The New York Times takes a closer look at the 'Beasts' of Beasts of the Southern Wild in this Awards Season Carpetbagger feature:
“The big challenge was always to not make it look like a pig, but to show as much of the actual animal as possible,” Mr. Tintori said. “In some of the earliest versions of the costume, there was too much fabric on top of the animal. But what reads best on film is seeing the light hit the skin and hair and see all the muscles moving. That was something, with our budget, we couldn’t replicate in CG.”
Via New York Times