This was one of those personal projects where the only goal was to make something I hadn’t made before.

I became completely fascinated by spiders while gathering references. The more I learned about them, the more they stopped feeling like monsters and started feeling like incredible examples of natural design. Their anatomy, textures, and movement gave me plenty to explore during the sculpt.

The character eventually became Vanya, somewhere between human and arachnid, curious rather than terrifying… at least that’s what I like to think.

If she still gives you the urge to check under your bed tonight, I probably did something right.