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April 9, 2012
New Skin by ~v-e-r-a
Featured by KovoWolf
Suggested by rioIu
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I'd barely had any decent images of Blattahali (cockroach) Vera in her freshly molted stage, and since I plan on commissioning several artists to draw her down the road, I figured I'd paint a somewhat realistic example of her squishy, fresh exoskeleton. In case you didn't know, cockroaches are, as many insects, white after they shed their skin. It's only temporary, lasting maybe a couple hours. As their exoskeleton hardens, it slowly darkens to its original (or a new) color. I will be posting some photo examples of this to my photography folder soon, along with educational information on roaches. *edit* here are 3 so far, will be posting more later! -

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Here were the only previous images of her in this stage:
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Her segments and such don't have to be exact, obviously, this is just a general idea. I try to draw her as close to a cockroach as possible while retaining human and feline characteristics, which is not easy xD

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Oh wow... thank you so much for the DD. Second time this has happened in the 7 years I've used dA. <3
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happyhorseshoe303's avatar
i faved this a while ago, but i think i forgot to tell you how TOTALLY AWESOME this is!!!!!!