September 18, 2013Hello,
My name is Mike Keller, and I drew both of those pictures.
The context behind each image is not becoming as viral as the images themselves, so allow me to explain:
I first decided to draw the creature because 1. no one else who was there did. 2. The footage still hasn't been shared with the rest of us. 3. Someone in IMDB asked for just such an image.
The first image is what I remembered two weeks ago of the insect creatures. All I had was my memory to rely on, which is as flawed as anyone's. This was almost two months ago that I saw the footage (once), and I only just drew that two weeks ago.
But, I WAS in a group of several people, including Kyle Yount from the kaijucast podcast (who also is responsible for breaking the image of Godzilla's face that everyone has seen). I drew that picture and sent it to everyone whose email address I had to get their feedback.
Kyle, it turned out, had drawn one of his own. I won't re-post that without his permission. His drawing was similar but not identical. It did ring some bells with me and the others who were there. So I then created the second drawing above that incorporates some of the aspects of his that struck a cord with me.
I got further feedback from other people who were there, and this results in the third rendition, which can be seen in my re-creation of the trailer here:
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izs8-6I_oIA]Godzilla 2014, Re-creation of 2013 Comic Con Trailer Monster Footage[/url]
I believe that what I put in that trailer re-creation is closer than either of these sketches.
When we see the real thing, we'll see how good my memory was.
*Title added to link by Svanya.
