Concept - Influenza virus

This is the concept fot the influenza, I took the best ideas from the sketches and ideas and took influence from the plant and organic form research to make the spines vine - like and incoporated texture.

This image includes the texture I subtly added using the clone tool I think it makes the form more interesting than just block colour.

 The progression stages were mainly resizing and altering shapes, I tried to add a bit of a shadow and the image aboves this is much more crisper and defined.

I tried a few light tests as I had done with the environments, I quite like the bottom two as it appears more sinister and lights up in a glow.