character model examples

I’ve been wanting to model some animals, and people are telling me subsurf! subsurf! which is fine, but seems quite difficult compared to regular mesh modelling. I’m not looking for super-realism - just cartoony looking characters that are semi-easy to build and operate. I was wondering if someone could perhaps post a .blend with a character or two so I can see how you made your characters. I think some examples may help get me out of my learning rut. Anything cartoony would be great!
Thanks.

I recently completed a cartoony dinosaur with a ball cap intended to look like a crusty old drunk that hangs around dive bars. It isn’t the best since I am fairly new at this myself . It is rigged and skinned for animation. I would not mind sending it to you if you are interested.

Try looking at the Blendo model on the BlenderChar website. It’s a very good model, IMO.