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Here's an alternative early rough sketch where everything is on fire and everyone is having a bad time (except Snatcher of course). This was agreed to be a bad idea for the box art.

So instead it was used for the holiday card inside the box lmao

Some more early rough sketches:

Further WIP progression:

And as bonus here's a bit of ipad Snatcher doodling I did soon after initial commission communications lol (original post here):

This commission technically began in August, but most of the work was in September (particularly the later half, as I was also working on Warframe's Movember 2025 glyph at the same time! Oh god!!)

The project was all around challenging for me, primarily in dealing with a such an unfamiliar subject matter (cartoon-ish character designs in a wholesome holiday illustration, a first for me!), as well as having to brush up my vector skills a bit and learn how to Inkscape at the last minute for the chocolate icons. It was tough! But I'm glad I was able to persevere and end up with something satisfactory! And even more importantly, have a successful commission experience with a commercial client other than Digital Extremes! Absolutely huge!!