Visual Langauge - Captain Character, Poses

Now that the expressions have been made I started making a variety of action poses that get across his personality. These poses all have some reference towards his personality and character traits i feel and while they won't necessarily be used for animation its a good chance to see my character in variety of poses other than standing.

The first two are him running away in fear showing his weak will and cowardice i thought about in cartoons a character would throw their arms back and scream in terror for comedic effect, his robe flying behind him and his hood blowing off his head, he's probably being chased by a rebellion or a foe which he can't actually fight against. The other pose is showing his sinister and conniving side, hunching himself lower to catch them off guard and persuade an unsuspecting, idiot. I like these poses but i prefer the left one as it is so comedic and it feels more natural than the other which is a bit rigid in its lines and angles, his expression and emotion is less obvious than the left one which gets his situation across more clearly.

These two were quite awkward especially the left pose because it doesn't quite make sense, visually. but first the right pose is a simple one of him rubbing his hands together getting gleeful over a possible sadistic and manipulative plan he has, he's a little more hunched here but it adds nicely to his sneaky demeanour in the pose. Now back to the left and his cannabilistic tendencies are taking over here and he's crouching in front of a corpse tucking into the guts and organs of an unfortunate soul. The crouching was awkward to do as his robe would buckle over and crumple becoming bigger so i think its too big but i wanted to keep the simple lines as they fitted the angle, (the back being seen was a good chance to work with his behind it also gives a nice idea of him trying to keep his tendencies on the down low.)

Now these poses are my favourites! it shows such different sides of him as well as expressions and character, they were much more fun to draw than the previous ones. The left is his jeering/cackling face, sitting from his throne mocking some poor unfortunate creature. like the above it was interesting to  imagine how the robe creased from a sitting position along with his smoke, but working with the core orb for his smoke it still made sense and looked natural, flowing into his body smoothly. The last pose was mostly to entertain myself but it gave a nice look of vulnerability to this rude and cruel character, bringing out his real personality and characteristics, he could be getting out the shower or be collecting his clothes after being shamed.