I particularly love when they make aliens looking like something from earth but turning it into a chimera-like thing.
Tomar-Re (along with his son tomar-tu) is a perfect example, mix of bird, fish and I can see a vaguely reptilian aspect.
a very creative and awesome design for such an awesome character himself.
Taking a relatively human-looking creature and redesigning it too look more alien. Or perhaps incorporating aspects of speculative evolution.
1). Dwarves:
Changing dwarves from "smaller, stouter humans" into something much more subterranean.
Image 1: The Hobbit (1977)
Image 2: I redesigned Dwarves (Monstergarden)
2). Gnomes:
Gnomes are redesigned into small creatures.
Image 1: Gnome Watching Railway Train (1848)
Image 2: Make Your Fantasy Races Weird with Speculative Evolution (Sawyer Lee)
3). Andalites:
The centaur-like Andalites are redesigned to look more alien.
Image 1: The Andalite Chronicles
Image 2: Monarobot redesign.
4). Trolls:
The Trollhunter movie makes clear trolls are animals that do not wear clothes and rarely live together.
Image 1: The Princess and the Trolls (1913)
Image 2: Trollhunter (2010)
5). Vampires:
The Strain depicts vampires as a condition afflicted to unfortunate human hosts. The true vampire "organism" is a parasitic worm that releases a symbiotic retrovirus, radically altering the human host. "Strigoi" lose the ability to reproduce, develop a cloaca, feed via a retractable proboscis, and lose many facial features.
Image 1: Dracula (1931)
Image 2: The Strain
6). Martians:
In Young Justice, Miss Martian's "human form" is a green-skinned version of her favorite sitcom actress. Most humans assume their "true form" is the green-skinned, bald humanoid that Martian Manhunter presents as. But they're really much larger and alien-looking, and can be divided into three color-based castes.
Image 1: Miss Martian's "human form."
Image 2: Miss Martian's true form and Martian Manhunter.
Examples shown are, Wraith from Deadlock, Domina from Overwatch, and Mistral from Metal Gear Rising Revengeance.
This isn't referring to characters who are stated to be elderly but still look no older than 30, but rather old characters who actually look their age and are still beautiful in their elderly state.
Ana (Overwatch)
Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House)
Kya (Avatar Legends)
I don’t believe this is risque, but mods let me know if I should mark this 18
Ibuki (Street Fighter)
Wallace (Pokemon)
Kate Bishop (Marvel)
Fugo (Jojo’s. Bizarre Adventures)
Space Kook [Scooby Doo, albeit the image used is from the Scoob! movie]
Dark Voyager (Reality Unknown) [Fortnite]
Ludens [Kojima Productions mascot]
Was tempted to make a generic 'skeletons in attire' post but this felt more focused
Bugs dressed as Superman
(Looney Tunes/DC)
Gumball dressed as Beetlejuice
(The Amazing World Of Gumball/Beetlejuice)
Luffy dressed as Naruto in a One Piece spinoff manga
(One Piece/Naruto)
The Big Rig from Iron Meat, GIF is from the animated trailer
The Train also from Iron Meat, GIF also from the animated trailer
The Tanks from Zombie Army 4
Another Tank, the Flesh General from Homeanimations
A Battleship, Black Mass Mechagodzilla by @Steel_Neck
Honorable mention: SCP-4217 from the SCP Mythos is also a battleship but the ship part is canonically in perfect condition, the fleshy bits are always underwater
For those who don’t know, Rotoscope is essentially an early form of Motion Capture, where Live Action Footage is Traced Over with 2D Animation, to create this really cool (and somewhat uncanny) hybrid style, which dates back to the early 20th century, and is still used today.
Examples:
Koko The Clown - Fleischer Studios Animation
(Often labelled as the first ever use of this style, back in 1915)
Snow White - Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Kevin - Spooky Month: The Wacky Wicked Woods (2026)
(A parody of the Snow White Example)
Joseph Gordon Levitt - Short Animation by Carli Ihde (2014)
Everyone - A Scanner Darkly (2006)
(Literally the Entire film is all Rotoscoped throughout)
Cyborg (Teen Titans)
Barret Wallace (Final Fantasy VII)
Samus Aran (Metroid)
Mega Man (Mega Man)
I really like how this artist didn't sexualize or make the girls look "hot" but instead actually put thought into their uniforms. It's pretty inspired by the PPGZ anime I think but it's cool that their outfits follow a similar design yet each one has unique differences that bring out their personalities. Bubbles has a sailor type look cuz she's the baby while Buttercup has leather jacket and more punk features. She designed other characters and villains too
I don't know where the artist went cuz she closed like all her socials a while ago tho sorry if I'm unable to credit
Daizyujin in Gozyuger
Starscream in Transformers the Movie
Megatron in Dark of the Moon
Aspen moor-spooky month by sr pelo
Woodralone-creatures of sonaria
The beast-over the garden wall
The creeking-Minecraft
Evangelion Mark.06 (Evangelion Franchise)
Gridknight (SSSS.Gridman)
Kamen Rider Tycoon,Bujin Sword (Kamen Rider Geats)
Metalgreymon (2010),(Digimon Xros Wars)
Night Rogue (Kamen Rider Build)
Atratusmon (The Black one) and Albatusmon (The White one) (Digimon
BeatBreak)
Cyclops (X-Men)
Gigan (Godzilla Franchise)
Melusine (Fate/Grand Order)
Visors are very fascinating; I like both,the ones that hide the eyes,and the ones going over them. Honestly can't decide which one is cooler...I find visor's as a really cool bit of character design that just makes a design just "pop" and catch my eye.
The incredibly AWESOME mixing of insect motifs and technology usually (when done right) is incredible and more people should do it.
1 Nanomech (Ben 10)
Cybertronians (Transformers Synergize by @kray-zay on Tumblr)
Cybugs (Wreck it Ralph)
The Royal Base (Digimon)
Oh gee, I wonder where he's from? Surely the obvious flag imagery in his clothes and cowboy hat doesn't give it away!/s
Also, props to yokai watch for selecting a non bald eagle character as their US spoof, opting for a pelican instead. (Even if its possibly solely because American and Pelican sound a like) I also like how goofy he looks with his exaggerated beak, half asleep eyes and the sheer gaudiness of his fit.
Edit: Like what some of the comments said, theres also proof that he's a bit of a LARPer: he wasn't reclassified as the USA themed 'Merican Yo-kai in yo-kai watch 3, and in the spin-off game Blasters, he was hunted down by tertiary series mascot Usapyon (who is one of these 'Merican Yo-kai) for being a fake. His flavor text in 3 also reads: "He studied in BBQ and tries to pretend that he grew up there. His terrible accent makes it very obvious that he did not."
when outfits that are very unconventional (dresses, armor, etc) have sneakers that comically contrast with the rest of the outfit.
I just find the contrast both very funny and unique looking.
Aspen (spooky month)
Lord Dominator (wander over yonder)
Civilian fit
Homemade suit
Bulletproof suit
Classic yellow suit
Blue and black suit
Yellow suit 2.0
Coalition of planets uniform
Viltrum Emperor suit (Red and Gray)
New Viltrum Emperor suit (Gold, blue and white)
Which of these u think look the most cooler?
This plague doctor is Circe, a character from the webcomic, Madame Sorcière.
When I told the creator of the character about a character similar to Circe, they said the creator, Harriet Amoros, endorsed the character.
