The character I have come up with is a female klee kai named Klee Shay. I think I finally pinned down the outfit, which was giving me the most trouble.

I'm still sketchy about the color scheme. The first set of colors I tried just made me sick, which isn't what I was going for, plus they were unlike any color scheme I'd ever seen on a character which kind of defeats the whole "cliché" thing. I figure showing this to people who might not have seen the original colored version might get me some good ideas.