i like the idea but i don't like the way you've portrayed it. is there a way to work out this concept so that you don't have to make that zoomed in magnified thing?
either way, i find it too organic looking, and i know you're trying to make it fit your style, but i always thought of those magnified bubbles as something on a different 'layer' so to say from the actual drawing.
this made me laugh. I love your concept and the rough drawing style. but I agree with ginetteginette about the zooming in. Maybe this might work as a comic strip panel better? I'd also rethink your color palette. and maybe just draw little stick figure arms and hands on them. Those hands look a little off to me. If this got printed, I might buy it anyway as-is, but I think there is definitely room for improvement and I'd love it if you worked out those little kinks and resubbed.
Thanks for the comments so far! If it doesn't make it I'd certainly be willing to rework the design. I'm partial to the 'wiggly zoom thing' myself, but I can envision a few different formats for presenting the idea as well.
I do think that its current form will have appeal to some people. I hope so, anyway!
About my design
This is the depiction of two best friends enjoying themselves even though they've been lost to everyone else.
No fancy inks, just 5 colors on a selection of any number of muted shirt hues.