Thanks guys! So many opinions and answers...
@Mittens If dog is the final character I'll try to make it a labrador in cutscenes. The day I can make 10x6 pixels (or so) seem exactly like a labrador I will be consider myself an accomplished pixel artist.
@bombjack It's definitively tempting, I'll keep it in mind most likely for future projects.
@Ananda.C and Drof The character is a powerful person in its environment. He is a trashomancer and although he is the main character you'll never see him your main character creator room where he makes trash minions (the ones you actually control). Red seems good for an eye catching powerful character but this dude is also pretty lazy as he never takes matters into his own hands even though he is an accomplished magician-sortof. Most likely the mood in the character selection screen will be a dark-ish lab, with some wacky elements here and there as you'll see your possible characters created from piles of trash.
@diegzumillo True stuff that he was kind of jrpg-like, it was intended as a possible look but I think every dark haired or dog combination looks better. These are the first comments pro-dogface I'm getting so my imagination is kinda flying at the moment XD.
Based on your comments I'll also think about adding a possible "secretary" that actually gets the job done and scolds the mc but that only seems like a good choice for dog faces. It seems to me that dog face exalts the lazy aspect of the character while human face exalts his power, so evil secretary seems to go better with the dog face. I'll update with lil' concepts when I get some extra time to do them
Thanks a bunch guys! Updates will come soon.