Sometimes I just get compelled to do big paintings with lots of detail, even if it's not as often as I used to do them.  Granted I cooould have finished this sooner.. but I waffled on working on it for like a month

And uh.. funny you mention the hands.. glad they look okay to you.  To me, they seemed a little bit awkward because I think when I started this, I had it in my head that the figure in the foreground had just stopped moving. (So, like with a movie, hands/gestures look awkward when you freeze-frame them sometimes. xD)  Dumb luck that they look half-decent!

I don't know if you've ever played Silent Hill 3, but the composition and concept was heavily-inspired by what I think to be one of the freakiest moments in the game. I feel like I should link to a video of that moment but I also don't want to be responsible for making the sensitive watchers have nightmares.