Bugs, contrary to popular belief, are very intricate and beautiful creatures, with lots of colors. In this project, the different colors and ways of shading in Illustrator were explored through coloring in these bugs. How to draw attention to certain areas with accents, and how to blend colors together in other areas were just two techniques utilized in this project.

Beginning sketches of bugs in value

First vector builds of the beetles utilizing the shown gray scale to create the vectors in just value first, to add color later

Insertion of color into the chosen beetle

Final beetle, fully rendered