Hey! I’ve been doing a lot of comic stuff lately but I’m back with another character design (for my comic, lol). This is Scutum, the laid-back and optimistic companion to Scorpio.

Design wise he was originally a pill bug, as I thought their plates made for a good shield concept, but when I decided to incorporate the symbols into these designs like the main zodiac, a rhinoceros beetle came to mind pretty quickly when incorporating the cross. Beetles are also known for their shield-like outer shells, so it worked out in the end. :) I might change his colour scheme later on once I finish the other zodiac companions, but I like where it is for now. I had to make sure it wasn’t too close to Libra though, haha. Hope you like! :D

The constellation symbol for Scutum was originally designed by Denis Moskowitz and released to the public domain. https://www.suberic.net/~dmm/astro/constellations_t.html