Downbeat: Ghoul Character

Ghoul is a character created for the fighting game Downbeat, developed by Flyguy Interactive. I was commissioned to design the character based on their description. For this character the brief was much shorter and I had more input in the initial stages of the character, as a result I provided five thumbnail sketches before narrowing my focus on a portrait. From the five thumbnails two were chosen as the most promising which I developed more. Feedback on these two further developed ideas pointed me in a new direction, leading to the final design and color scheme.