#arthrobot

Tech and bugs as design elements are such a kickass pairing.

Tech that looks like bugs made from robot parts? Always looks cool, works great for giving sci-fi some solarpunk flavor or for giving magic a modernized-to-steampunk touch.

Tech that looks like machines made from bug parts? You did it, you fixed machinery. Feels right, like tech was always supposed to have the textures of an arthropod or crustacean, and it looks easier to draw.

Either direction has exceptional potential as visual worldbuilding. The first is about imagining the organic as something artificial. The latter is about imagining the artificial as something organic.