Amandesse the Squirrel

So I've had this idea brewing for a good number of years. It's inspired by Beatrix Potter and her work (Peter Rabbit, the Tale of Two Bad Mice, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, etc.) I've always loved the whimsy of her stories and have wanted to create my own whimsy, so to speak. The other day an idea, or partial idea, came to me. I'm using myself (as the character shown above) and two of my friends (there characters coming soon), as the main characters. I'm hoping to publish this story so you won't be reading it on here, however you will see drawings/paintings of them and who they are as characters on here as I figure that those parts out.

Now for the introduction.

Everybody, I would like you to meet Ms. Amandesse the Squirrel. Her name derives from one of the words in French for nut "amandes". She is a squirrel from Province, France; a collector/harvester at heart and works as an alchemist.

These are practices of her expressions. The top left hand corner is just a generalization of what she looks like, she prefers straw hats that let her ears poke out and simple dresses with wraps, usually made of cotton or wool (and usually very colorful and floral). The top right hand one is what happens when you flatter her, she is a rather bashful squirrel, enjoying flattery as any other squirrel, but often getting rather embarrassed by compliments at the same time. The one below that is her laughing, I had a harder time with this one so sorry if it doesn't look like laughing so much, I was also trying to practice different head angles, trying to get different viewpoints that still look like her, and when she laughs she typically hides her smile behind her hands. The one below that is of her crying, she is a silent crier, never really heaving or crumpling on the ground, but more sniffling with slow tears. The last one, in the lower left hand corner, is Amandesse when she's made, again not being one to explode much, her anger comes out to be more stern, like a mother scolding her child.

I hope you eventually come to love Amandesse as much as I do. I will also be trying out watercolor painting with these characters, so you will most likely see these pictures again soon, but next time just being colored. 

The other characters are...
fredalice.deviantart.com/art/E… - Eibhac the Sparrowhawk
fredalice.deviantart.com/art/M… - Merlin the City Cat