This was only one example image of style. I can find others. I saw a demo video last night of another game on Big Fish that is in the same style as my friend wants to do (I believe the game was made with the same game engine that my friend wants to use). There was a quick screen shot in the video of the character page within the game.

To Vestmann, I will first try a lower light setting. As you say, obviously toon render utilizes different light approaches than I am used to working with.

"A lonely climber walks a tightrope to where dreams are born and never die!" - Billy Thorpe, song: Edge of Madness, album: East of Eden's Gate

Weapons of choice:

Poser Pro 2012, SR2, Paintshop Pro 8