Jake Muller/development

Concept
Jake's original concept art depicts something that is very similar to the end result. His clothing is identical but with different colors, the black coat and pants becoming more of a blue shade and his black gloves and grey shirt are both an olive green. In Jake's character render released by Capcom, the emblem on his sleeve was a triangular shape with a downward facing spider. The name of his mercenary group was printed on a blue banner that overlapped it. However, the eventual in-game result is identical to the one seen in his concept drawings.

The most notable change between Jake's concept art and his in-game model is his hair. In his concept art, he is depicted with short-cut blonde hair, something that more closely resembles the appears of his father. However, this was changed and Jake was instead given a buzz-cut with reddish-brown hair.

Appearance
Jake resembles his father in some regards, such as in his long facial features and narrowed blue eyes, and he is shown to be taller than Leon He has red hair in a buzz-cut style and a long scar diagonally across his left cheek.



While in Edonia, he wears a camoflauged navy blue double breasted coat with an olive green t-shirt. He also wears navy blue cargo pants with a matching boyscout style belt, an ammo pouch on his right leg, as well as green finger-cut gloves and black combat boots. The left sleeve on Jake's coat bears the emblem of his mercenary group, La Vita Nuova, like a reference to the work of Dante Alighieri. The emblem is shaped like a traditional shield, colored red with a picture of a spider facing upwards and an orange banner along the bottom with the name inscribed upon it. This is different from the original design of a triangular emblem with the spider facing downwards and a blue banner.

At some point on the way to Lanshiang with Sherry, Jake changes his outfit. At this point, he wears a black long-sleeve shirt with a low-cut v-neck and black leather gloves. He wears fitted black pants with suspenders, the same boy scout belt now adorned with more pouches and a hip holster.