Initial art. Shelved concept from last term. Exploring skeletal seedy salesman-esque character and his merry band of masked children.

The scene I want to recreate is the keyboard scene from Big, and convert it into a horror genre. I want to use creepy wine glass or strings music instead, as wine glasses create a resonance that is unique and surreal. However as a lot of horror music uses cacophonous or unsettling strings in their sound tracks, I may have better luck finding music using strings instead.

For the masks I drew inspiration from mainly were Kitsune masks, as I wanted the character to be more apparent as a chaotic individual.


I ultimately decided on a more feline mask, as it would help keep my character from relying on Japanese designs.

This was a secondary character design I did to experiment with the idea of a character at a table instead of a floor based keyboard.

I also think I'd want the mask to be 'made' out of an old bit of wood, so that it would have visible splits in the paint from age and would show underlying wood grain.