He does look different! Unfortunately I have yet to adequately draw him as Annatar XD My ideas for that guise have changed considerably over time, and it took me a long time to settle on one design.
Right now my best description for Annatar would be “professorial silver fox”. >3>`
I love Hellboy. XD I love all the Hellboys. I love the comics, I love the movies. I love Mike Mignola’s work, I love Del Toro…. I’m not gonna say it didn’t influence my art, but I think probably if it subconsciously influenced anything it was my design for Aulë rather than my design for Sauron, at least as far as they are both giant buff dudes with bright crimson skin and semi-lithic body parts….
Mostly I remember looking at various Polynesian and some Mongolian sources for inspiration in designing his outfits and aesthetic? I didn’t want to draw too heavily on any one specific culture for designing a villainous fantasy dude, for obvious reasons, and also because I am no kind of authority or scholar on any of those subjects. >_>;;
*HEAVIEST BREATHING* god i love this i love this I LOVE THIIIIIIISSSS *SCREEEEEEEEEEEEECH* LOOK AT HIS BONE ARMOR AND CREEPY HAND EPAULETTES AND THE SCARRING AND THE SHORT HAIR AND THE PREMATURE WHITE STREAKS YAAASSS GOD THIS IS MY BOY