1: This is for my AU, where he’s a powerful wizard, and I’m trying to use his OG design as a base. I want to...basically make it look more wizard-like, but idk how to do that. How do make it look right. And what look should I go for?

2: The reason I’m drawing this for someone else is because they offered to draw the banner for my community, so they need references to use. I’d be happy to give them said references, if I could figure out which of these two sprites to use. The first looks more casual, so it could work for the theme of the banner. The main cast could be standing together peacefully. Problem is, since it looks more simplistic, it may be harder to use it, cuz there’s less to work with. On the other hand, I could use his battle pose, but that would contrast the theme anyway.....

3: I have little experience with drawing Asgore, so that could be why the first two problems exist, anyway.

So, um, does anyone have any advice?