Thor : Love and Thunder / Gorr Concept art

Concept arts for Gorr played by Christian Bale in Thor : Love and Thunder. These ones were made not long after Bale was casted for the role. So I was aiming for a blend between the comics features (here the tentacles at the rear of the head) and the actor likeness (the face). Most of the tries we did making the nostrils close to the comics character ended too often with the same comment : “It’s Voldemort!”. And same thing for the really tiny panties from the comics : we’ve chosen to get rid of it as the result was weird or disturbing…Here I’ve kept an overall white value on the body and to avoid a simple naked guy I’ve added a torso armor like some Greek ones, mimicking the anatomy with muscles. Still with light values. Then the black parts were refering to the black shapes and pattern surrounding the character in the comics.
I’ve found Christian Bald performance really impressive! What do you think of it?