If anyone's interested, my brother-in-law did some concept art for the main character. Here it is:
Due to limitations relating to size and my personal pixel art skill, I had to cut the suckers on the bottom of his shoes, and the curly cue on them, and the part of the scarf that sticks out. Also changed the eye color (as the color balance was off with the removal of the scarf). Tried to keep all the other details though.