Returning to Daddy's Arms

                As I've said before, I really like the new King Acorn in the Sonic comics.  So much that I've gotten into drawing him more than once since I've been seeing him appear in them.  I felt like the comics brought back the father-daughter relationship he used to have with Sally, and he's shown off some pretty neat new tricks in the new continuity.  His personality and mannerism of speech is also fun.

                A while back, I drew a big batch of different little character sketches of Nigel Acorn to get his design and looks down (maybe so I can continue drawing him in the future, muahaha!)  This picture of him with Sally is one of them.  It was already several months old, but I really liked it enough to fancy it up and color it.  I'm disappointed at how small the image is because of how small I made the original sketch.  I should have thought about enlarging it before making the lineart and coloring it.  Oh, well.  It looks good when I zoom in on it in an image viewer.

                I just liked this because it had feeling to it.  It shows how close they are.  Even though Sally is so busy leading the Freedom Fighters around the world, and King Acorn is busy ruling back home, they always have a wonderful relationship.  It's thanks to him that Sally got to grow up into a strong leader.  It's also easy to see where she gets her new energy bracelet powers from, too, which makes it even better.

            A father's love for his child...just like a mother's love for her child, what love could be greater?