BERNBAND! I used to play Tom's games when he used to post often. Thanks for reminding me!!!
Might definitely be coming from that, I barely remembered hands floating in a FPS and thought it would give a nice "follower of sect" feeling (hands are high, open and towards the sky). Also, I had nothing but my mouse to make graphics so I kept it simple. I guess it came from both stealing inspiration and mouse drawing capacities.
Anyway, thanks for playing mate! :)