Not the first piece I've done of Xelpher but one of the more memorable ones. This was during the time I was coming up with the story for Manifesto, in 2004, which I'm long past and I don't think I'll be revisiting even for the sake of making a graphic novel(in fact, short comics about my character's current lives seems a lot better since I've developed them so much more).
Anyway, this is actually a colored doodle of a freehand inking I did that turned out to my liking and isn't really relevant as far as story goes.