This is a concept I'm working on for a character this semester. I wanted to do something that is not a biped and a bit more of a beast. My big inspiration for this piece was how a wolf spider caries her spider lings on her back, so I wanted to make a queen-themed character. My original concept was for an insect type of…
Very cool concept. Its a good think your not squeamish when it comes to spiders. I don't think I'd be able to handle looking at those reference images all day. :P Looking forward to seeing this one completed :)
hoggboy: i kinda drew the same conclusion as well. hehe. looks a lot like her. anyways, i think the half woman, half spider thing would have been a lot more interesting, but it's up to you of course. looking forward to seeing some progress!
The current colors and textures are not really doing anything for me. Feels too much like a dirty texture overlay over some basic flat colors and a multiply of the AO bake. It needs to have a more deadly feel to it. Everything is too uniformly dirty and desaturated. Here are a few quick references that might help, spiders,…