My proposals are still rough as I focus on putting detail on the character. Please leave comment for improvement. Let me know if you like the character or not.
I think I'd like to focus on the ones without the hat and headband. I thought I wanted to go that route but I still need to appeal to professionals and that might be a little to much. I like #37 and #33. Can we work off of those. Can we try a font like the one I had posted and a more angled text and have the other hand be on the top of the text?
Can we also have him as though he is coming out of the circle? Instead of on top of it?
Maybe try some sunglasses where you don't see the eyes?
I like the orange bottle with the blue circle in the back.
Can we try a different style shirt? Maybe a polo? with a pocket logo?
Also can we thin down the cheeks a little..I know I've put on some weight but they don't need to know that..haha
Ha ha ha....:-) All right, I have thinned down the cheeks a little and made you look a bit slimmer in proposals #39 to #44. Glasses, polo, and text are also modified according to your suggestions. Only that I am not sure what you mean by putting the right hand above the text. Don't you think that it will make the text less readable? but some how I tried it in #39 and #41 :-)
#43 and #39 Are the closest to what I was saying. Can we integrate the text more (maybe make it a little smaller and tighter to the character and have the arm and everything be behind the text but the finger roll over in front like he is holding onto the sign?
Can we play around with that blue circle in the back some more. Maybe make it look more 3d? Can you fix the hair to the way it was with the 1 wave in the front.
Still not loving the shirt. Maybe one color? Also don't need the logo on it if that helps. Or maybe a small logo on the left chest...characters left chest.
Can we make it look like he is gripping the water bottle more? So it bends in the middle?
Can we add a light gleam or shimmer to help make it pop?