The Upgrade Predator was the primary antagonist in Shane Black's The Predator and back in 2016 its conception was being handled by over 5 different artists. One of those concept artists, Shane Baxley has shared some of his work he provided for the Upgrade Predator. Using zBrush, he explains playing around with various reactive skin textures which you can see below:
Obviously the look they ended up going for was a much bulkier looking Predator, but the skin-altering concepts remained prominent.
Baxley also provided artwork for the Predator ARK Ship:
Check out his Instagram for more!
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