Art Collection #12: Arcadia Magazine's Mushihimesama Artwork Coverage

From Arcadia Magazine #55 Dec 2004

*Mushihimesama developer comments translated*

With the main character being a girl, we started designing her with the straightforward image of a sailor uniform. At first, we planned to make her shy and cute, but at the instant we added voice, we felt like this was broken in a good way.
-Kotani Tomoyuki

The motif is bugs, living mecha. I did my utmost to design them using lines from insects that most people are relatively familiar with, while still paying attention to make them look like the huge creatures that the Koujuu are (seems like I managed to mix in a few things that are not insects too, but...). The thing I really tried to make sure was that the characteristic evil looks of insects were not left out. I don't know about you, but I think I was successful. I would like to take this opportunity to say that I'm happy if I manage to reduce somebody's disgust for bugs.
-Wakabayashi