I came up with this idea for the stylized animal competition at threedy.com. I drew out a concept time and again until eventually I sorted one out that I liked.
This is how I entered it to the competition, but I'd like to take it further one day, so feel free to suggest things. The character is rigged to an extent so I may animate him for practice too.

XSI 4.2 Foundation, textures and post in GIMP 2.2