So here's a bunch of concepts for the animals the green martians, or Tharks, ride around on.
Here's another:
And some more:
Some added thoughts on the first guy:
And the second design. There was an animal on Avatar the Last Airbender that I worked on which also had no sight, and that guy (I can't remember its name...oh, what! The Shirshu?!) influenced this one, but also I had always wanted to take the ornate dragon and chimera images of Ancient Asia and somehow make them workable, if that makes any sense.
There you go. Whoopteedoo.
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