Here are a few more of the (many) exploratory design sketches I did back circa 2009 for an ultimately abortive project related to the SSX snowboarding videogame series. At this (very) early point in said project's development, I was just playing around with various potential approaches to the game's familiar cast; the project was cancelled long before I ever figured out a final take on any of the characters.
Still, I had a surprising amount of fun playing around with varied character design work for a few weeks, which is something I'd never done on a sustained basis before (or since, TBH).
Next up is young dude Mac. A few words:

Gotta say that these male character designs were surprisingly fun and, if anything, showed more experimentation and variation than their female-character equivalents.

Definitely different than the giant, muscled-up sides of beef I usually draw!

A weirdly strong set! Y'know, maybe I should do something with young male and female characters sometime (as in, boys who aren't hulkingly brawny and girls who aren't voluptuous AF).

S'more (and notably beefier) male characters the next time around, folks!
Probably have two or three more of these SSX developmental posts to go, though I might take a break from 'em for a bit.
TOMORROW ON THIS HERE PATREON: More Distressed Damsels content for the $5+ tiers, as usual on a Wednesday.