Creature design...

Below are some screenshots of my pinterest board for creature design. From going through these images I've sort of been deciding how I want it to look. It needs to be big, calming, furry (perhaps with branches and other natural elements protruding). They are my main features that I want to convey. I don't think I want it to be AS cartoony as the Emily and the dog. Though empathy and emotional response is still very important so it's face will probably need large eyes, but perhaps eyes of full colour, rather than the big white cartoon eyeballs of the other characters. It needs to reflect a sort of spirituality - This creature is not of this world after all, and therefore not of the cartoony world that the little girl inhabits. It needs to be noticeably different in that respect... I think.

I'll start sketching soon.