My first stage three design for the 2024 Creature Collab.

PYRUFFIAN (the evolved form of Sparmissle, by @wikistudios, and the final form of Sparkick, by @SenorVanderino)

Sparkick who choose to indulge in their more ruthless impulses become Sparmissile, and once they begin to tread that path there is no turning back. Over time, a Sparmissile that gets a taste for cruelty and power becomes a Pyruffian, a creature so hellbent on inflicting pain that it’s willing to burn its own body to do so. The skin on its arms and legs is burned to a crisp by the flames emanating from its immense muscles but quickly regenerates only to be singed yet again. Living in a constant state of suffering, Pyruffians restlessly tread rugged, inhospitable terrain searching for anything they can destroy with their powerful punches and kicks. Pray you never run into one.

I tried to do something a bit different and go slightly beyond my comfort zone for this one. This design is a bit more rough-around-the-edges than what I usually draw, and I feel like there's some superhero comic influences that crept into it. Drawing the flames was a lot of fun though!