Spy Beetle

The script called for a spy robot type bug to be used, but we were still trying to understand the design of the bad guy technology. Coming up with something that was threatening, but not so exotic that it looked special. I was exploring clockwork mechanics and decoration at the time of this design.

This was my final design. Something that looked like an antique camera.

My first pass got a little complex and weird.

Even with simplifying the design, this approach to the technology didn't read well.

The second approach was combine a camera with a beetle.

I really liked the secondary animation possibilities here, but it's still too complex.

Just for fun, I modified the final design to be a haircutter.