Finished up the gondolier’s shirt today.  It’s my first time really dealing with cloth and I’m finding it pretty challenging to say the least - though pretty happy with the result thus far.  Tried to go for a thin and breathable look, like silk.

This project is entering the home stretch now - I’m going to make one final pass over the whole model to clean up and unify anything I’ve missed, then put him in the final pose with the transpose tools, and he’s done!

Been busy finishing up some freelance work, so I haven’t gotten to spend too much time on the gondolier the past week, but I managed to finish off the pants today.  I’m waiting till he’s in the final pose to define the flow of the folds any further.  I think its alright for now.

Worked a bit on the hat and belt in my free time.  Just have the pants and shirt left to do… then he’ll almost be finished!

Here are the nearly finished shoes – Nothing too fancy.  I think I’ll give it one more quick pass to emphasize the seams a bit more.

Spent some time refining the arms and defining some of the sylized musculature to go along with the face.  There’s still a few things I’ve got to fix here and there, but I think it’s almost there.  Note: The fingers are currently in a ‘half-pose’ to be ready for gripping the oar of the gondola.

Happy New Year!  Hope your 2007 was as good as mine, and heres to a great 2008!
Pretty much all done with the Gondolier’s high res face… moving on to sculpt the rest of the body.