Long story short:
So over the early portion of the summer, I was asked to join a Leisure Learning program: a program that gives those in the grades 8th-12th and even those in college an opportunity to learn almost anything; this is not a credit required course or a grading course. I was asked to teach an Intro to 2D Video Game Design course.
I had my VG Design class go into groups of 3 to design their own platformer character as a fun group activity, as well as a contest. I told them that whoever won would get a slight redesign of their character(not too much, as I want it to be close to its original roots) and have it sprited by myself. Out of the groups, this was the winner! Congrats to the winners!
Note about the redesign:
If you’re wondering about the seashell-backpack, I came up with the idea that bubbles would come out of it as a special power up sort of thing to replicate the wing power-up that the original drawing had shown.