REMNANT - HARSGAARD - ORIGINAL CONCEPT

This is the original concept design for Harsgaard, the final boss for Remnant 1's DLC. The idea from Design was that Harsgaard used to be human, and was transformed into a monster. I was inspired by the film, The Fly (1986), which by far is the most grotesque film I've ever seen. Specifically Seth Brundle's transformation. It's haunted me to this day, and also deeply inspired me to design Harsgaard with that same energy. His eyes, now multiplied all over his head by the physical corruption of The Root. His mouth, now just a massive gaping hole in his distorted face. His hair, now replaced with various tentacles. One of his arms became deformed and enormous, Tetsuo style from the film, Akira. While his other arm lost most of it's existence, almost baby-ike, yet strangely very powerful with the ability to manipulate objects. He has two forms. A beast-like stance where he uses all of his arms to position himself, and his ominous standing pose. Then his powered up state. Concept Artist Jeff Talbot did the texture/material version here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/d8aJg1