Howl

So I've settled on a Native American character, but I realised that there isn't really much to design as they already exist, and they have a very simplistic look. To make it look less boring, I'm going to give it a more game exaggerated look, but the main feature will be an additional 'form' of sorts. Native Americans are known to be very spiritual beings, with many links to animals. Now I know it's a bit cliché, but I've always been a massive fan of wolves (I know right, a Native American with wolf links, how original).

I usually find this kind of art tacky, but here you go.

So the main thing on my mind is whether I should make this 'second form' full wolf, of werewolf. The problem with full wolf is the the simplicity. Like I said earlier the reason I'm doing a second form is to avoid producing a boring design. There are ways to make it less boring, like keeping human accessories/ characteristics on the wolf to make it look unique, but at the end of the day it's still just a wolf with feathers on. On oner hand the term 'werewolf' always puts me off because I just imagine cheesy 20th century movies with really bad costume and make-up, but on the other hand other games/ movies have done half wolves very well; Van Helsing did an extraordinary werewolf almost 10 years ago, and games such as Bloody Roar, and World of Warcraft have also produced excellent werewolf characters.

Although Van Helsing did an amazing job with theirs, I will be swinging more towards the game versions where the human side is a lot more present, I want the host have complete control of themselves, whilst also keeping visual characteristics from their human form.