Sheldon Draws His Second Voice, Shelby

This is Shelby. Sheldon drew him for reasons that are secret as of now. But I will say this: in Sheldon's mind, Shelby is stringy, the same height as Sheldon, brown-haired, brown-eyed, and plain in dressing.

Sheldon, as I mentioned before, has schizophrenia, undifferentiated schizophrenia to be exact. One of the symptoms of schizophrenia is hearing voices. Sheldon has three voices he hears in his head, and the second one he starts to hear is called Shelby. He first started to hear him when he was eight after his first voice, Thelma. And here is a bit about him.

Of the three voices Sheldon has in his head, Shelby is the only definite male and the most "friendly" on the grounds that he sometimes says encouraging things to Sheldon. One could probably argue that Taylor Dusty the Weeper is nicer, but that's just 'cause Dusty doesn't say anything coherent, therefore is never rude on those grounds. Often, Shelby gives Sheldon little pep talks that actually make him feel better sometimes. Shelby and Thelma, the female voice in Sheldon's head, are almost always at odds, always arguing and seizing on each other's words, picking fights, that kind of thing. Kind of like siblings now that I think of it.

The strangest thing about Shelby is the way he sounds. His voice sounds exactly like Sheldon's, which understandably makes Sheldon very uncomfortable a lot. It's, in fact, the reason why Sheldon draws him with a mouth similar to his own. But normally Shelby is personable, even amiable. When he and Thelma argue, he is almost always defending Sheldon or Sheldon's choice.

However...

Shelby has a tendency to prod at certain things. Things that tick off or else really bother Sheldon. And Sheldon has had to learn the hard way that he just has to ignore him. Because if he doesn't, if he gets mad and ticks off Shelby (and it doesn't take much at all, let me tell you), Shelby explodes and turns nastier than sadistic Thelma, usually culminating in an excruciating guilt trip for Sheldon and a command to self harm from Shelby. Yeah. Shelby, for the most part, is the one that introduces Sheldon to orders of self harm. In fact, something he said nearly made Sheldon commit suicide. The only real way to mollify Shelby when he's mad is to just do what he says; at some times, Sheldon and Shelby's relationship vaguely echoes that of a domestic violence environment.

As he gets older, Sheldon learned to be careful when responding to Shelby, though sometimes he's not careful enough, and he just barely saves himself from savage insults to his character and defaming. When Shelby's getting annoyed, he starts to act bitter and victimized, saying Sheldon should "be grateful for what he's done for him" and listing many a reason that seem "plausible."

On a less dark note, Shelby, like Thelma, comes off as rather less than intelligent, both in how he instigates conversations and how he responds to people's remarks. For reasons Sheldon can't figure out, Shelby frequently mimics sounds Sheldon makes like panting when he's out of breath.

Well, that's all on his persona. Now let's take a look at the picture quickly. Seeing as I did this in about 30 to 45 minutes, there's not really much to talk about except for some little things.

For instance, this is Sheldon's style of drawing as I've said before. This is actually really different then the way I draw most of the time. That's cause Sheldon's drawing style and habits are dissimilar to mine. I'm gonna list the differences below for you to see.

• Sheldon never inks his pictures. I almost always do.
• Sheldon doesn't draw full body shots often. I tend to more often.
• I prefer to make my drawings round, bold, cartoonish, and with just a hint of humor. Sheldon's art is usually long, kind of pointy, gaunt and somewhat more realistic than mine. This is how he sees things.
  
• Sheldon usually draws tiny hair details like split ends and misdirected strands of hair. I don't normally draw things like split ends.
• Sheldon leaves his lines open or faded in places. I rarely do that.
• I draw characters in general with shorter, more compact necks. Sheldon's necks look over long.
• Sheldon signs all over his pictures and obsessively puts nine copyright symbols by it. I use an online watermarking program for most of my picture, especially my digital works.
• The thing that takes me the longest is usually the face. For Sheldon, it's the hair.
• My handwriting is awful. Sheldon's handwriting is REALLY awful.
  
• And last but not least, I almost always, always, always color pictures before I present them. Sheldon nearly never does.

As another point of interest, Sheldon draws to help cope with his illness.

I hope you enjoyed this. Stay tuned for more later.

This picture is also on deviantART.

Later.