Other Side, Character Development -- OUAN405, Practice

The two characters in the animation are facing off across a table. Because I plan to use lots of close up shots on the characters faces and hands they need to be visually distinct from one another.
I knew that I wanted the first character to have a bald head and beard, but didn't know what kind of beard I preferred. Similarly I was unsure about what hair/headgear I wantd the second character to have. I also made two different colourways for each character, and in each case have decided to use the one displayed on the left of their images.