Character Design - research

When looking for inspiration for my own character I looked at all forms of characters already out there. Starting with humans through animals all the way to abstract characters.

This is one of the first images I found. I like it because of the mystery within; the character's body is invisible, which makes it this way. It's the jagged edges on the armor and the shapes of the helmet which gives it a scary, aggressive and dangerous features. It's usually the characteristics you give an enemy. I think another great thing about this piece is that it's a human character, yet they made it look really interesting by making just the armor speak for it, just like face expressions speak. I suppose the bad thing about it would be that it can only express one feeling and it's anger. Dark colours used within also help to enhance the scary look.