Time to start posting concept works! This one's available for the public, it's a collection of how the human Coach was designed over time.
First draft of human Coach mostly has the outfit right, but it was when I wasn't sure if I wanted natural hair colors or not in the world he occupied.

Later he got the pom pom on his hat and his eyes were made more cartoony
After finding a style that worked for him, it was time to figure out his colors







It was tough finding one I liked, but the last one really popped out to me and wound up being in his final design

The next step was figuring out how his facial features act and move when he emotes, his face shape is weirdly complex and it took some getting used to how it worked exactly


All of that finally came together in the full character reference sheet that I'm working on now, which I hope to have finished by January along with Suzie's.

Hope you all enjoyed seeing the creative process behind Coach!