SculptJanuary #4 – “Fruits”.

Instead of doing an entire fruit bowl, I focussed on just bananas – specifically, how to stylise the shape of a banana to make it look more appealing and fun. This is a far more interesting question for me personally than “how do I sculpt a banana to look totally photorealistic?”. The sculpts are presented in the order that I did them.

The bottom sculpt is where I ended up after an hour or so. On the first three attempts, the banana follows a normal C-shaped curve like my reference (an actual banana). On the last attempt, the curve near the thin end starts to turn flat again, forming a subtle S curve. The ends are also inflated slightly to give them a more cartoon-like taper. It’s not super-stylised but it’s much more fun to look at.