I wonder what the ethos of the people who like the dark design is, seeing as how it's the most popular one currently. Or is it just one person submitting lots of responses lol? Either way, I wouldn't imagine Themba would look like that because of his personality/lore, so I'd like to hear opinions on why they think that's the better design.
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It seems to me that the Wikipedia page is a lot more unequivocal in classifying the grootslang as a snake rather than an elephant, so I'm worried that the designs that don't immediately register as snake-like won't service the actual mythos well. However, also realize that Minotaur Hotel reaches a western-influenced audience, where snakes are seen as evil by default. Looking at Themba's personality, this is something that I think really needs to be taken into consideration. If you go too far into the snake aspect, people might mistakenly think he's evil, but if you don't go far enough he might not register as a snake at all. That's a hard balance to strike, I think. A small change that could help is making the tail more visible. That really helped me understand it but it took a few looks to actually notice that it's not a regular elephant tail. Maybe feature a scene where he knocks over a large object with it?
I found it! :) In case anyone else is interested, the song is Pirate Dance by David Fesliyan.