Devil Flower Mantis

Think Tank Advanced Final!
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For this term I decided to try to take on the challenge of recreating a real life insect, the Devil Flower Mantis. A colorful and unique little fella, with lots of interesting hard surface style anatomy, no little amount of hand painted texturing, and a look dev challenge of the wings to boot.
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I'm honored to have Anto Tony Juricic as my mentor for this project, where I learned a lot about keeping to a production schedule and making sure every stage of the process got it's deserved attention.
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Overall, I'm very happy with the result of this piece and it has also given me a new passion to pursue in animal recreation!