Godzilla: The Look/Appearance Speculation

[ZillaEra]

I love this one, uploaded by thekillustrator over at IDW Forums:

It gives Godzilla more dinosaurian legs, and gives him his Heisei bulk without the fat. Perfect posture, ears, dorsal fins, muscle, and well, it's just excellent to my taste.

[Tyler]

I quite like this one.

[Rody]

That drawing ZillaEra posted is quite good, I think. However, the face is TOO mammalian for my preference.

[xenotactics]

Here's another Dinosaur-ish Goji. I think it looks pretty cool myself.
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It has promise. Two changes I would make would be to make the head a little lest T-Rex and more Godzilla-like. Second I would have larger spins/fins..on his back.

Black/dark grey skintone and (larger) white/silver spines/highlights. Smaller head - slightly less saurian. That would be a start.

[Rody]

^That one isn't too bad, but yeah, this time it's too saurian and quite mammalian enough.

Clearly, that balance of features is very hard for artists to capture.

[Tyler]

Clearly, that balance of features is very hard for artists to capture.

That's why you need guys who know the character like Art Adams and Matt Frank to work on the movie.

[antovald20]

^Hell Yes!!!! That would be a dream come true.

[Rody]

That's why you need guys who know the character like Art Adams and Matt Frank to work on the movie.

Don't forget Bob Eggleton.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

That's why you need guys who know the character like Art Adams and Matt Frank to work on the movie.

Don't forget Bob Eggleton.

And probably countless other artists that probably understand Godzilla well enough.

[Rody]

Those three are probably known the best; thus they would tend to be first choices.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Those three are probably known the best; thus they would tend to be first choices.

That's why I'd make them my last choices if I couldn't get a good design.

[Rody]

I don't think I follow.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

I don't think I follow.

I hope you're responding to my comment of "the countless other artists" with what I quoted.

I wouldn't hire the aid of Eggleton, Frank, or Adams when just starting a Godzilla project. I love their art, but I'd let other artists take a stab at designing Godzilla. The aforementioned are artists well-known to the fandom and would produce something respectful, yes. But I'd want to play on the edge a bit before playing it safe.

[Rody]

Okay, I think I understand; you would prefer to experiment more. That makes sense.

[SuperSaiyan4Godzilla]

Okay, I think I understand; you would prefer to experiment more. That makes sense.

Yeah. While Tatopoulos didn't strike on a design that we find appealing for Godzilla, his idea of experimentation is a good one. Its one of those things that breathes life into a dead franchise.

[Kiryu2012]

Found a few more potential Goji pics:

[Rody]

The first and third ones are pretty decent (though the 3rd is severely lacking mass).

The second one looks bad. Its proportions are too extreme; it ends up bearing more resemblance to GINO than Gojira.

[godzilla898]

1st one is good, but its snout looks like a crocodile's and its feet like an elephant's.
The 2nd and 3rd ones are far too lanky.

[Living Corpse]

The second one would be better off as a future enemy for him to fight, like the government has been cloning him and this failure comes out.

[Rody]

Looking at them again, my favorite would be the first one. It's the most unique of the three, without looking blatantly "wrong" in any way.