Starting Out

I knew immediately that I wanted the typical Bob Rafei look to the character, and how else to hark back to him than to create that big eared look. So I started by putting electronic pen to electronic paper.

This was just a doodle of a potential starting point but it seemed far too similar to Jak 'n Daxter characters. I'd like to point out now that it is Jak n Daxter that I feel I want to pinpoint as inspiration. Rafei has worked on many games in his time but it's the childhood classics that just tug you right in the heart strings.

So if not long thin ears, what?
Big ol' broad ones.

Racial identity I feel needs to be strong with the character, so to combat the typical handsome, streamlined face of heroes, I've decided on broad, almost fat features to the face. This will also help balance those big ears.