Andrew Averkin has a walkthrough of a fantastic steampunk-style rendering of a mechanical spider. The image was modeled with 3D Studio Max, tweaked a bit with Photoshop and using FumeFX for the smoke.
Andrew Averkin’s Making of the Spider
Andrew Averkin’s mechanical steampunk spider was modeled with 3D Studio Max, tweaked a bit with Photoshop and using FumeFX for the smoke.
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