A lot of things are going to change on this character as I work on it more and more. Here is a little timeline as I adjust proportions of the character to find what I am looking for. Which initially was cartoony, then more anime-like, and now maybe somewhere in between I am trying to get away from the initial concepts style quite a bit at this time.
I start with a sphere in ZBrush, and then append additional primitives to form the parts of the body. As you can see in the image I started with a much taller figure. From there I wanted to keep going shorter and exaggerate certain areas until I found shapes that I liked.
Now it's a challenge of threading that needle to find that appealing character that can look cute but also dangerous.
You can following my progress live on the character here: youtube.com/c/follygon
Thanks all for the kind words of encouragement!