#THANK YOU FOR ASKING I LOVE ANSWEIRNG QUESTIONS ABOUT MY ARTT AAA

[nerves-nebula]

Really curious about the inspiration for the napkin in the new version of the boar comic. In the original where the boy bleeds alone it emphasised to me how isolated he way, how became more and more bloody but the voice didn't seem to care. But in the new version this strange and monstrous hand leans in and lends him a napkin. The boy didn't ask for it but it but the voice gave it anyway, as a small quiet act of kindness. It's strangely reassuring? To know that someone cares for this boy? Even in very small ways, ways that do not save him but offer the tiniest bit of comfort

So yeah I'm curious on that choice

THANK YOUUUUU OK SO !!! that was in response to one of my professors criticisms. he wanted there to be a reveal of/to know who the voice was, but to me that wasn't the point. the point is that this interviewer is a kind of psycho pomp, or after-life bureaucrat, but who they are and the form they take is unimportant. however i understood his critique so i wanted to give more of a hint to who this person is, and at least confirm they are a nonhuman entity.

it's also combined with a critique he had that there should generally be more stuff going on, a lot of the shots are very basic/the same, just the kid but doing slightly different things. so the napkin/hankerchief gave the kid more to do i feel.

AND it (coincidentally) corrected something you've brought up here, which is that while the kid died alone, he ISN'T alone now. I don't want it to seem like the voice talking to him is uncaring. it's alien and kind of cold in a professional way, but it isn't uncaring. it's whole job is to look after this soul, if you go with the psycho pomp interpretation, it's a shepherd and this kid is its little lamb.

in the original, when the kids starts bleeding, the voice doesn't mention it because the voice *expected* this to happen. this is a normal occurrence, not anything strange. but i never once considered that this could be read as it not caring, so yknow, the napkin fixes that too :)