My main concern with the boss was, ‘how can I make this as creepy as possible, but not too creepy’ and my first thought was the character Oichi from ‘Sengoku Basara: Samurai Heroes’. She is a character that possess creepy dark arms as her weapons. So using that I thought that multiple arms and creepy go well together.

References

Other references include demons from the anime ‘Demon Slayer’, especially the two characters shown in the top right and bottom left images. The anime ‘Jujitsu Kaisen’, also had some gross enemies that came to mind when thinking of designs for the boss.

Boss Ideas

Below are the designs I came up with using the above images as references to create creepy bosses.

Idea 1

 

Idea 2

 

Idea 3

 

Idea 4

 

Idea 5

Out of all the ideas, Idea 1 and 5 are the most boss like, and are the designs Nathan Martin took to design the 3D boss for the game. I will admit that Idea 2 and 4 are really boss like but I do think they are the most strinking designs and they are the ones I took further and coloured.

Colour Ideas

The colours are to reflect the ‘Night’ world, using the coloured pallette referencing the game ‘Othercide’ with its black, white and red colour pallette. I think this colour pallette really makes the designs look dark and creepy.