Werewolf Head

A much better werewolf head. This is more of what I had in mind.

Wolf-Man

My werewolf is based on the more traditional werewolves that appeared in films such as:


Werewolf of London (1935)

The Wolf-Man (1941)

The Curse of the Werewolf (1961)

I have always preferred this style to the more wolf-like and it is simply because you still see the human in the face. Modern werewolves are too monstrous, trying to be tough and bullish. 

To me they just stop being scary. Above are examples from Van Helsing (2004. They just become a dragon for the hero to slay, instead of a supernatural transformation.

The original design is better because I can believe that this was once a human. Where in the werewolf mythos, does it say you become a huge monster. It doesn't, your body merely turns animalistic and that is why I prefer it. Plus I find seeing the human's eyes through the make-up sad and therefore more frightening. So there we are... my lecture on werewolves.

Again I find the feet gross, the way they are suspended like that.

Vampire Wolf

As mentioned before, Dracula can shape-shift into a wolf. Well I decided to design it so that it is a mix of wolf and bat. I think this gives it a demon dog look, much like the one in An American Werewolf in London.

The head is obviously based on a bat, but also the tail, which on a bat is membrane like, but on this design that would be useless. So I morphed that with a wolf's tail and VOILA! The bottom image is just to show that this is a flat faced wolf, still keeping the once human element and it is actually how I prefer my werewolves, but we'll move on to that later. The front legs, i think are out of proportion, but hopefully you get the idea. I think I wanted an Alpha-Male vibe to it, since it is Dracula.

It actually looks like Panthro!

Vampire Bat

I'm designing classic monster in the hope they will be useful for future films. First up we'll start with Vampires.

No, NO! Proper vampires. Ones that actually vant to suck your blood. Ones that shun from the day light. Ones that don't look at girls mysteriously, with a constipated face and begin a frustrating franchise of back and forthing and end with a vampire cesarian! Ones like... Christopher Lee, show 'em how to do it Chris--

-- My God he's awesome!


No these are vampiric beasts. In Bram Stoker's original novel of Dracula, the title Count could shape shift into a bat, a wolf and smoke. I probably won't draw the smoke, but below you can see the bat and wolf. I decided to make the bat more monstrous, but the size of a human. It just seems more threatening. Plus it's an interesting design. I'm pleased how this turned out. In fact this is a design I have been trying to crack for a couple of years. If I find the older version I'll post it. It turns out I just needed to make the face more bat-like. I tried to colour it, but because of the cross-hatching... well it didn't happen, but I imagine it to be like a dull, dusty brown. 

The last image is torn from Van Helsing's book on Vampires. I took a lot from bats, such as the hands for feet, which look very creepy, but are also reminiscent of ape feet, so it is not just bats that are present here. Where the wings bridge the outside wrist to the shoulder were based on actual bats. Using nature as an influence grounds the design. It makes the audience believe it and that is important.

I AM OZ! The Great and Powerful!

Although the Wicked Witch is universally accepted as the scariest part of The Wizard of Oz (1939), for me personally it was always that ominous fake head the wizard had. I mean jeez-- This is the "Wonderful Wizard of Oz!"

GODZILLA

The new Godzilla film is going to be directed by Gareth (Monsters) Edwards. I have been looking forward for Hollywood to do a proper remake of this fantastic franchise, especially afte that 1998 disaster:

Just what is that! That's not Godzilla, that's just an overgrown alligator!

So anyway I was excited, until I saw this.

 If you cannot see the problem, then I'll explain. They have tried to make the King of the Monsters too EXTREME! Look at all of those spikes. There are even spikes on the body. They've tried to make it too humanoid, I think. The originals were men in suits, but they looked more animalistic. 

I like the white eyes, as it is like the design in Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All Out Atttack (2001), and that looked cool. 

Although when I was a kid, watching the Godzilla films, the eyes were the things that used to terrify me. That blank Godzilla  stare was creepy. This design would be fine for a a live action film.

Of course nothing will beat the original. Just look at that photography!

Anyway here's hoping they don't mess it all up. I hope King Ghidorah's in it!