Last month I shared with you some concept sketches of Disney characters. And today, I give you the early character sketches of famous movies, compiled by the good folks over at Screen Crush.
Take a look — Yoda could have looked like a garden gnome, and the original Jabba looks even more turd-y than the version we all love to hate. Bane seems to be an S&M dungeon master, while the two versions of Ralph (of “Wreck-It” fame) looks nothing like. I do, however, prefer the earlier designs of the Kraken and the Mad Hatter to their final forms. What do you think? (Warning: many images up ahead!)
Shrek, ‘Shrek’
DreamWorks/Barry Jackson for DreamWorks
Yoda, ‘Star Wars’
LucasFilm
Chewbacca, ‘Star Wars’
LucasFilm/Ralph McQuarrie
Jabba the Hutt, ‘Star Wars’
LucasFilm
Thor, ‘Thor’
Marvel Studios/Wesley Burt
Silver Surfer, ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer’
20th Century Fox/Constantine Sekeris
Whiplash, ‘Iron Man 2′
Marvel Studios
Beast, ‘X-Men: First Class’
20th Century Fox/Constantine Sekeris
Azazel, ‘X-Men: First Class’
20th Century Fox/Jerad S. Marantz
Emma Frost, ‘X-Men: First Class’
20th Century Fox/Jerad S. Marantz
Spider-Man, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
Sony Pictures/Eddie Yang
Neytiri, ‘Avatar’
20th Century Fox
The Kraken, ‘Clash of the Titans’
Warner Bros./Jerad S Marantz
Ravenna, ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’
Universal Pictures/Jeff Simpson
Hagrid, ‘Harry Potter’
Warner Bros.
The Caterpillar, ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Disney/Michael Kutsche
The Mad Hatter, ‘Alice in Wonderland’
Disney/Michael Kutsche
Hopper, ‘A Bug’s Life’
Disney/Pixar
Buzz Lightyear, ‘Toy Story’
Disney/Pixar
Bane, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Warner Bros.
Catwoman, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Warner Bros.
Leatherface, ‘Texas Chainsaw 3D’
Lionsgate/Jerad S Marantz via Lionsgate
Loki, ‘Thor’
Marvel Studios/Warren Manser
‘Daredevil’
20th Century Fox/Warren Manser
‘The Green Lantern’
Warner Bros.
The Lizard, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’
Sony
Vampire Coven Members, ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2′
Summit Entertainment/The Aaron Sims Company
Ralph, ‘Wreck-It Ralph’
Disney
Sulley, ‘Monsters Inc.’
Disney-Pixar
Genie, ‘Aladdin’
Disney
Syndrome, ‘The Incredibles’
Disney-Pixar
Mermaids, ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides’
Disney
Shockwave, ‘Transformers 3′
Paramount Pictures
Abomination, ‘The Incredible Hulk’
Marvel Studios
Chimera, ‘Wrath of the Titans’
20th Century Fox
Kronos, ‘Wrath of the Titans’
20th Century Fox
Yeti, ‘The Mummy 3′
Universal Studios
‘I Am Legend’
Warner Bros.
Pinhead, ‘Hellraiser’
New World Entertainment/Clive Barker
Fitfield, ‘Prometheus’
20th Century Fox
