Upcoming Character Project!~

It's been a long time since I last updated!  Since my last post, I've been through a lot: finishing up my thesis, doing my final thesis presentation, finishing the semester, graduation, and taking care of visiting friends/family.  Finally, I've had about a week to myself, and I already have a few projects in mind.

The next project I'm going to be working on is a mobile character (that looks very much like a chibi).  I figured this would be a good project since mobile is now so huge, not to mention I'm in a hub of mobile developers (the Bay Area).  


The concept I've recently made draws some pretty strong inspiration from a Chinese mobile game called Allstar Heroes.  A lot of their style clearly stems from WoW, particularly in armor and weapon design, as well as character classes.  
My character is a fighting (sword+shield) class, much like a paladin or knight.
I'll be making a few more sketches to work out articulation, as well as to figure out final posing, but below is my first sketch.