Fruit Bowl

Who would have guessed that a bowl of fruit would be so difficult to create!! Specifically, a banana. Of all things this simple yellow fruit has given me more trouble than any other!!
The apple and pear were relatively easy to model, just starting with a sphere and then battering them into a more natural imperfection by using the Soft Selection tools, slowly moulding them into their more realistic, lumpy selves.
The banana was slightly more challenging. To be perfectly honest, the early attempts looked nothing short of a crushed beer can, far removed from the intended bananary target. However, with a little help and advice, the Bevel and Bend tools came to the rescue, allowing me to model something that vaguely resembles its yellowy cousin.

Thanks to this exercise, I will never look at a bowl of fruit quite the same way again.