Opened up the spider reference in photoshop... Yes photoshop... Entire work is done in photoshop and a lil illustrator... No 3D software used...
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Now enlarged the pic and rotated it to get a good angle...
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Now with the pen tool made the abdomen filled with 20 to 30% gray... Color actually doesn't matter here...
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Then gave a layer effect of gradient overlay with a custom gradient...
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Made the thorax in the same way...
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Made the leg segment in the same way... I didn't join the leg yet... Also for each part, I used different setting for the gradient overlay such as spread, angle and position...
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Now the base object is finished... Hmmm looks a little 3D doesn't it... :)
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Now I merged the effect into the layer, otherwise the burn won't show up and I didn't wanted to use opacity...
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Now I started burning it...
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Now I started adding joints for the spider and burned it as well...
Started to burn other parts as well...
Started to burn other parts as well...
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Okay the joints and burns are done for now...
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Now I added gear for the legs joining the thorax...
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Added screw and beveling beneath it to show depth...
Also burned the screw...
Also burned the screw...
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Screw all done...
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Now with the pen tool drew some line like this...
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Beveling and masking some part of it...
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Doing the same for the rest of the legs...
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Now I imported the spider render into illustrator and made gear using circle and star shape and using 3D bevel effect...
Also using the spider as guide re-sized the size, changed the angle and position... So that I won't need to skew or perspective in photoshop...
Also using the spider as guide re-sized the size, changed the angle and position... So that I won't need to skew or perspective in photoshop...
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Imported the gear into photoshop... See it matches fine with the position... Might be little off, but better than skewing...
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Masking the gear...
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Adding an another gear by using the previous method...
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Now adding a black strip beneath the gears and masking so as to show the gears are half way inside...
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Adding reflection of the gear and one of the leg...
Also adding the pipe...
Also adding the pipe...
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Now added a small smoke...
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Added some more reflection...
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Now added reflection for the gear at the base of the legs...
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Added more reflection...
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Added a key...
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Burning the key a little and added a key hole...
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Added a key reflection...
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Now added a full body reflection on the floor...
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Added a shadow of the full body... Also added a 20% grey to white gradient for the background...
Final result
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