Character design – assignment

This weird creature was born when I asked my best friend, "what animal do you think I look like?"  
She said I was like an elephant in front of her (This is her fav animal lol), but a leopard in front of outsiders. 
So I made it, and it symbolises me.

At first, I just wanted to create a "Hidden watermark". To put this cutie into my illustrations so that people can recognise my works without seeing my signature (Tbh this thing rlly bothers me a lot cuz I don't have a fixed signature...they are always changing! ).  
And then I thought it will be very interesting to put it into my animation works and make interactions with other characters. ^.^
I will give it a name soon!