hey there. I just thought I might post this. Feel free to give feedback.
It's a hamster vertex of pikachu. I changed the ears, snout, mouth, and puffed the cheeks out a bit. Not pictured: I made pikachu's tail a small stump like what a hamster has.
As for making whiskers, I'm not sure what to do. I could leave them out, and simply put some dots on Pikachu's cheeks to suggest them, or I could make a thin spike protruding from his cheek, and another whisker on each side from the vertexes for his tongue (I'm pretty sure DasDonkey Team did this for the Mexican Bicentennial Pikachu's mustache).
I do plan to further develop the texture. Specifically, I'm probably going to work a lot on its eyes to give a realistic, hamster feel. I might include another version with cartoonish eyes (not recolors of pika's, completely done by me).
That's pretty much it.
One quick question though; is it possible to texture pikachu's hands from the wrist outwards a different color? I'm not sure where the texture mapping is for his hands, and whether or not it's shared with some other crap like his back or stomach.