I’m working on a project I’ve titled “The Venetian Gondolier”.  I was inspired to model a character based on some of the things I saw during my time backpacking Europe this summer.  Seeing the Gondoliers in Venice made a lasting impression on me, so I’m going to try to express that through this model.

I’m going for a highly sylized character look on this one – really exaggerated proportions – small head, short torso, huge arms, long legs, etc.  Think Sylvain Chomet’s ‘Triplets of Belleville’.