Phaneus vindex sculpting demo overview

This video gives a general overview of my process for creating an accurate and realistic Rainbow Scarab beetle (Phanaeus vindex). I wanted to post this to help illuminate the process for teachers and artists who might be curious as to how CG technology can be used for scientific illustration. I have much more detailed step by step videos on this model available at www.entomologyanimated.com and on our TH-cam channel.

[@creativeearthian1702]

This is some of the most underrated content ever

[@MrLharicot]

Amazing work !!

[@grandegames7956]

Off to go tell everyone how awesome this channel is

[@andrewwatts1997]

Very nice sculpting work!

[@johnsaysoff1561]

This was so cool to watch, keep it up

[@tetyanalytvynova9657]

Amazing)))) Very interesting type of 3D art - beetle exploration through 3d modelling it:)

[@jcoludar]

I wonder if Blender can be used for the entire process and some textures to cut the time on sculpting the details. I extremely admire them though, the whole piece is an impressive feat of artistic talent and endurance.

[@EntomologyAnimated]

speed was not my goal in this project. I've used blender its a fine piece of software but I prefer Zbrush and Maya.

[@PeppoMusic]

Really cool footage and interesting stuff. Love the colors and who can resist that adorable shovel face of a Scarab?
Though I think the surface sculpture of the elytra should probably be a little more like a diffusion reaction pattern (look it up), as seen in the photographs. I think using a procedural approach like that could actually be helpful to speed things up, while still producing believable results..

[@EntomologyAnimated]

cool idea, I'll see if I can incorporate that technique in my next version. Possibly could generate some alphas in photoshop and use in zbrush or see if i can bring it into noisemaker.

[@benferrisinverts4198]

Thanks for the great video I use zbrush and blender did you ever use Arnold their is a blender edition btoa addon that was released a few months ago currently in early stages. i wanted a bit of an upgrade from cycles. thanks (:

[@EntomologyAnimated]

I have used Arnold professionally as well as many other rendering software tools. My current favorite is Redshift.

[@benferrisinverts4198]

@@EntomologyAnimated thanks for the reply! (:

[@hoffmannolsen]

Do you know who did the longhorn beetle in blade runner 2049?

[@Romantic_special-ASMR]

cool Phaneus vindex sculpting demo overview. see my art abstract too. thank you my friend.

[@steelforearms8309]

I like your content, but how can someone like you say that these insects is shaped by evolution processes!! Don't you see all that variety in these insects, and life cycle for each one,
Will you say the same for airplanes or cars?