Insectoid

In this two weeks we had to design an Insectoid. The only constrains were that the concept had to be researched and insect based.

Since we did a lot of monsters in the past I wanted to make a good guy. I was thinking of creating some kind of guardian or a hunter that protects the village.

But first things first! I created a mood board which got expanded over time.

As always I started developing my ideas on paper. I did some sketches but I wasn't very satisfied with it. (will be scanned and uploaded tommorow)

I continued sketching on my computer. I realized I do a lot of sketches looked the same so my designs looked very simmilar. 

I quickly coloured some of this monsters to get the "feel" for it 

It reminded me way more of an insect monster than insectoid so I made a few more sketches to modify it. I wanted to keep the lantern and the caterpillar thing.

This is where I found a bug called "lantern bug". I really liked it so I tought using it as a mask for my insectoid could be interesting. I played around with the silhouette and quick colours for a bit. There was too much going on so I modified it a little bit more and got my final design. It is represented in front, side and quarter view; a view for being modeled as a real time 3D character.

My insectoid is a night guardian and brings supplies to his hometown. He is half human half stick insect. He's wearing a Lantern bug mask to make him less recognizable if anyone sees him during the night. He usually wanders around keeping an eye on enemies as well as collects the mysterious turqouise plant. Plants can be only found during the night and are cruical for him and his people to survive. 

I think I need to work on my designing stage. I lose way too much time on the design, sticking with the same sillhouete instead of creating something different that I might like.