Hey everyone

I am interested in developing a new character (not replacing my current.)
I am looking for a kind of eerie, dark, clock-work and gothic feel. I been doing research and am learning dance styles such as robot/dime-stops/isolations for effect.
The Character is going to be silent, move with dime-stops (imagine someone dancing the robot), and the effects would all mostly aim for eerie (as supposed to completely scary..most of the time.

A near example of what I am aiming towards is:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3tnupueuRo - Dan Sperry's Live floating Table (very Tim-Burton)
My current character, is a more confident version of myself. This is the first `fictional` character I am developing. As such, I am looking for as much advice as possible for the development stage. This could be resources on Magicians, Movie Scenes, Movie Characters, Related Books on Character Development, Costume Design, Dance/movement styles etc.
I know I am looking for allot of advice in one thread, so to break it down a bit, how would you guys reccomend designing and looking for costume? I was thinking something like this, with a bit of pale makeup and (maybe) a hat:Thanks allot guys!

- DJay.