Character Modeling using Mirror Modifier and Sketches

Blender Character Mirror Modeling from John park on Vimeo.

Also See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QT1GNMevfc

http://cgcookie.com/blender/cgc-courses/introduction-to-character-modeling-in-blender/

Bananas

After teaching a week 2 tutorial on modeling and texture wrapping a 3D banana...for the last five years, I think it's time for a change. Any suggestions on a shape that is easy to model and would be fun to texturize?