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Published: 2007-09-29 22:54:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 9004; Favourites: 94; Downloads: 1403
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Howdy howdy to y'all-Here's my contribution to the Cloverfield/1-18-08/Monsterous/Parasite/JJ Abrams kaiju design thing going on here on DA. Generally speaking, this is more or less an amalgamation of the different design theories floating about on the interwebs. The whale aspect is worked into the face and the ventral pleats. The reptilian aspect is worked into the general idea of the body and tail, along with the claws and selected texture. Of course, the kaiju is humanoid, being bi-pedal and having digits. I also threw in some idea about parasite with the teeth. Overall, I really like the way this came out. I doubt the monster will actually look like this, but wouldn't it be cool?
Also, if anyone wants to slap some color on this, be mah guest. Just hook me up with a link and it'll be all good.
Techs: Microns on Canson Manga Art Board
"Cloverfield" © JJ Abrams
Art © Nick Mockoviak
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Don't clip the foot or the tail next time. Get the whole thing on the page.
Kudos-
The drawing and inking on this is superb. Your skills are progressing really well.
Nice stuff Nick!
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It is. Scanner's too small Matt.
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Got it. Well then, good job all around.
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Looks like Jabba the Hutt if he could stand. NICE
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Actually, that's got a lot of similarities to the actual monster. Head it similar, it has four arms, the tail... very nice guesswork!
Anyway. You going to see it on the opening night?
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I will be seeing it Saturday. Matinee price of 5 clams.
Thanks! I'll have a sketch pad ready and hopefully will get more then 30 seconds of monster.
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Well... sorry to tell you this, but each time you see it it's about 30 seconds.
However, they are very static 30 seconds. 
Ans you got the basic shape of the thing right, I'll tell you that much. The head's a little insect-like, the limbs are thin and the tail is long and thin, like in The Host, but less prehensile.
That's all I'm saying, though.
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Okay, I'll find out soon enough.
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Hey great design... looking forward to the movie.
Hope it lives up to the hype.
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I think it will to be honest.
I've seen some clips and read the spoilers. It's gunna be hella fly.
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That monster is awesome.
"BWAAAARRRRR soft drinks make me ANGRY!"
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Shhh...don't tell anyone.
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well I cant take people guessing a whale or godzilla or something like that anymore! they need to know the truth...
....of course it could also be a large aline that gives off spores that infect people and cause them to mutate into a smaller version of the alien and spread the horrible curse thus dominating a world and exhausting it's resourses and then moving on to the next planet sustaining life and do the same causing the end of all life in the universe as we know it.
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Hey, this is pretty kickass. Would you mind terribly if I gave a try at colouring this badboy?
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Go for it! I'd love to see some colors slapped on him.
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I say that should be the monster. Both because it looks awesome ("insane and intense" perhaps) and is the closest to what i imagined it looks like.
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Insane and intense are perfect adjectives.
I like it.
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that's what J.J. said "We wanted something insane and intense."
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Excellent work. JJ might as well pay you for this to be the monster dude!
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Well, we shall see. I don't expect a check in the mail anytime soon......
But thank you. I appreciate the kind words.
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is this what you think the monster will be,cuz this is sick man!It would be cool if this was it.hopefully it looks similar
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To a degree. This was loosely based on a few descriptions floating around in the webbernet a few months back.
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looks pretty sweet in my word.
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Reminds me of that movie Relic's lizard/monkey monster thing they had.
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I'll take your word for it!
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Really amazing Nick! An imaginary creature with a true sense of reality.
Great work!
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I know more about the creature then any other sci fi fan. its obviously not a reptile. take a look at the history section in [link] and read it VERY CAREFULLY. there are only a few possibilities and reptile is not one of them.
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Oh I know I'm wrong, but it is fun to speculate and ask "What if.....?"
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its a nice picture though. but the creature is more likely to be either a molusc, an amphibian or a mammal. no reptile can handle such cold.
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but you got the body just about right. the damage done to the statue of liberty are scratches done by a claw swipe, and the head was obviously ripped off.
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He looks happy-very fugly, but happy-nice work!
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That's what I aim for. Thanks as always mah brutha.
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Oooohkay. Is it just me, or does this guy kinda look like an Atomic Akbar.
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Probably just me.
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Totally badass man.
Love the meticulous lines.
(wish there were more eyes, though. hah.)
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