Pose Of The Week (Week 5) - Thought

This is my attempt at week 5's pose of the week, that is, the thought pose. It was hard to break away from recycling the overused 'thinker' pose, but I think I managed to do so and come up with a different and effective thought pose. Below are two images i used as reference when attempting to create this pose. One is Homer Simpson from the television show "The Simpsons", while the other is a random photo of a monkey in thought. These two images were great references as they consisted of the different elements I wanted to incorporate into my pose. The hand resting on the chin while gazing into space and curled up lips make the thought pose very obvious. I also added my character scratching the back of his head to further exaggerate his deep thought.