The Nest by gdouble
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
I was out hunting for morels last week and came across one of these. It was around 2ft in diameter. I took a good look at it then high tailed it out of there.
This is as close to what I saw as I can get without spending more time on it. I included some screen shots to show WIP. Modeling and Texturing time was about 6 hours. Render time with best setting GI and background blur was around 12 min. Post work about 30 min.
I look forward to your comments and hope you enjoy.

Comments (10)
that is more wasps than I care to be around. outstanding modeling and quite realistic
Excellent job...very realistic...sometimes yellow jacket wasps do build above ground nests just like the black and white hornets!
Worked out fine, very good work
Excellent done! Terrifying realistic!
Stop posting photos in the 3d section !!!!!!
Daring but well worth the effort! :B eaver !
Great detail aways love this kind of thing.
Definatly looks very real. Wouldn't know it from a photo. The texturing is right on the money too.
Looks good...
Excellent! You got much closer than I would have!!!!