An experimental piece, and one I'm actually very happy with! The sketching process took me longer than usual, with figuring out a decent composition, getting that expression on Jasper juuust right, and then properly re-sketching all those hands (because my first attempts rarely look convincing). I feel like my practice for facial construction has paid off a little in this, since I really really like that face and the lighting on it!

I rarely get to work with artificial-looking colours like this when I make graphics for my games, so this was a breath of fresh air. The flowers in Jasper's vest pocket were a spontanous addition - They're red columbines, which were a symbol of trembling anxiety in the Victorian era, fitting to his emotional state when external stressors keep piling up.

I had been meaning to experiment with a static and glitch effect for a while now, and I'm happy with how it looks!
> The static version of this artwork can be found here.