With Prey now available to watch on Hulu, we’re now entering that juicy post-release period where the people behind the making of the film are starting to share behind-the-scenes imagery and commentary on what went into making Prey!
Michael Vincent, the concept artist responsible for Feral Predator’s creature and mask design, has taken to Twitter to share a really interesting thread on why Feral looks the way he does!
Genetic isolation with different environmental pressures yields a variant of yautja… adapted to a drier climate… thinner, waxier dreads, thicker oral tissue, & scalier skin for moisture retention, favors crushing bite for different diet… pic.twitter.com/I3Sm7YZxxR
— Michael Vincent Art (@MV_Creatures) August 9, 2022
Genetic isolation with different environmental pressures yields a variant of yautja… adapted to a drier climate… thinner, waxier dreads, thicker oral tissue, & scalier skin for moisture retention, favors crushing bite for different diet…
Breathes primarily through spiracles in the casque (not those 2 big cavities, those are heat sensitive “pits”!), an adaptation for a less jungly, less oxygenated atmosphere…
Thicker brow houses heat sensitive organs, which the mask is designed to interface with… thinner casque loses less water…
Bone has a special cultural significance to the Feral subspecies… not only their armor but as a diet staple… a careful look at the mouth reveals molars outfitted for osteophagy…
Naturally Michael also fielded various questions on the design process that went into Feral! When a fan commented that he took Feral as being a more primitive version of the Predator, Michael stated that while the design process included that kind of exploration, it wasn’t intended as being present in the finished design.
I was asked to do a pass on an evolutionary predecessor to Yautja… the final design isn’t that, but it was a fun exploration though I don’t think it worked… we spoke of time dilation playing a factor… 300 years distance could be any number of millennia to spacefaring creatures
— Michael Vincent Art (@MV_Creatures) August 9, 2022
Something else that Michael was asked about was the often seen complaint post-Predator 2 of why the mandibles don’t seem to fully close.
Interesting question given I had the same pet peeve… I spent a lot of time making sure that the various mouth parts puzzled together tightly… and it so happens that we just never got a shot with the mouth closed… the mandibles are meant to fit into the jawline like canines
— Michael Vincent Art (@MV_Creatures) August 10, 2022
Michael was also asked about how the Predator is able to see with the bone obscuring where we would usually find the visor on the Predator mask.
Entirely through interface – I believe @Jfields_217 has a design of the inside of the mask if I am not mistaken
— Michael Vincent Art (@MV_Creatures) August 9, 2022
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