Godzilla’s true name is GOJIRA, a contraction of the Japanese words for “gorilla” and “whale” (much like MAGNITUDE’s name is a contraction of “Magnetic” and “Attitude”).
My variation on big G was done for a Kaiju fan in an internet Secret Santa exchange. I wanted to incorporate a few more theropod dinosaur features while still keeping him recognizable (something the 90s American movie failed to do). Overall I think it worked so-so. I’d like to take another shot at him sometime.
Please don’t let the lighting fool you: this Gojira is the proper charcoal gray with no green in him.
I think if you opened the hands made the tail longer and the head smaller you would be on to something.
Thanks, Doug.
Yeah, I’m by no means satisfied with my own design here. All of your notes are spot-on; in the case of the tail, I think I was trying to keep it from overlapping the base too much. I see a lot of things I’d want to improve if I were to try it again.
Doug is the creator of numerous cut-paper comics, many of which are collected in MONARCH MONKEY AND OTHER STORIES: http://dougderocherart.blogspot.com/
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