My new style of illustration...(doggy)

Howdy folks! I've been playing with a new style (for me) of illustrating. I normally favour a more detailed and solid style of illustration as you can see from the examples scattered around this site. I usually get a bit too excessive when working on an illustration or cartoon, and I spend ages fussing with the lines, the highlights and the shading. All that means creating a new design takes me an absolute age!

So, I've decided to play with this new style of illustration in an attempt to speed up the creative process, whilst still keeping to my recognised way of creating characters. Here's my new way of illustrating. Still vectors of course, but far more loose...

Let me know what you think. I will post some new images when I get a bit of time to create some more!