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Here's my entry for a Godzilla challenge hosted by arvalis on his Discord server! The task was to make your own version of Godzilla.

I'm not super familiar with Godzilla and I wasn't exactly sure how much I could push the official designs so I decided to follow the ”have fun” rule of the challenge and do something based on what inspires me at the moment.

My version of the Godzilla is designed to be a freshwater creature. Lately I have been drawing and researching creatures in Finnish mythology and for some reason I really liked drawing pike-inspired creatures. The pike is a powerful fish and it's considered to be able to pass between the land of the living and the underworld. So, why not try and apply that to this beast and see where it takes me.

Another inspiration was HBO's Chernobyl mini-series. I'm from Finland myself and while I've known about Chernobyl for a very long time and know that there's still radiation in Finnish nature that series made a huge impact. Maybe partially because it didn't happen that long ago and not that far away. All this made me think that maybe a radioactive fresh water beast would be pretty cool as well.

The freshwater Godzilla are a lot smaller than the ones dwelling in the depths of the ocean but nothing to underestimate. They are very adaptable but spend most of their lives staying in one lake or a very deep river. While most of the radiation is contained within them their presence has the potential of contaminating an entire water system. They can travel within the same body of water and therefore reach a lot of places inland. However, they posses the biggest danger in water. They mostly have smooth skin and brilliant, sparkling and glowing fins and patterns.

I had a ton of fun with this! I hope you like it!

Media iPad Pro & Procreate
Time taken 4 hours

Godzilla © Toho
Art © ShadeofShinon

You are not allowed to trace/copy/edit my artwork on DA or any other site and claim it as your own. Any use that is not non-profit strictly forbidden.

FAQ/ART USAGE

Description
COMMISSIONS TUMBLR | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | KO-FI | ETSY | REDBUBBLE | INPRNT

Here's my entry for a Godzilla challenge hosted by arvalis on his Discord server! The task was to make your own version of Godzilla.

I'm not super familiar with Godzilla and I wasn't exactly sure how much I could push the official designs so I decided to follow the ”have fun” rule of the challenge and do something based on what inspires me at the moment.

My version of the Godzilla is designed to be a freshwater creature. Lately I have been drawing and researching creatures in Finnish mythology and for some reason I really liked drawing pike-inspired creatures. The pike is a powerful fish and it's considered to be able to pass between the land of the living and the underworld. So, why not try and apply that to this beast and see where it takes me.

Another inspiration was HBO's Chernobyl mini-series. I'm from Finland myself and while I've known about Chernobyl for a very long time and know that there's still radiation in Finnish nature that series made a huge impact. Maybe partially because it didn't happen that long ago and not that far away. All this made me think that maybe a radioactive fresh water beast would be pretty cool as well.

The freshwater Godzilla are a lot smaller than the ones dwelling in the depths of the ocean but nothing to underestimate. They are very adaptable but spend most of their lives staying in one lake or a very deep river. While most of the radiation is contained within them their presence has the potential of contaminating an entire water system. They can travel within the same body of water and therefore reach a lot of places inland. However, they posses the biggest danger in water. They mostly have smooth skin and brilliant, sparkling and glowing fins and patterns.

I had a ton of fun with this! I hope you like it!

Media iPad Pro & Procreate
Time taken 4 hours

Godzilla © Toho
Art © ShadeofShinon

You are not allowed to trace/copy/edit my artwork on DA or any other site and claim it as your own. Any use that is not non-profit strictly forbidden.

FAQ/ART USAGE