My first post in a loooooonnnnggg time. Blender Artists has gotten really good since then! This butterfly was made in 3DCoat and Blender. Krita for the plant textures. I used a Geometry Nodes tool to make the plants - I’ll post about that some time in the near future.
Here it is on ArtStation. Please give it a like. Thanks
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8b323x
This is really impressive, I could mistake it for a photo (and I don’t say that lightly or often). Nice work!
Thanks! I think it’s because of the camera. I spent a lot of time looking at photographs of insects and they always have a long enough focal-length to look almost orthographic (since bugs are tiny, even a 24mm camera is like a 120mm camera at that scale), paired with a deep depth-of-field (for the same reason). So I made the model 4-inches big and used a 70mm camera with DoF and bokeh. I also lit it really carefully. I think that’s why it looks “photographic”. Thanks again 
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend!
Thank you!
The fuzz on the butterfly looks nice!
My first feature on BA! Thanks! 
You earned it, fair and square 
Very good!
