Self Portrait Design 1

This is my first real attempt at creating a creature design. What I am attempting to do is to create something that is not just a generic bulky monster with big earwig pincers (like my previous Photoshop created design). I want to provoke a more sympathetic response to the creature (if that makes any sense). I am thinking about characters like Edward Scissorhands and real people like Joseph Merrick who I want to talk more about in a separate post. I am planning on painting this drawing in Photoshop.