As I said, the schoolgirl Plusle almost was the version I decided on - and one of the people I found on Tumblr that does the most adorable chibi art was http://omgproductions.tumblr.com/ - She's very nice and great to work with as well, so give her blog a view! :D
Also! We're almost done with the prototypes - I finally zero'd in on her final design at this point.