Hi! In regards to your last question, while I don't think it is necessarily "taboo" to stray from a concept to make things more real-world functional, I do think that the "shoulder" overlap is a bit much. There's something about the way you have them now that makes it feel fragile and perhaps a bit toy-like. The way the…
Mostly, I'm a really huge 80s scifi buff and wanted to do a tribute/study on it. Design wise, the whole thing is pretty ugly. But I really do think that's the appeal. The beetle-like form is just pure function.