The Mill London’s Volkswagon “Black Beetle” spot

Step behind the scenes to see how The Mill visual effects studio used ZBrush to create the CG beetle featured in the recent commercial for VW’s 21st Century Beetle (premiered during Super Bowl 2011.)

”As for the insects, The Mill created eight main bugs, and in the case of the mantis and ants, tweaked the subsequently replicated models for variation. All the base models were generated using Autodesk’s Softimage and then refined using the sculpting tools in Pixologic’s ZBrush.” – From CGW P27 March 2011 issue – read more

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