Fili from The Hobbit movie, by request, drawn in CS5. It's not as soft as I'd like, but I drew a great deal of it on a Bamboo, which I'm not used to using.
There's something very organic, unartificial about the way you've captured the patterning of the skin and managed to get the softness of it, without the use of really harsh textures. It's something I'm really trying to figure out but am still rather bad at.
I just keep zooming in and there are MORE DETAILS!! The little wrinkles around his eyes and across his forehead and on his knuckles - can't believe this isn't a photo!!!