Thanks for the feedback, guys.
It's difficult to get the balance right between detail and simplicity. I could make the character more detailed but that would make animating him too time consuming, and I'm leaning towards the cartoon-style for that veryreason.
The body that I sketched is only a (very) rough placeholder and I want to completely alter both the style (making it more cartoony to match the left head) and the clothing (because it looks too much like Aladdin). Any ideas?
Without delving into politics, do you think that an Arabian Nights style setting featuring cartoony Arab characters is acceptable to people these days? Too sensitive a theme? Unappealing due to the Iraq situation? This will potentially be a commercial project so this is important.
P.S. I really appreciate any and all critiques. I don't have any artistic ego - so be brutal. If there is something you don't like, or that looks amaturish, unappealing or that you think just plain sucks, then please let me know.