Start working on minor changes/colorization to Oscar/Shadini!
Here is the winning design:
http://imgur.com/a/f6vh8And image attached is something I colored real quick. Although sorta hard to color with all the black. Also something brought up was that all the black might be hard to convey in a sprite, as well as a lot of our gym leaders having more warm colors rather then cool colors.
Remember his concept is:
A ringleader of a circus. He is actually very timid when not on stage and performing.
On stage he is known as The Great Shadini, but his real name is Oscar. After his act is finished, he disappears backstage where you find him out of costume. Oscar is actually incredibly timid, and he even struggles talking to the player. But when performing on stage, where the audience is in total darkness, he can actually talk to people and puts on more bravado and confidence.