boast a liberal covering of wool. I have no shame in admitting that the male sheep was based of me and my fashion choices to a certain extent, but everything else was a new experience for me to try and get to work. I'm rather proud about how the wool design turned out, and I also had fun thinking up what exactly sheep would wear, eventually deciding that they would have a penchant for body covering sweaters of all colours and designs. This leads to a rather interesting question however: do sheep wear clothing made from their own wool? I dunno, it's none of my business.

I also had a massive self-debate with myself over giving them proper legs or the digitigrade-ish hooved version I eventually went with. It took more deliberation than I'd like to admit, but I think it turned out for the better. In terms of colouring, I got some practice actually putting effort into shading and stuff in this piece, as well as some (attempted) rendering of clothing, despite the female sheep looking like her upper body is made of some sort of foam.

Anyway, while I'm at it: to all those practiced in the art of sai paint tool, is there any way to ensure the quality of your finished lines won't end up looking all pixelated and nasty? It might just be me, but I feel like my lines aren't as smooth as they could be sometimes compared to other people's lovely ones. I can only presume I'm either going mad or am missing out on some sort of secret technique, so any tips would be greatly appreciated.