Work in Progress Character Lineup

Just wanted to post a couple characters I'm working on right now for my Character Design class. I'm supposed to do a character lineup, so so far we have Fleuder Flam (Compare to the Fleuder Flam I attempted at the beginning of the semester and you will see how far I've come!), Princess Eloinwy, Taran, and a witch whom I am still trying to figure out. 

I've already been able to get some feedback on them from class yesterday, and it was definitely helpful!  Most of it was for Taran. He definitely looks more like a she now that they mention it. He needs to some how be boxier, boy-ier... so they gave me some tips to make him look more like a him than a her. Some of those suggestions include: giving him a boy haircut instead of a girl's, making it less well trimmed (take away the bangs and give him some hair sticking up), make him more boxy and wide. He looks to slender, especially with the hourglass shape that his legs and shawl are making. They were all good ideas and I will be sure to redo him and incorporate as much as I can! We'll see! Hopefully tomorrow's version turns out better than this one, still! (Also, they'll be in color! Woot!)

Snowgirl Christmas Card

So my latest assignment in my Character Design class has been to design a Christmas card and place a character in some kind of setting. I'm not so sure how the setting part will work out (it doesn't have to be too complex, but can in fact be very simple), but here is my sketch for my little character I intend to use:

I've got her all colored up on photoshop already, but I'm not sure where I put the picture of that... so as soon as I find it I will add it too and update this post. However, it is still going to need some editing. My teacher mentioned that it looked more like a snowman than a girl and that maybe I should add some hair or something so you can tell what she/he/it is. That's a good point! I also need to stop reverting back to the anime faces I grew up trying to draw, as well as fix the funny blob on the back of her head that can be a little bit hard to read...(what is it?? It's supposed to be the ball... like on the end of Santa's pointy hat!)
Anyway, I'll update you a bit more when she is better, updated, and improved upon! Just thought I'd give you a sneak peak of the thumbnails. (Can I still call it a sneak peak, even if I'm no where near publishing it professionally? lol)