Here are some names I brainstormed for our little lion:

Feline
Leo
Lio
Felio

Leo sounds good to me, but it's so.. common.
So I thought of Lio? or Felio?



Yong Yi, nice details, I totally agree about the losing the essense of the chinese traditional lion dance part. Need your expertise on that :)

since the proportions are okay, I'll draft out a blueprint thingy with only proportions while you continue explore his design and details till the final one okay?
After which we'll weld these together to get the final design. Cheers!