Character Design - Mario

Our main character went through at least 5 redesigns before we settled on something that would keep our art style consistent. The first 4 in this image were too simple. We wanted something more detailed and dark.
We kept one of the heads from a previous design and changed up the body.
Made the character more lanky and rugged.
The character was redrawn in Illustrator and brought into Flash to get a walk cycle down. Here are results.