Character design for Pan's Labyrinth: The Pale man

Complete creative process with all the previous and final designs I made to design the Pale man's face and body.

Character design of the Pale man.
Pan's Labyrinth movie (2006)

Character design of the Pale man.
First approach to the Pale Man under the new directions of Guillermo del Toro.
The old concept (a wooden Pale Man) didn't quite work for the film.
Pan's Labyrinth movie (2006)

Quick sketches looking for two different ideas.
A head without any kind of faction on its face.
Its head would open at the top to show its large mouth.
And a calvarial face, marking the eye sockets, but without eyes.
Pan's Labyrinth movie (2006)

Cleaning up some ideas to deepen some details.
Pan's Labyrinth movie (2006)