I've made this to honor my fantastic crew. With them by my side, we could take down even a fleet of galleons!
This was a very interesting exercise in negative space. It's crucial to understand how it helps the readability of a piece.
Moesh, the heartless one
Nikoru, one with the pigs
Pertan, the smiling death
Arcaniax, he whose hand returned
Skyao, the rowing menace
WIP
I started out with full character designs and slowly took away features i thought hindered the readability.