Edit: New sketch(es) added!
Hey guys, came up with a little concept for Gargos. I REALLY wanted to break away from his old appearance, since it was literally just a gargoyle. Since his role in the story is that of a universe destroying Elder God with Lovecraftian levels of power (striking horror even into those who cannot die), I decided he needs an update. So, I laid out a few guiding principles, and drew up a little sketch in a few minutes.
Obviously a work in progress, but it will do for now. I’ll likely try to make iterative improvements to the design as time goes on, but I’d also like to enlist you guys to try and help out in case I don’t get the free time to do it myself. As is barely visible on the image listed, here are my main concept points
*Base skull design is a tiger, since he is the “Tiger Spirit”
-Teeth modified: Long spikes, similar in proportion to a small sabretooth
-Deep,Shadowy eyes like bottomless pits, like staring into the void
-Long, ratty hair
-Multiple sets if long curved horns similar to an Ibex or Kudu
-Rune on forehead
-Long ears, just like the original
-Skin tight against the skull, giving an aged, decayed appearance.
-Skeletal nose hole, no cheeks or “kitty mouth puff lips” (or whatever the scientific term is) to keep it from looking like it’s simply just a tiger
-Snake tongue?
*Entire body adorned with glowing demonic runes
-Veiny, cracked limb markings resemlbing tiger stripes
-large rune on chest
-runed forehead
*Spine/Quills running down their back
-Largest towards shoulders, smaller as they run down
-Starts at the neck, ends at the tip of the tail
-Also present on elbows
*Broken, leathery bat wings
-Skeletal in appearance, but might and imposing.
*Writhed in shadow, like Omen, or Shago in instinct.
*Large, tall body. Intimidating stature. Taller than Glacius, huge like Thunder. A true BOSS
-Ultra muscles. Make him look like the beefy cosmic horror we know and love.
-Massive arms, quilled elbows, ending in tiger claw tipped bony fingers
-Definitely didn’t skip leg day. Well muscled, with talons for mighty, shredding kicks
-Hairy, but only slightly, to blend with the quills
-Hairless tail similar to a tiger’s, covered on all side by needle-like spikes
Note, this is a work in progress, and I will try to post up new images regularly.
Again, I happily invite any other artists here in the forums to join in and try their hand at this design. Feel free to leave suggestions, and tag anyone you feel is up to the task! Whether they be amateur, professional, even on the KI dev team.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to get back to work.
Edit: Here’s another quick sketch of a concept for the head. Figure this would be as good a place as any to catalogue the process.
Edit: After looking at the “Face of Gargos” in Shadow Jago’s instinct, I have decided to add some new features to the final design.
-“Crown of Horns”. The horns on the image of Gargos seem to form a “crown” of sorts, implying his status as a ruler.
Note to self: Should likely ink/scan future hand drawn sketches.
Inked this one:another incremental improvement! 
Slight conceptual evolution/alternative:
So I had another idea
A sort of amalgamation of creatures
What if we combined the HellKnight from Doom 3…
With the kremshar from D&D…
And gave the result huge bat wings and some stripes?
…This is proving to be a test of my virtually non-existent PhotoShop skills. Moustache on a stoner Mona Lisa? I can do that. Tastefully swirl some colors? Aced it. Combining 2 fictional beasts into a believable form that looks presentable?
Nope.
Quick sketch, partially based on the Hellknight+krenshar idea, partially on @GriningSkull 's Rakshasa suggestion
(Probably going to stick to sketching while I learn how to bend PhotoShop to my will. I’ll try to incrementally improve or grow the concept in some way, but I sense that it may be a while before I get something truly noteworthy…)
