Skyler
When I first starter working on characters for Dissension,
Slayer told me that his idea for the male protagonist was similar
to Palmer, the Tower Tycoon from Diamond and Pearl, but younger,
with a different color scheme. I doodled a simple concept
image based on his description.
While Slayer liked the basic design, it was too... well, basic.
He sent back his own more detailed doodle, and we agreed that
it was definitely more befitting a Pokemon series protagonist.
An early version of Skyler's sprite.
We tried a few different poses, and about forty shades
of brown, red, blue, and gray for his hair, but we eventually
settled on black. Before too long, I'd made a sprite that
we both liked, which became Skyler's final design.