The spec for this project was a vaguely fantasy creature that looks friendly and could be domesticated by humans. From there I developed a number of sketches, of which the client chose their faves and I developed those further, rinse and repeat.
Render set 3
Render set 2
Render set 4 (final)
Render set 1 (abandoned by the client)
Sketch set 1
Sketch set 2