basically just trying to make an actual concrete design. ive never sat down and put real thought into how i draw him lol

let me tell you the scars were SO goddamn hard. i want to give him a ton, but for some reason its super hard for me to figure those out while keeping it cohesive and repeatable. theres no point in doing a ton of work designing scars if im just going to avoid drawing them in the future.
so this is where im at right now! im happy with the changes i made to his ear placement/style and his face scar. also liking the extra fur/fuzz on his shoulders. he's gonna have similar on his lower back that fades in from his tail. i love making fur fade into thinner sparser fur and then hair

i actually used a picture of hafþór júlíus björnsson as a ref! i decided to make scar fat when i first designed him because i didnt want to draw muscle but i still wanted him to be BIG. but today i went looking for pictures of strongmen and found that guy. who was in game of thrones apparently. havent seen it
so now i have a better idea of what exactly i want scar to look like, and how to draw it. wahoo