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Attack on Titan: Gianluca Rolli's Titan Redesigns

Eren's portrait leads eight Titan redesigns by Gianluca Rolli. Compare armor, anatomy and action across 56 complete sculpture views and original details.

2 min readWords & selection: Re:Drawn editorialUpdated 29 October 202656 original artworks1 video

Artwork: Gianluca Rolli · 3D Artist / Sculptor

Project: Attack on Titan: Titan Redesigns

Attack on Titan, created by Hajime Isayama / Kodansha

Original fan-art series on ArtStation

Gianluca Rolli's Attack on Titan fan-art sculpture. Eren Yeager / Attack Titan. Dark portrait with the face and clawed hand in the foreground. — Eren Yeager / Attack Titan. Dark portrait with the face and clawed hand in the foreground.

About the work.

Eren's raised hand nearly shares the foreground with his face. In Gianluca Rolli's Attack Titan portrait, the open fingers, exposed teeth and small illuminated eyes make the image feel like an encounter with the character rather than a distant view of a statue. It is a strong starting point for a series that repeatedly changes the viewer's distance and angle.

Rolli's eight independent fan-art redesigns cover the Attack, Colossal, Armored, Female, Jaw, Cart, War Hammer and Beast Titans, with Levi in the Beast Titan scene. His project descriptions identify ZBrush sculpting, Blender Cycles rendering and clay shaders by Jama Jurabaev. The gallery groups all 56 originals by Titan, keeping the complete frames and artist marks.

Eren and Reiner: two kinds of surface

Compare the Attack Titan portrait with the Armored Titan's front view. Eren's exposed muscle gives the torso long, connected forms, while Reiner's plates and pointed projections break the body into harder segments. The change is visible before considering the smaller facial details: one outline flows, while the other is repeatedly interrupted.

The light clay views make a useful second comparison because their simpler surface treatment shifts attention toward shape. Return to the dark renders afterward to see how light separates the face, chest and shoulders. The contrast between the presentations offers different readings of the same sculpture.

Annie and the Jaw Titan bring the pose forward

Annie's extended kick puts a foot close to the viewer and sends the rest of the figure backward through the frame. The difference in apparent size makes depth part of the action. Her complete clay views let you compare that dramatic angle with the overall balance of the pose.

The Jaw Titan uses sweeping claws and an open mouth to create another kind of forward movement. Across both works, the most prominent shapes extend beyond the torso. Moving between close renders and full-figure views makes it easier to distinguish the effect of the camera from the arrangement of the sculpture itself.

Read the remaining Titans as different compositions

Armin's Colossal Titan emphasizes exposed anatomy and large upper-body forms. Pieck's Cart Titan changes the body into a low, extended silhouette with mounted equipment. The War Hammer Titan adds a long weapon and connecting cable, while the Beast Titan facing Levi turns the presentation into an encounter between figures.

Those differences are the reason to compare the series rather than treat the 56 images as interchangeable angles. Look at where each sculpture places its largest shape, how its limbs occupy space and what the rear views reveal. The observations here concern Rolli's interpretations, not official animation production designs. Attack on Titan and its characters originate with Hajime Isayama and Kodansha; the embedded trailer is Rolli's own presentation of the fan-art series.