Guardians Of The Galaxy Concept Art Shows Unused Gamora And Nebula Character Designs

Earlier this month,we showed you someGuardians of the Galaxyconcept art which revealed Star-Lord’s comic book origins, as well asvery different looking concept designsfor Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Gamora, Drax and Star-Lord. Now concept artistAndy Parkshares his early designs forZoe Saldana’s Gamora andKaren Gillan’s Nebula fromJames Gunn’sGuardians of the Galaxy, which look very different than what we saw in the final film. Hit the jump to see Park’s unused Gamora and Nebula character designs.

Firs off, here isAndy Parks' Star Wars/Mad Max concept painting of the Guardians of the Galaxy cast, which he created at the start of the project:

I painted this@Guardiansart at the start of the project. Saw it as StarWars/MadMax#GuardiansOfTheGalaxy#marvelpic.twitter.com/1e6J9lxE09

— Andy Park (@andyparkart)July 31, 2025

Unused Gamora and Nebula Character Designs

Here is Andy Park’s early concept art designs forKaren Gillan’s Nebula:

Had the most fun working on#GuardiansOfTheGalaxyMy fav was designing Nebula!@KarenGillan2was badass!#marvelpic.twitter.com/yrjEmnev88

— Andy Park (@andyparkart)June 18, 2025

Here’s another#Nebuladesign I did for@GuardiansToo much fun to work on! She’s a#badass#marvel#conceptartpic.twitter.com/01ccjU9la3

— Andy Park (@andyparkart)August 03, 2025

#Nebuladesign I painted for@Guardiansfocused less on sexy & more on “can kick your a$$"#GuardiansOfTheGalaxypic.twitter.com/BEaay6W2cs

And another#Nebulafrom@GuardiansI painted during the concept phase.#GuardiansOfTheGalaxy#marvel#TooMuchFunpic.twitter.com/XXEglGvxuf

— Andy Park (@andyparkart)July 06, 2025

Loved doing this#Nebulaconcept painting for@Guardiansdepicting the two sisters#Gamora#GuardiansOfTheGalaxypic.twitter.com/KCmBEKN8Hh

Here is Andy Park’s early concept art designs forZoe Saldana’s Gamora:

Most of my time on@Guardianswas spent designing Gamora. Had tons of fun exploring her look#GuardiansOfTheGalaxypic.twitter.com/XSq8kugBJL

— Andy Park (@andyparkart)June 24, 2025

Here’s an early#Gamoradesign I did for@GuardiansBefore she had to be green#GuardiansOfTheGalaxypic.twitter.com/2lfDhwk6Xk

— Andy Park (@andyparkart)August 03, 2025

I have to admit, I really prefer Andy Park’s tattooed Gamora design than the design we saw in the finished film. Of course, I’m sure the make-up required for such a design would have taken a lot of work to apply. Sure, Dave Bautista was willing to sit5 hours a day in the make-up chair, but a more accomplished actor like Zoe Saldana might not have been up for that task and hadvery different prioritieswhen approaching her character’s look.

If you want to learn more about the unseen or missed designs and characters of Guardians of the Galaxy,check out our comprehensive collection of easter eggs and trivia(which also features Spartoi planet concept art and the Badoon soldiers who were replaced in the film due to rights ownership issues with 20th Century Fox). Also check out Russ Fischer’sEverything We Know About Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (so far)which talks about Nova’s possible future in the series and more.