In the spirit of showing my students some examples of how to make one animal look like another, here are the top two entries in Worth1000’s latest Mamsects and Insmals contest. Above is a leopard insect. If you look closely I think Mandrak (the artist) has used grasshopper and wasp as well as leopard sources.
See how the placement, size, and orientation of the markings lend reality to the piece? Another reason I like this one is the great contrast between the blurry lime green and the bright yellow and black on the ‘mamsect’ - it allows the subject to really stand out. The lighting is really important here as well - all of the source images were either lit from the same light source, or altered to appear so. You can see why it won the contest!
Below is a set of source images posted by HopePhoto to show how he put the final image together. I’ve posted some detail closeups for you to peruse as well. See how the horse’s texture was kept while altering the structure of the legs to match those of a fly? This is almost an artistic skill, to use a reference like this. It’s important to note that the wing’s resolution was very high in order to be placed so large on top of the horse. Little details like the fur under the horse’s chin and around the knee joints are why this one stands out for me!
You can see full-res versions of these entries (and the rest of the contest) here:
Worth1000 Mamsects & Insmals 7 –>
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