The Rhino class I teach just finished their urban vinyl project. I really got into it and have made several new characters. The latest is Bruce.
I have only created about ten characters total, so let the words of Kyle @theoutside inspire you as well, “Just keep it simple, Dave.”
Render with V-Ray
Box mode / shaded viewport
Smooth mode / shaded viewport
Time lapse modeling of the head
BTS / Nerd Note : I used the free app OBS Studio to do the screen capture at only 10 fps (to lower the file size) then sped it up 1500% in Premiere Pro. This was about 90 minutes of modeling and I had a lot of dead ends … since I didn’t have a sketch. Not the best plan, but it was still great practice.