Head Shoulders Knees an Toes

Its the details that matter when designing a character, certain aspects could completely ruin him or make him. things like the shape of his hands, at the moment im stuck on whether they should be round, thinner at the top? or the bottom?
should he have hands? fingers? mittens? flat sided blobs (kinda like shovels?) im very tempted to have just rounded ends, like a teddy ragdoll, but is that too plain? i havent decided yet

HANDS IMAGE


http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/teddy-bear-hands-up-11452217.jpg

mittens like hands


http://i.istockimg.com/file_thumbview_approve/1698098/2/stock-photo-1698098-teddy-bears-holding-hands.jpg

round, boring?


https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSt_U2cmUW3X_n3jPO1ZZjyHMzVnKNE6FrkJZ_u-_4iFxYAmGqVkA

flat ragdoll hands


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stubby hands?


https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQmhYe0JKd1dyDv-MFom40x4IyL0tusmfNPzdRONoLcrlTiaB-U5g

stubby but boring


https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSf-IYaG_a0DGi68lKZhWJEcYeC90_MlPCKyjaP1keBaBmrB8QnNg

cute and cartoony

The head has kind of developedinto a square but cuehead,the sideviewis interesting,giving himfeatures like a nose, without actually giving him a nose.

INSERT DRAWINGS


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Very close to the size of the head im going for.

the top lef of the head has developed intoa point,but imunsure yet how that works with the side view....i will figure this out more when i make a clay model for reference.

Boy size, shoulders and belly in comparison to head, and feet in comparison to the body.
He has a chibi sized head, but he has a pudgey belly,however i wan him somewhat realistic, ie. if he has a big head an belly, he would need to be able to balance, ie he nees big stable feet to....maybe workboots?



https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSmTO1XDpHXP7sJ5atfMQ7IZQLE4dPM0_QIivrqvaLvFVuym7aT

I dont want him to look too top heavy.