Dead Space: Tentacle Swinger

Cut from the original Dead Space due to scope and time, the Tentacle Swinger was among the original Necromorph design lineup.

I thought it would be fun to do a high-fidelity revisit of him as he was was of my favorites to develop.

This creature has a twin and they fold up and attach together at the chest such that there the tails create two tentacle "arms" for swinging from the ceiling.

Once the tentacles are dismembered, the creatures crash to the ground and split apart.

The limbs unfold revealing the ground mode of the creature. The duo splits up to flank the player.

Sacs in the chest store corrosive liquid which spews from an organ in the mouth.

Initial sketches I made during preproduction on the original Dead Space game.

A paintover I did of a mesh I made in Maya for Dead Space preproduction.

This is the earliest painting of the enemy I did - before the Necromorph look had solidified and as the enemy behavior was still being explored.