I was told to design a puppet for a music video. The design was of a monster who was build to chase a rock band full of teenagers around a haunted mansion. I first tried out silly things like a monster with a chest which opened up to reveal a repulsive giant mouth full of teeth. That didn't seem practical and it was pretty messy looking. I then tried things which looked slinky and sneaky but they didn't seem threatening enough either. My boyfriend, Max, visited me after a long afternoon of brianstorming and helped me out with the monster design; muscular, faceless and built to run. He deserves credit for the idea. There's a hint of inspiration from Half-Life 2 in there too.
These are some of the pictures from the development:


The legs were bent initially because I thought the animators were capable of inventing the various poses from just a single profile photo. If I knew they were going to make me joint him I would've straightened them, making it easier for him to stand.
 He's less professional than the adult but this model was built first and was more of an experiment.
He also had interchangeable face-plates; yawn, snarl, delight, and anger.

I'll post the photo-shoot another time.