04-07-2016, 05:17 AM
hmm about the humanoid anatomy: imo for a monster like this there are 2 big directions; humanoid and alien. In both cases, think about his story first. Ask him questions and answer them with your design. If you make him humanoid, ask things like: why is he humanoid? Is he only partly human? Is he some kind of a human mutant? Does he even have human dna? does he have dna at all to begin with? Was he made out of human bodyparts? Did the humans create him in their image? I'm saying this to make you think about everything in your design as something that comes from somewhere, that has a reason of existence and doesn't just pop out of a void.
Even if he's non-humanoid like a lovecraftian god, (which is what i think where the idea for this design brief comes from) and you make him totally random with squid arms and crab fingers and slimy goo and no head and a thousand eyes etc, he can't be totally random as a design. In lovecraft, those monsters or gods come from a place with a set of rules (or none at all) that's completely incomprehensible to humans and that's why they are so crazy. But from a design standpoint that doesn't mean they're random: they are an embodiment of the story that belongs to them and they even show, just by being totally crazy, how mind-fuckey the place where they're coming from has to be - you don't even need to get a description of that environment.
Long story short: think about everything. Have a reason for everything you put in or leave out, be ready to answer any question that might pop up about your design and always relate everything to some kind of story.
Even if he's non-humanoid like a lovecraftian god, (which is what i think where the idea for this design brief comes from) and you make him totally random with squid arms and crab fingers and slimy goo and no head and a thousand eyes etc, he can't be totally random as a design. In lovecraft, those monsters or gods come from a place with a set of rules (or none at all) that's completely incomprehensible to humans and that's why they are so crazy. But from a design standpoint that doesn't mean they're random: they are an embodiment of the story that belongs to them and they even show, just by being totally crazy, how mind-fuckey the place where they're coming from has to be - you don't even need to get a description of that environment.
Long story short: think about everything. Have a reason for everything you put in or leave out, be ready to answer any question that might pop up about your design and always relate everything to some kind of story.