creature development

I was about to finalize the development of the creature my hunter/poacher guy would be fighting. it was to be a large predatory cat based on a tiger and leopard. and then i realized something. that was what i wanted, not the audience. so back to the drawing board to come up with more ideas for creatures. not recommended to do so at such a later juncture, but then i want this animation to come out well. 

here are some big cat designs i had in mind initially. 

some refinings before finalizations

Here are some updates as of late.