Some time ago, I was struck with a pretty awful feeling about my characters: so many of them were far too similar in design.
I think I’ve always known this, but it’s still a pretty horrible feeling to realize your art kind of…sucks.

So, this was an attempt to fix it a little with Gene.
I started with a little bit of a face study that...did and didn’t help; trying to think of ideas and ways to give him a unique look; from differently shaped muzzles to even toyed with the idea of giving him scales.