Scary.. somehow O_o.

I think it doesn't need any AA, it just looks perfect like that, the colors do the work. very nice.

I'll go up the list with the responses here:

Banane - I kind of agree, but was out of time, and I won't continue at this point since it's up for voting. Seems shady to continue to improve the piece.

Adam - That color issue hadn't occured to me, but definitely makes  sense. There actually was another color in play, much more blue, and there were other shades of it, but when I really looked at it at the end, it just didn't make that much sense. So rather than the 25 or 26 I had, it got pared down. I will totally keep that under advisement the next time this kind of thing comes up though, thanks.

Lander - wha? wha do they look like? Agreed on the AA, sort of. I am sort of getting to like less AA stuff I have been seeing lately though, so I am on the fence there.

Adarias - Definitely struggled there, especially considering there's no scarf there. See the ref photo here: http://drewgilbert.com/images/THEYLIVE_Ref.jpg Had i more time, I would have tweaked that more.

B_blahblah - My inclination is to not explain things for people, at least when the theme and rules are already there for people to get meaning from. I hate to pull some modern art BS line on someone, but in this case, either this piece succeeds in putting a scenario in your mind as to what could be going on here or it does not. If it does not, then that is my failing in creating the image, or (less likely) you have no imagination. I hope that it is not too subtle, but I definitely wanted people to have to think a bit about it.

Flyguy - See the edited description or go here: http://drewgilbert.com/images/THEYLIVE_Ref.jpg If it was at all unclear to anyone that I was using reference for this, I apologize. I did my best to let people know this, though I should have been faster to get the ref up.

In closing, I am sad to say I actually like the preview image of this better than the actual image. This challenge is really well represented this week, and I look forward to my green ribbon next week :)

If you ask me it looks like there was a reference used for this. mind posting it?

A bit of explaination of what this is could be great :)

love it completely, but the girl in the front with the next scarf? breaks down in that area

Great! I really like the mood of this piece. Reminds me of classic games like Alone in the Dark and Another World. Colors are a nice too, though I think 21 is a bit too much for a nearly monochromatic cell-shaded piece.

wha are they? they really need some AA

It´s very cool..Maybe need some AA,but still good work.