Testing different styles

As I began this project, i really wanted to look at art that inspires me so i created these mood boards to refer back to when designing. I looked to a range of illustrators with very different styles in order to give myself a big range of inspiration, whether it be pattern design, medias or composition. 

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These images are the start of my experimentation. Having not done character design before, i didnt have a pre existing style to jump in with so i wanted to scope out my options in order to see what really jumped out at me. 
 

I really like this style below as the lines have energy and i can create a range of emotions with very paired back features. Similar to how i have worked before, this style felt comfortable to me and this is most likely what ill carry forward into this project however im interested to see how this evolves.