Ok I consider myself pretty much done with the modeling phase. Now I'm going to UV and then do the sculpting. I just noticed forgot to mirror the rings on his tusks, oops.
Nice concept, don't forget to find some real world reference to help with your sculpting of the fine details. I think photos of obese people and definitely elephants would be good to get.
Update time! Been tweaking and fiddling with the proportions a lot. I'd say too much in fact, so there hasn't been much to show off. I finally got around to sculpting the dude and adding all the nasty flabs and folds. I just discovered the gravity modifier in the brush settings and made my first custom brush based on…