jeredu:

The fruits of my labors. After realizing why none of the more contemporary artworks of Asch have ever sat right with me, I went back to the game and grabbed a bunch of references to study Production I.G’s Asch – the original, and in my opinion, best depiction we’ve ever had of Asch. Especially in the last animated scene of the game prior to the actual ending, he is rendered in loving detail with some of the most fluid and attentive-to-detail animation I’ve seen from a Tales game since Tales of Destiny (ALSO Production I.G’s work)

While I will say that modern/anime Asch art, with the squarer face and weaker jawline, does actually look seventeen, I’m admittedly biased and love the more mature look of game cutscene!Asch. 

(The above sketches are all related to the same scenario as my previous art post)