Character Development: Rough Designs

Ruff the Fox:

First rough sketches for Ruff, playing around with styles and trying to find the right sort of feel for the characters.
I'm liking this more 'cute' and rounded style, I think it works well for the storyline, as the characters look friendly to counteract the sadness of the plot.

I'm not sure about the facial expressions, they seem limited at this point, a bit too distant and cool.
Rough attempt at working out the body shapes for Ruff when he's 'running'. Need to be a bit more consistent really.

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Rascal the Raccoon:

Rascal's rough design in the same rounded, friendly looking style as Ruff's ones above, his face needs a bit of work, but (having tested this on both classmates and housemates) he's instantly recognisable as a Raccoon so it's important to keep that feel to him.