I love the toony proportionssss

You're doing it right! Those tutorials you've been posting are so interesting. I think you might have made it harder on yourself by doing a tall skinny figure. I was thinking it might be easier that way but if you push the curves too far it might broken and the effect might be lost... eh now I'm on the fence about it. Try a stubby pibble and let me know if it was harder. He looks awesome though huskybutt, I still think you nailed it!