The cat design I came up with is not only tricky to draw but something just didn't click. I tried to come up with another design and then watched the 2016 Illumination movie, Sing. I liked the character of Ash, a female porcupine voiced by Scarlet Johansson so I came up with a porcupine character.

This is not Claire's final design. I need to refine her a bit more and also try some other color palettes for her fur and her quills.

As I said before, the teenage Claire plays the straight man to the adorable Dominic's wise guy.

Pen & design marker on 8.5 x 11 inch cardstock