Any ways ... so where do we start right?
1 - Shapes ..always make the shape be your first impression to portrait what ever the character supposed to be , the basic shapes always go for 3 basic ones that are ; triangle, square and circle , make arrangements using this base, to make something unique combine them and be creative ... this is the way the brain and the eye will make out your visual stand up , from the others...
2- Best concept must portrait a basic color over the basic shape. dont just make a boring hero concept and do red on them to stand out ... its better to take it personal , for example in Bastian, I went for the concept of " Unique" since that will make for me a nerdy and dreamy character such as him to be interesting , and I went with green , browns and whites, since that´s for me a very interesting color in must of the leaves that many plants show off , either the forest or the jungle, and each plant is unique... so I went into that way for him.. also they can be squarish and reliable just like Bastian is for us reader to keep up the story going ..
Then last is presentation will be the mash up of head proportion in the main characters that make the plot keep moving around the whole story...
( changed a bit the colors so I will show this image so you may see why ?)
