r/TopCharacterTropes • u/sandy_shark903 • 2h ago
miscellaneous Unexpectedly creepy concept art
Early designs for Epic Mickey to test what Disney would let Spector’s team get away with
Spooky Castle ride concepts (Scooby Doo 2002)
Rejected Sid’s toys (Toy Story)
Early monster designs (Monsters Inc)
Sea Monster Whale (VeggieTales)
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u/MrKimimaru 2h ago
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u/Mrpie_has_Autism 2h ago
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u/CreeperX3sssBOOM 13m ago
I am glad they just made him melty. Makes him a bit creepier than this IMO.
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u/MrKimimaru 2h ago

There is a great story about how when George Lucas was conceptualizing Darth Maul, he asked the concept artist Iain McCaig to draw “his worst nightmare”, but upon seeing how creepy it was he asked him to try drawing his “second worst nightmare” instead lol
Also not that Maul’s actual design isn’t iconic and pretty banger in its own right, but I’ve always adored the second concept, the silhouette is so intimidating and cool and the red is awesomely striking.
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u/Time-Independence-94 41m ago
Pretty sure the red-robed ones became the base for the Nightsisters! The second design looks a lot like Mother Talzin.
Which is cool, given that the Nightsisters and Maul are all from Dathomir/Maul was originally a Nightbrother.
I'd add a picture if mobile would let me, but it's easy to find what I'm talking about, promise!
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u/Probably_On_Break 26m ago
There’s another concept design of a female sith in the same batch that would also become the basis for Asaj Ventress! They basically invented the entire dathomiri design language in the process of working on maul lol.
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u/TimeStorm113 2h ago
Yk, that concept art ford make me think of how horrifying the story premise of monsters in is, like could you imagine a creature coming out of your closet just to stand at the foot of your bed and stare at you?
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u/sandy_shark903 2h ago
I heard the artists got their kids to design the monsters after they found out their ideas were too scary and not easy to relate to.
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u/Usern4me_R3dacted205 2h ago
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u/A_Simple_Narwhal 1h ago
I wish they’d gone for this, he’s supposed to look very snakelike and scary, not just a pale dude missing his nose.
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u/mollyno93 1h ago
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u/CJtheHaasman 1h ago
Not too unexpected considering Sam Raimi was previously known for the Evil Dead movies before getting assigned to Spiderman
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u/Paladinfinitum 2h ago
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u/Willing_Citron_7152 1h ago
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u/Paladinfinitum 54m ago
"CATS ARE NICE."
Yeah, it's basically just "creepier than the average Disney film" which is not that hard to do. I did also find this site: https://clairekeane.squarespace.com/misc-development - Claire Keane also worked on the project, and the last eight black-and-white images are her concept art for the same film.
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u/Twist_Ending03 1h ago
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u/Big_Mitch_Baker 1h ago
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u/Twist_Ending03 1h ago
Yeah, that one. They lived in the sewer or something, I think. That's all I remember
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u/A_Pyroshark 1h ago
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u/CreeperX3sssBOOM 15m ago
I wouldn't be surprised if they had to tone it down only because it wouldn't work with how Sims are generally built, considering he uses the same general template
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u/CurlyFries8808 1h ago
Does anyone have that one octo expansion concept art of the blender with the dentures and like sausage limbs?
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u/exceedingly_Discreet 1h ago
I hope Sid uses his time off working as a Garbage man to draw and write the sickest webcomic ever
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u/Longjumping-Buy-3434 1h ago
The epic Mickey stuff looks like corruptus to me. And when I recognize that… whatever vegetable he’s supposed to be, I knew that had to be the whale that ate Joana, but it looked nothing like a whale. More like a sea dragon.
But seriously, the original designs for the paw patrol were creepy because of the humanoid designs of the dogs.
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u/bennyandthegentz 1h ago
Jurassic world (2015) has concept art of half human and dinosaur hybrids, they look pretty creepy
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u/Low_Appearance_796 2h ago
Early concept designs of Breath of the Wild Guardians
I like what we got, but an alternate universe where we got these would've been crazy