By the way this is very impressive if you're fairly new to making game art. Characters are much harder to do than environments (in my opinion at least). I assume you have a general art background?
Thanks :-)
I would do the way you propose.
About my background. Well, Its a little bit complicated. At school I loved arts and was getting really impressive grades at arts. I had and currently am having fun. Art is my hobby, as gaming is also another one.
Although I've chosen another career path in tech. I was focused on that. Why? I like fixing stuff and have curiosity in knowing how things works like cars appliances etc.
I would like to ask You: What's your thing in making games?