I've been adjusting my workflow recently by starting my models from scratch in Zbrush instead of Maya. The advantages to this are that I can move much faster and block in entire forms in a matter of minutes, though the lack of control over edgeflow is rather frustrating. Retopologizing in Zbrush is doable but I'm still really slow with it.

Here's a quick sculpt I did today, going to keep working this up and incorporate it into a 3D illustration I'm planning... more on that soon.