yep the arm coming out of the cap was deliberate, the other character had the cap receded because he had sleaves that folded over. I'm basically feeling my way around with chracter development, and creating characters that tell stories from just their appearance.
Most CG characters are not altruistically beautiful, they're funny and dumb founded or befuddled. More hilliarity milage was gained from Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and Pluto because of their simplicity.
More people know about Homer and Bart Simpson than they do about superman. Superman is a religious synonym, where as bart is a little bast... well you get what I mean. lol
let me know hwo you get on with your anime drawing?