Character design choices

Note: More on the design can be seen on Anders blog, as the was the one doing the concepts

The dragon was given a big head, big eyes, small wings and rather round body to make it look young. The colors where chosen to fit with its natural habitat, though with a bit more saturation and stronger hue to make it stand out more. We went with rams horns to give it a more distinctive silhouette, and other dragons in references also had horns similar to a ram.

Alston is a middle aged/old man. As such we gave him a potbelly and pulled his pants up over it, as old men have a tendency to do. I exaggerated this a bit more than in the original design i think, even going to the point of giving him an old mans ass (hopefully the last time I'll be modeling that, yep). The mustache is his i think gives him the most character, and was made rather oversized to give him a good silhouette, and also to prove a detriment when climbing.