Making my protagonist (Illustrator)

I used a character from Up as an initial template as I wanted to to take small elements like the size and shape of his head and use them as a base for my protagonist

I used illustrator which I have never worked with before but I really like it, i prefer it to photoshop. Especially when it comes to creating illustrations (funnily enough). I used the old man from Up as my template on an initial layer and worked roughly from this to make a character of my own.

Creating different outfits and movements such as walking will be a different challenge!!!