Ok, because I think it'd be more interesting/fun to work with, I'm gonna go with the ghostly character.
Now the thing I need to work out is their mask. I didn't really settle on one during the sketching phase, so I drew out a few possibilities:
Now the thing I need to work out is their mask. I didn't really settle on one during the sketching phase, so I drew out a few possibilities:
The clown one was more of a joke - thought it might be funny having this super serious villain with a humorously oppositional mask. It could work as a minor gag within a short featuring these guys, but i don't want it to be their permanent mask.
The middle one, I was kinda trying to work with a face that would work as a wooden mask, but would be believably expressive. Give the character a means to really get angry/happy. It'd perhaps help get more of the character across clearer to whoever's watching.
The minimalist one was on much more a darker path. A face that you can't read very well is infinitely more unnerving than one where the emotions are written on their face. So a much more serious, sinister path with that one. With this mask, I'd imagine the character with a much deeper voice than with either of the other two masks. This perhaps reduces the possibility for comedy a little bit, but does open some other interesting doors.
Perhaps some sort of medium between the middle and the minimalist might be closest to what I want while keeping enough doors ope