Of the many transformations it has Dragon Ball, the Super Saiyan 3 It is one of the most liked by fans. Goku was the first to execute it during the arc. majin buu and it left everyone surprised since it was the first time he changed so much from his original form.
This form, like all, makes the user’s musculature grow. But the biggest change is seen in the face.
The eyebrows increase and the hair grows exponentially downward. The power level is greatly increased, but the energy consumption is too much for whoever performs this wonderful transformation.
In order to arrive at the form that we ended up seeing in the manga and anime, Akira Toriyama did several sketches. Weeks of work with pencil and paper, gradually formed this warrior who later was not used as much as we expected.
The old design of Akira Toriyama
Something that was always within the main ideas was the increase in the volume of the eyebrows. But in those first sketches, the Japanese mangaka came up with the idea that he had Super Saiyan 2 hair and that the tail appeared, like that of Super Saiyan 4 from Dragon Ball GT.
A FanArt took this design and gave it a shape to complete it. He colored it with the tones of the anime and this is how this brutal design of a hypothetical Super Saiyan 3 that had been discarded by its creator himself was left.
Unfortunately we will not see Super Saiyan 3 anymore. Goku himself has said that this transformation makes him consume a lot of energy. In fact, he prefers to fight as a normal Super Saiyan.