Requested Kikwis

Last month my friend Patrick e-mailed me about making some plushes for him. He's my favorite person to make things for because of his love of anime. I don't claim to know much about anime, but I follow his blog and think everything's so awesome, so it's fun learning about the characters and figuring out how to make them. These Kikwis are from Zelda (which I did play waaaaaay-hay-hay back in the day on the old Gameboys).

{He wanted one for his girlfriend and one for himself.}

The biggest difficulty was the backside, but I figured out a way to incorporate the "growth." If you're curious what they truly look like, click here for the image I used. 

This project inspired me to start working on some plushes for the shop. I've got a few drawings on my new pattern book, so hopefully those will pop up in the future!

Here's Patrick and his girlfriend with all their plushes. I made the two Kikwis (obviously) and the cat in the middle back. :]

Are there any animals or characters you think would make cute plushes? I want to step outside the box (which is overflowing with bears and cats).