Shield Bug

Software

• Blender

Overview
A work-in-progress 3D model inspired by a marmorated shield bug nymph I found in my house, created in a toon-shaded style.

Role and Contributions:
I handled all aspects of the project, from the initial concept to the final render.

Breakdown
With the real bug as reference, I sculpted and retopologised the model, baking the normals onto the low-poly mesh. I hand-painted the textures, made a darker variant with no highlights, and used both texture images as the colour inputs for a toon shader.