Thank you so much, this had been really fun. 

I guess the part that has been the most challenging for me is to decide the final color scheme.

 Inspiration: found this super cute cat on instagram @amaccho5160

Initial sketch (I did roughly 5-6 drafts, but I forgot to take the picture >_

 

Clean-up line art (I guess I am quite happy about this part)

A couple attempts doing the color:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Art work (I guess I both like and dislike the orange stripe I added that's supposed to serve as shadow, I like how the color looks more balanced but not sure how that overlaps the triangle on the ear):