Concept Designs for the Mutts

Gary Ross spoke about the designs for the mutts and why they didn't make each look like a different tribute. He said that it would've been a "massive digression … in the movie where I didn’t think it could have afforded that." But what would've the mutts looked like if they kept it that way? Ian Joyner was in charge of designing them. 

Tasked with designing the ‘muttations’, the idea was that these creatures were the fallen children brought back as horrible mockeries of themselves, forcing the survivors to deal with old friends and foes in a whole new way.
Here is just a small sample of the work I did on the film, from the very first pitch to the ‘final’ design. Sadly, it appears they’ve changed the designs pretty drastically later in film production.

 



What do you think of these mutts compared to the ones in the film? Either way, they are really freaky! My friend actually screamed!

Source: Joyner Designs