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AkagiGryphon — Godzilla sum of all things.
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Published: 2013-03-12 19:51:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 1741; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 10
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This is a general feature of my newest Godzilla design.This Godzilla's design is inspired by a lot of things. He is meant to be a chimera and mysterious, to have no one normal animal as a draw of inspiration for the design.
The 'white skull' top is two part inspired by the Lagiacrus from Monster Hunter and the T-rex design in Dinosaur Revolution.
The body is meant to be my interpretation of a bulkier Godzilla.
Koji is a human window to the monster. Koji is NOT Godzilla, but a human avatar that essentially represents Godzilla in unique ways. Basically think more of him as a way to keep the human bits in a Godzilla story from being stagnant.
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Very sorry I wasn't checking up over here when you began posting this series. Some general thoughts:
-digging the Betterman-reminiscent take on Big G's lifecycle...working 'Godzooky' in there was an interesting choice, and given your Godzilla's ultimate purpose, the Junior stages' death-duels seem like vital practice.
-The design itself certainly pulls off that 'chimeric' angle you intended; its stylization strikes me as almost manga-medieval (i.e. something you'd see in the pages of Berserk). While those upper legs seem like they could use some beefing-up, I love the thick-taloned forepaws; that skull is respectably fearsome; and for once the elbow/hip/shoulder-spines seem to flow with this particular revamp. Those bristling upper scales also lend your Goji plenty of snazzy texture. All told, a decent blend of potential dexterousness & bestial force.
-I have a marked soft spot for toothy, taloned kaijin, so stuff like Koji's transformation is all too OK with me. Wouldn't mind watching this guy tear his way through a squad of Final Wars-esque mutants/Xians, much less rival man-monsters.
Keep up the beastly work.
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Thanks once again. I'm amazed anyone knows who Betterman is in this day in age.
I'm quite surprised at the warm reception Koji is getting.
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I can't help noticing that the vast majority of daikaiju-based kaijin skew more towards cheesecake than their monstrous roots. Generally that doesn't rub my rhubarb too badly, but once in a while some extra beastliness would be nice. Koji also doubles as an interesting change of pace from the Heisei era's psychic dames.
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Yeah. There is a vast over use of sexualization kaijin surrounding Daikaiju, I don't hate it, its just not for me.
I definitely wanted something a bit more devilman and a bit less street sharks.
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Jawsome.
Oddly enough, that reminds me of another 90's anthro-action series: Dinosaurs for Hire. Quasi-edgy toon-o-saur heads on Liefeld-ripped torsos, comic marketing in-jokes, and oodles of thankfully human T&A. Plus a somewhat-less-anthro pink Pteranodon guy who bemoaned his lack of panel time. Oh, and guest-starring Dracula at least once. But yeah, I can understand your inclination to avoid that style here.
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