Moss - Hollow Knight Character Concept Art

Here's a character profile for an original Hollow Knight character which I produced. I wanted to produce a detailed layout of the character so that he could be better perceived and understood by those who saw him; as such, I developed a front and side profile, a weapon profile and even an alternate 'shade' variant for him. For this particular piece of concept art, I took inspiration from Team Cherry's concept art on character structure; it was this which guided me on producing an accurate Hollow Knight character. His nail is inspired by similar weapons within the game but is based on the idea of a claymore (a two handed Scottish longsword) - this weapon has been left for sometime and has since been over run by nature; as seen with the moss and plant life growing on the blade. It is from this, where the character Moss, gets his name. The 'shade' variant is a direct remnant of the character himself; hence why the facial structure of the head / shell are identical to one another!
Overall, this piece of concept art took me just under two hours to sketch, outline and develop with marker work. I plan on producing another character profile of a female protagonist to join Moss in the very near future; so keep an eye out for her!!