Thanks! I haven't done a lot of manips and this was a fun way to get motivated and try a couple of ideas out. I'm thrilled with the way things came out. Thanks heavens for technology -- if I had to depend solely on eye-hand-pencil-paper to get my point across, everyone on the 'Net would be full of concern for the brain-damaged kindergardener who's somehow been reading all that SPN fic.... *g*

I did a search for pictures of children/teenagers holding things and came across this boy holding a leaf. No head or legs, just his torso from neck to waist, and those marvelous hands. And I went through about a half-dozen knives before I found one that felt right and scaled correctly.