Paolo Giandoso, concept artist, DNEG

introduce the grotesquely playful side Venom displays in the Lethal Protector comics. I was told later that Tom Hardy had the pictures printed and brought them home for studying the character.” design language in an initial 3D sculpture,” says Giandoso. “It then went through numerous iterations of colours, muscularity and surface details with the 3D lookdevelopment team.

“I wanted Riot to look like a DISTORTED AND EXAGGERATED VERSION of VENOM”