I really like the slick look that a lot of today's cartoons have. With such line economy they add a huge amount of style. Not my personal style but I wanted to give it a shot.
When doing the initial sketch for this guy, I tried to have geometric connections. Lines lead into other ones. There is a stiffness to this guy, lines are straight and curves are exact and inflexible. This hopefully is in contrast with octopus' curves.
The guy is a smoker, he likes fire and smoke. His outfit is brownish and his eyes are tired. His angles are stiff. The octopus is cool and wet - Feminine.
For this guy to work with an octopus he has to carry a water spritzer. It is obviously cumbersome to have an octopus on his arm at all times but he is willing to compromise his nature to keep her close. Is it love or symbiosis requiring lots of energy to maintain? The curl logos on his sleeves evoke a little oceanic, nautilus or octopus- arm feel or is it smoke?
