Thanks for liking my concept art, Job McYossie and J_dude320! Thank you too, Job, for thinking that the Bovinophants are nightmarish in a good way. That means I'm right on track in creating suitably "Odd" villains.
As for the ponytail, I think I could have Devine get away with keeping it long. You see, the Bovinophants, even though they're kind of worse than the Glukkons, know next to nothing about the mystic nature of the Mudokons. Devine is the only Mudokon they've turned into an Icky Thingie worker. Not that has shown any hint of Mudokon mysticism from his behavior, because he doesn't know how to chant like other Mudokons or know about the bird portals. He has the potential to do so, but he truly is out of touch with his people's heritage from being the only Mudokon in Bovinophant territory. He learned the Fighting Yoga from another Icky Thingy, who was a Bovinophant but he had only two arms. I plan for the Icky Thingies to compose of only two armed Bovinophants, and all the different species introduced in Munch's Odyssey and Stranger's Wrath.
I think that the business associates of the Bovinophant "Blessed Dudes" should include the Glukkons, the Octigi, and the Gloktigi. The Vykkers would be the surgeons for the Bovinophants, and would get away with not being Icky for having a full 8 arms too.
I thought of a scene where the Bovinophants are contacted by their Glukkon business partners, with the Glukkons angrily asking where their shipment of expensive diamonds were supposed to come. The Bovinophant leaders then tell them about this "one Icky Thingie" who is causing a lot of trouble, shows the wanted poster of Devine to them and asks "I know these, um, Mudokons populate your part of Oddworld. Do know how to deal with them?" The Glukkons then scream, and start running away from the screen. The Bovinophants then say "Why would they be so afraid of an Icky Thingie?" "Perhaps they eat more there and leave a bigger mess then this one." "Oh. It's a shame those Glukkons never had the benefit of our supreme wisdom." The fact that the Bovinophants don't understand what makes the Mudokons so powerful makes them very foolish and self-satisfied, which makes breaking their limbs all the more fun.
