Creature design : The three eras of paleoart in Monster Hunter

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  @PoorHub · 2 years ago

  I have nearly perfectly memorized the order of which UHC announces his patrons. Not hearing him shout out "Howlith" after "Evily" and before "Archaosaur Queen" threw me off for minute.

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• BL

  @BleachBasket108 · 2 years ago

  I love anja's feathers, flaps, and big chubby neck. Such a fun design, and I love how they'll just park somewhere and sun themselves with their sails deployed. Such a good touch

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• HU

  @Huntereeno · 2 years ago

  I never heard that Deviljho music reference before, that's so cool

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• DI

  @dislikebutton6269 · 2 years ago

  "Just add dinosaurs" is the answer to 99% of questions.

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• G1

  @g1sunstreaker · 2 years ago

  This is such a fascinating connection to make, the idea of paleoart being part of Monster Hunter design. I'm curious, how much of this is drawn from your own speculation on monster design inspiration and how much is from existing quotes on their inspiration? Like, this is a specific topic I never would have thought to draw a connection to in regards to Monster Hunter. Absolutely love this video

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• DE

  @demomantf2986 · 2 years ago

  yooo paleoart influencing mh is so cool

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• EY

  @eyeof3ndr364 · 2 years ago

  I love catching an Anjanath sunning himself- like you mentioned, it's a welcome contrast to what people usually know Anjanath (and T-Rex) for, and he's just enjoying life. It's one of the reasons why he's my favourite monsters.

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• RA

  @randomdummy3391 · 2 years ago

  Oooh so the mh team do get some inspirations for their monster theme from classical music. I wasn't seeing things when I thought that Velkhana theme really sounded like Mars from the Planets suite.

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• RU

  @RubyCarrots3232 · 2 years ago

  Paleoart being a part of Monster Hunter creative process makes so much sense given a lot of Japanese creative studios strong preference towards it. You can name at least a dozen anime or actual Paleo with prehistoric animals and they almost always adhere an early 2000-10s understanding of Paleontology.<br><br>(They work especially well with Cambrian and Devonian marine life though for some reason.)

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• TR

  @treyrex5987 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s crazy to imagine these three different eras with such different design philosophies can work so well together in MH and it&apos;s even crazier to see it all in such a way that is both informative and interesting. I never even thought about how influential each era was until I watched this video. Great job on opening my eyes and giving me more appreciation for the old art and the new blood.

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• XM

  @XmortoxX1990 · 2 years ago

  Anjanath is such a great monster design. It is easily on my top favorite designs of 5th gen.

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• VO

  @Voc_spooksauce · 2 years ago

  This video actually made me love these monsters even more, specially Tigrex with the connection to how it may look always starved and sleek. It&apos;s a great art theme for them

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