Brain Jar for Postmortem Trials

[The Grim Sleeper]

Would an offset like this work?
(Pretty Pictures)
Also, while this is very much a work in progress with regards to colors and shading and cool science shit sticking out of it, what do you think of the shape?

For the off-set thing to work, they'd need to be about 1/4 the size of a full 32x32 sprite (So 16x16 or smaller). But don't bother to focus the art on a stretch-goal like that.

Looks pretty good, brain is nice and clear.