Alex with Winnie's props

Here is the current progress with Alex. Big thanks to Winnie for the hair, jacket, and so forth. I also added a little redness to his nose and cheeks.

Been spending the night studying color...

Here's a sample of colors from Paranorman w/ similar lighting. We want the similar warm vs cool and value proportions but maybe switch out for a few more tropical colors. 

SO, tried a few pallet variations and this one seemed the most versatile to include the kinds of things we want. 

Hope to get some feedback. I really want to get this down... How could I simplify it even more?

MerBear Drawover

 

I feel as if you're angling too frequently. Merbear is a large piece and his form should read that way. Not as many smaller pieces put together. There are wonks to Laika's style, but also harmony

Horizontal Merbear for Christy

Only did a couple horizontal poses for the merbear.  Feel free to draw over them if you feel that the pose can be better.

More Alex-Morpheus

Dang's Props Redo

I still have more to designs so this is what I have fixed so far. For the beetle since there are so many different shapes I was thinking of putting a bunch of beetles in a box like it was a collection of petrified beetles. Also, I'll make some necklaces and jewelries beetles as well so that it'll read better rather than just one beetle. 

Reworked the Merbear a little bit

So...I looked at my merbear and didn't really like it.  Felt like there was no breathing room around the head, so I elongated the neck.  And I uploaded these images for dlp to explain the textures and etc.