It's to spite Magnusson, really.
I wasn't expecting a big response from this on Twitter. I was very shy and anxious about posting this on my main, but it wasn't quite hot enough for my alt. I think I was worried a bunch of anti-Freemance people would come kick down my door despite already making a decent amount of work with these guys. The original sketch in classy Col-Erase blue pencil follows, as well as a rough sketch of Alyx's face I kind of like. I'm a big fan of sketching on paper, as it helps me slow down and think when I draw. Sometimes I take the sketch right to inking, or I'll use the paper sketch as a reference to redraw digitally and ink on top of the new sketch.