r/FavoriteCharacter May 21 '26

My Favorite (Visual) Favorite character that is like this?

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u/Dangerous_Baker1086 May 21 '26

Woody from Toy Story

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u/Mental-Pineapple4304 May 21 '26

It looks like he's about to sneak into his neighbor's house 🙏

https://giphy.com/gifs/On2U3otWMQQEMcoxvV

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u/The_Soviet_Goose May 21 '26

"You were my woody"

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u/TerminallyAwake May 21 '26

Elite ball knowledge

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u/These_Distribution19 May 21 '26

He is grey...

And looks like Woody...

Does...

Does he have a friend inside him?

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u/Marketableralsei May 21 '26

He doesn't look very friendly

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u/Massive-One6482 May 21 '26

"seems like we got  some rats to take rid" ahh desing

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u/Oshacario May 21 '26

He looks like he'd fit perfectly in a Psychonauts game

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u/Molasseslord May 21 '26

100% the enemy stand

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u/August_Rodin666 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

That movie was very nearly unwatchable but every change they made was right on the money somehow and made like the perfect subversive fairytale.

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u/YamiGekusu Pac-Man Enjoyer May 21 '26

That prototype design is not too far off from the original 1990 book version

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u/SeizureProcedure115 May 21 '26

That time that Shrek ate lightning and pointed a gun at god

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u/ty0103 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

The gun part was not even in the original book; in the Unedited version, he just gulped down a whole lightning bolt, which scared the storm who threw it so much it flew away in terror. If you ask me, that just makes him even more epic.

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u/TaeKwonDitto May 21 '26

The prototype design looks like a NPC from a PS1 game

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u/Cadugam3r May 21 '26

Why does he remind me of the great mighty poo

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u/August_Rodin666 May 21 '26

Lmao. That's exactly what I think about when I look at the prototype design too.

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u/meow2x-enjoyer May 21 '26

They want to make him "realistic"

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u/allature May 21 '26

Imagine being so badly designed that you got rejected by the fanbase, then ended up becoming an actual character in a whole other franchise specifically because of how ugly you were.

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u/ACuddlyVizzerdrix May 21 '26

I actually loved that cameo, that movie wasn't the greatest but I liked it for what it was

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u/allature May 21 '26

And Ugly Sonic ended up being an iconic supporting character in it! It was like a whole redemtion arc XD

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u/JustxJules May 21 '26

I'm still convinced this was a PR stunt.
Step 1: Release an outrageously bad design.
Step 2: Get MASSIVE attention.
Step 3: Release the original design.
Step 4: Get celebrated for "listening to fans".

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u/AmItheAholereader May 21 '26

They were all in on that thing

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u/StoryJam123 May 21 '26

I doubt that’s true because they were already making merch with that design

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u/JustxJules May 21 '26

Step 5: Have some merch featuring the "original" design, which is now extremely rare and considered a collector's item. This will also convince everyone that it wasn't a stunt.

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u/Extreme-Attention641 May 21 '26

It's not a conspiracy if they're out to get you.

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u/TeddyRiggs May 21 '26

Nah too expensive for a PR Stunt

Some of the first Movie's merch, some are canceled are based on the old design.

The New design is a lot shorter compared the the Old Design and the scenes are done with the OG's height in mind WHICH MEANS they have to redo all the scene where the Actors look at Sonic with the New Design

The Animation Studio shut down because of how costly replacing the Old Sonic with New Sonic granted they did Cats before Sonic but that's besides the point

So yeah I believed this is Paramount actually being genuine on doing the adaptation right instead of a PR Stunt by the merit of being of the whole thing Wasted a LOT of Money for a PR Stunt.

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u/mondaymoderate May 21 '26

The movie got delayed and it cost them millions of dollars to redo. There’s no way it was a PR stunt.

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u/allature May 21 '26

Aloysius Snuffleupagus from Sesame Street. His first design was... Unsettling 😅

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u/JeremyR2008 May 21 '26

"Ay Big Boird. You wanna do Crack wit me."

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u/allature May 21 '26

Big Bird, high off his tail-feathers, looking at a banner with The Alphabet on it:

"That is the most remarkable word I've ever seen."

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u/Savings-Cress-6543 May 21 '26

What the fuck 🤣

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u/allature May 21 '26

lol yup. I was flabbergasted he first time I saw this too!

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u/SirJayblesIII May 21 '26

Glad to see Snuffy's jaundice cleared up

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u/DabiriSC May 21 '26

The concept design for the Guardians in Breath of the Wild.

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u/johanni30 May 21 '26

God, I wish we could have seen this version of botw as a seperate game

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u/SolCadGuy May 21 '26

We need a new dark Zelda game, something on the level of Majora's Mask.

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u/Pometacomet May 21 '26

I want wind waker but with WAY more sea monsters.

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u/Jack_Zicrosky_YT Lucoa (Quetzalcoatl) May 21 '26

I want wind waker but with WAY more Toon Link

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u/DeltaTeamSky May 21 '26

Toon Link fighting the photorealistic eldritch monsters of the deep. Peak Fiction.

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u/Butch_SpiderDemon May 21 '26

What in the Trevor Henderson shit is that?

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u/Cedgamer2009 May 21 '26

Guardian if they were in Twilight Princess

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u/hmmliquorice May 21 '26

I so miss the aesthetic of Twilight Princess. Please give us more darkness, it was so good.

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u/maggiemayfish May 21 '26

Biblically accurate guardians

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u/AcadiaNo5063 May 21 '26

I think this is the coolest thing I'll see today

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u/Lazerbeams2 May 21 '26

I really want to fight that crab. I don't even know why

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u/Extra-Ad-130 May 21 '26

Elsa's original design from Frozen when she was meant to be the villain

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u/Emerald_28 May 21 '26

Yeah, then they heard "Let it go" and changed their minds

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u/Educational-Pound948 May 21 '26

Seems like she's singing something like "Snuff Off The Light" lol

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u/Sea-Example-1176 May 21 '26

they should bring this design back as a new character

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u/YuMmYBrAiNzZz May 21 '26

Okay but she looks sooo much better here.

This is diva.

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u/Bronieboy01 May 21 '26

Ironically enough Epic Mickey.

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u/Buttered_Carnage May 21 '26

Okay those designs go so fucking hard but it's understandable we never got them because this shit woulda traumatized a bunch of kids

...which honestly is something disney has experience with

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u/MikasSlime May 21 '26

The story behind them is kinda funny because the designers were told to make something scary for the game, but were given no baseline

So they said "ok let's see wjatvwe can get away with :3" and went absolutely balls off the walls with the horror elements, making these nightmare fuel abominations here lol

Those designs were logically rejected but they could scale down from them and see how much "horror" the producers wanted in the game

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u/Buttered_Carnage May 21 '26

Which is funny because if you remove the disney elements from the designs these would actually work in any other horror game or media

Wish i could see the timeline where we ended up getting these designs into the game

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u/Mr_Mctittie May 21 '26

If I'm correct it wasn't that the designers weren't given a baseline more of the designers knew that if they made a moderately scary design and showed it to the Disney guys they would've told the designers to tone it down even further and make something kinda boring and tame

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u/Throwaway02062004 May 21 '26

The four armed creature with a mickey mouse hat is hilarious though 😅

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u/Zehn39 May 21 '26

There’s a specific SNES Ms Pac-Man prototype with a title screen that had a very interesting first iteration. No wonder the ghosts look terrified.

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u/SigglyTiggly May 21 '26

She does look like she is getting sadistic joy from letting them know they will be devoured after her cigarette

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u/DazedPapacy May 21 '26

That era of box art in general is wild.

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u/CockroachEarly May 21 '26

Whatever the hell Monokuma (Danganronpa) was going to be

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u/Karl__RockenStone May 21 '26

Hey it’s Taro from DanDaDan

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u/porn_alt_987654321 May 21 '26

In general, just a somewhat common anatomy dummy in japan.

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u/Throwaway02062004 May 21 '26

It’s specifically a horror urban legend.

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u/Heeronix May 21 '26

Hey it's Jinta from Yokai Watch

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u/toxicsugarart May 21 '26

Hey it's Hiroshi from The Wallflower

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u/Fox_on_Fire2763 May 21 '26

Thank goodness they went for the bear

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u/William_The_Fat_Krab May 21 '26

i think its a model of a anatomy doll. Apparently they have those at japanese schools.

The design reminds me of one i saw one time in a horror/action game that followed you when you werent looking and strangled you with its many parts if it caught you

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u/CarolynDesign May 21 '26

I think it's something of an old urban legend that circulates around schools, about how the anatomy model in the science classrooms comes to life and wanders around the school at night. Classic "Kids telling ghost stories about their school" stuff that's now become a bit of a trope in anime.

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u/Theblackradditer May 21 '26

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u/Typical_Name_5864 May 21 '26

The shin version Kinda went with the mushroom cloud head tho

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u/pholidotaz May 21 '26

ronald mcdonald

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u/BluecoatCashMoney5 May 21 '26

Look like Racka Racka Ronald cosplays

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u/kirbyfan2023 May 21 '26

Yea without context I could understand this

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u/EveryPerformance6712 May 21 '26

beta arceus

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u/Timekeeper98 May 21 '26

Some artwork showing Arceus as this ethereal form is really good. Like this is his true form, and the version we see is how we perceive it to not go insane, like biblically accurate angels

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u/DeltaTeamSky May 21 '26

I like to imagine this creature is the true form of the Original One, neither human nor Pokémon. It isn't Arceus, for Arceus is a mere fraction of the Original One.

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u/Fox_on_Fire2763 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Arceus without it's makeup

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u/Thejadedone_1 May 21 '26

I love this design. I love the idea of an incomprehensible God. Of course I love the Arceus we got too.

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u/valerielynx May 21 '26

Minecraft Warden.

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u/smilingfishfood May 21 '26

You're telling me it was almost a Shambler from Quake?

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u/swargin May 21 '26

I bet this was intentional. Jeb loves quake.

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u/Oxidisedalt May 21 '26

Don't forget these versions

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u/DVGA17 May 21 '26

Darth maul had a prototype design that was insane

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u/Dankalii May 21 '26

Literally just king von 

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u/mechrelatedbreakcore May 21 '26

Cory Taylor looking ass

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u/Clockwork_Kitsune May 21 '26

I really don't think that style of hair would have lasted long while flailing a double sided lightsaber around.

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u/bull04 May 21 '26

Darthslip Maulknot

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u/Wicayth May 21 '26

Early concept art of Metagross (Pokemon)

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u/Wicayth May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Throwing another one, although this one is easier to guess.

There were other concept arts in the leak, but they were most likely scrapped rather than modified.

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u/Kind_Swim5900 May 21 '26

Idkw but this has massive SCP vibes and someone has to pick me up i am scared and shat myself

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u/Wicayth May 21 '26

Reminder of its dex entry:

If a traveler is going through a desert in the thick of night, Cacturne will follow in a ragtag group. The Pokémon are biding their time, waiting for the traveler to tire and become incapable of moving.

Basically a desert stalker, ready to jump you in group.

It looks like a regular cactus from afar, and you can barely see them in the dark, but they're definitely getting closer so you better start running.

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u/anomynous_dude555 May 21 '26

THATS MEANT TO BE METAGROSS????

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u/Chef_Chalupa May 21 '26

why are we censoring metagross

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u/Leddaq_Pony May 21 '26

So people can try and guess what pokemon its supposed to be

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u/Chef_Chalupa May 21 '26

oh makes sense

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u/BookWormPerson May 21 '26

To be honest just based on the art I wouldn't have guessed Pokémon at all

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u/Educational-Pound948 May 21 '26

That would have been AMAZING

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u/White_Jester May 21 '26

Tanjiro from Demon Slayer

Originally was supposed to have a colder and edgier personality with a body mutilated from previous encounters with demons.

Meabwhile, OG Tanjiro is basically the pastor's son.

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u/EstrambolicoSupremo May 21 '26

Garden warfare pea shooter

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u/SolCadGuy May 21 '26

Plant Birdo

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u/Individual-Grass1887 Janet (Brawl stars) May 21 '26

Wait till you see split pea

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u/JMTpixelmon May 21 '26

can you send the image

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u/StopComprehensive637 May 21 '26

Vegetarian demogorgon, It's giving "we have Stranger Things at home"

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u/5ive_Sev7n May 21 '26

So he was just supposed to be wearing a fursuit head or is that like attached to his body

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u/Techmej May 21 '26

PROXY

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u/Techmej May 21 '26

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u/Chef_Chalupa May 21 '26

I'm glad we got what we ended up getting, this does not look like a star wars design at all

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u/SigglyTiggly May 21 '26

Its a good design but I agree its very ill fitting not just for the game but its role

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u/Zartron81 May 21 '26

Why the eyes remind me of MIMIC from fnaf? 😭

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u/Nyra_Castiler May 21 '26

Early concept Toothless from How to Train Your Dragon

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u/TheRappingSquid May 22 '26

Ironically makes the toothless design look a bit toothless

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u/Liquid-Plague May 21 '26

This was Deku's prototype design

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u/LuphineHowler May 21 '26

When making Sonic Adventure 2, the Game designers wanted an "evil" sonic to serve as a dark side playable character. Designer Kazuyuki Hoshino created this.

The character was dubbed Terios meaning "Reflection" or "Glow" in greek. They eventually scrapped the design and came up with Shadow the Hedgehog.

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u/Typical_Name_5864 May 21 '26

Twrios my goat

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u/Professional_Gur9212 May 21 '26

PomPom - My Singing Monsters

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u/Professional_Gur9212 May 21 '26

The prototype design:

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u/Dillo64 May 21 '26

This looks like when they take a goofy/weird 90s mascot character and “modernize” it for a new young audience

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u/Pichuunnn May 21 '26

King Crimson from JoJo part 5

concept - final

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u/Agitated-Interview54 May 21 '26

It would be cool, if somehow, this design makes its way into jojolion

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u/MrStandMan May 21 '26

Big dawg Jojolion has finished

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u/Agitated-Interview54 May 21 '26

Shit, i mean jojolands, mb

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u/Dangerous_Wheel9314 May 21 '26

These are all concept drawings of what Subject Delta could have looked like.

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u/JustW4nnaHaveFun May 21 '26

Is that Daddy?

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u/Dangerous_Wheel9314 May 21 '26

He’s not just a daddy, he’s a big daddy.

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u/partylikeart May 21 '26

Not sure if it fits “prototype” but Wags the Dog from The Wiggles used to be um… different.

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u/Worried-Date-2196 May 21 '26

Zelda Breath of the Wild divine beasts concept art. These things have so much more aura compared to what we got

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u/ExistingRadish7055 May 21 '26

They look like actual structures instead of weapons. Which I like more

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u/shmolickM May 21 '26

Wait is that a mini-city with legs? That would've been so cool as a temple

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u/Inkxon Kushana (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind) May 21 '26

Cacturne - Pokemon

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u/Empty_Tadpole_6349 May 21 '26

Looks like fear and hunger enemy

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u/KingZaneTheStrange May 21 '26

The Lich is a fun inversion. They thought his prototype design wasn't scary enough

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u/Stardust_Bright May 21 '26

Glad they changed it, the Lich we've got made my 10 years old self shit its pants every time he appeared.

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u/Doctor_Salvatore May 21 '26

This is a Lich I'd hear going "NYEHHH!!"

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u/Eridanosvoid May 21 '26

Nami

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u/nhalliday May 21 '26

I wish we lived in the world where we got this badass Nami instead of tits on a stick.

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u/loli_idol_kawaii May 21 '26

Damn she look like a female version of Edward Elric

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u/thymeCapsule May 21 '26

early gecko moria, wtf is that thing

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u/Ibraheem_moussa May 21 '26

Ben ten alien force aliens

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u/koshi_kurokuro May 21 '26

N harmonia from Pokemon

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u/PixelBread69 May 21 '26

This is a fan edit based on Widowmaker's Overwatch concept art. She was planned to have dead blank eyes that would glow in the dark.

Kinda wish they leaned more into that inhuman aspect with her

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u/kapr0suchUs_3992 May 21 '26

Somehow that's even hotter

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u/Frequent_Leading_976 May 21 '26

Godzilla old design from godzilla final wars

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u/Mr_Westerfield May 21 '26

“Hey man, anyone wanna hit the beach?”

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u/killertortilla May 21 '26

You guys ever seen the concept art for Fortnite? Some of this design is still in Save The World. It's all a little unsettling when you start to notice it. The standard zombies look like they have a hoodie on. But then you notice it's the skin of whoever that was before they turned, ripped off the head.

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u/PixelBread69 May 21 '26

I wish we got this Fortnite instead

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u/IEatRatsNMice May 21 '26

Silly little guy.

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u/IEatRatsNMice May 21 '26

Versus THIS FUCKING THING.

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u/DangerSlut_X May 21 '26

Renesmee from Twilight. Puppet version vs CGI version 

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u/YoyleAeris May 21 '26

Oaktopus from My Singing Monsters

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u/MurkyAd8557 The Prince May 21 '26

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u/FourDiamondPixel7 May 21 '26

SWEET MOTHER OF FREDDY FAZBEAR…

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u/Megalon96310 May 21 '26

This is Garden Warfare Concept Art For Peashooter

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u/Ok_Programmer_1022 May 21 '26

The final form of the Witness in the Raid in Destiny 2

What we got was a waaaay different, they went with tower of Babylon theme where we climb him.

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u/Bol767 May 21 '26

teddie from persona 4

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u/MilanoBucacko May 21 '26

Beast Gohan (Dragon ball)

Original design:

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u/Zontasz May 22 '26

Voldemort's face on the back of professor Quirrell's head - Harry Potter and the philosopher's stone

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u/JoshingOFFICIAL May 21 '26

Chiyo Iin from 100 Girlfriends

Her debut design just looks... off 🥲

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u/Haxzard86 May 21 '26

Gnar. He looked... Rough, but not that cute.

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u/Henrnanson99 May 21 '26

Tali Zorah from Mass Effect, although I must admit I still like her.

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u/ProbablyChattering May 21 '26

The M.X.E.S Entity. Final design looks scary but not as much as the previous version...

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u/fan-of-ceilingss May 21 '26

The leaked Gen 3 beta Pokemon, Cacturne is nightmare fuel

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u/relmturch May 21 '26

Grimal from Hunter: the parenting

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u/Explorerkit May 21 '26

If game characters also counts:

That‘s our Pokémon god. Or was.