3D Pathway - Decisions, Decisions...

I've chosen to create a character for my 3D pathway. However I've been torn between working on a character of my own design, or to go with a character that already exists, just not in a game.

Here I've been exploring making a creature of my own design. It's based on a creature I drew in first year, a Lovecraft inspired tentacle beast.

I had also looked at creating the Creature from the Black Lagoon in 3D. To aid me, I've taken references and made sketches of the creature.

I then painted a front and side reference guide in Photoshop to aid me if I should chose to model the beast.