Developing The Character

Developing The Character

For this project I chose to do a caricature of Basil Fawlty from The 70s sitcom Fawlty Towers John Cleese plays Basil a hotheaded nervous hotel owner.
Here is an image of the Caricature that will be used.

figure 1

The front view is very detailed in shading and will allow accuracy of the facial features. However I will need realistic reference of side of the head. This is to allow to model features like the bone of the jaw and the placing of the ears and hair.

figure 2

Close up of Fawlty allows deeper accuracy in the proportions and anatomy of the head and shoulders.

This will also be useful during the texturing done in Photoshop. details like wrinkles could be implemented to add more believability to the models skin. 

figure 3

These images are from the side which will allow an accurate representation of the reading of my caricature model.

I am capturing a younger John Cleese, so some photo reference from Fawlty towers was ideal. This will also be useful when modeling and texturing the clothes 

Reference images

figure 1: Credits to ryanneal. Available online from:
http://ryanneal.deviantart.com/art/Basil-Fawlty-Caricature-362279679

figure 2: Credits to the BBC Available online from:
http://www.40towers.co.uk/news_item.php?id=14

figure 3: Credits to the BBC Available online from:
https://ianfarrington.wordpress.com/category/fawlty-towers/