So I picked up an old idea I had, with the intention of finally finishing it....

Started out like this, until I realised this is no good. Chibi looks really out of place, and I need to stylise more, cartoony or something... Thing is, I never draw in cartoon style, despite having grown up with Disney films. Never occurred to me to draw the characters.

So this is where I went looking for reference.

Lots of Disney (jungle book) Dreamworks (Kung Fu Panda) and more (mostly from here: http://characterdesignnotes.blogspot.com/ )

Left half is just freehand eyeballed stuff. Right hand side is my attempt to feel comfortable drawing this style.

I'll keep you posted with how it goes. 

One more~

Getting closer to what I was aiming for:

[ Jan 6th ] Update:

Sketched some more, and added a new monkey. perhaps a hero type!

Very much my own Sun Wu Kong version I guess.

The other bamboo warrior jumping on tiger thing will be picked up another time.@_@;; I am a bit angry at it still.