Design 4 Media: Studio Project (Step 3)

For the Judge Phase I showed my work to different people and asked them to tell me what they were thinking about it as they thought it.

These are some of the critiques I recieved:
~doll looks like Korn rabbit (I was not familiar with this so I looked it up and tried to find a rabbit that looked similar to mine, but was unsuccesful)
~depressing story (This was mentioned several times and I will discuss it further below)
~is she wearing a raincoat? (Three people were not completely sure what she was wearing; whether it was a raincoat or a dress or a hoodie. This is not completely important to me)
~straight edges drawn around character are more effective then rounded-rounded makes her look too lollipop-like
~girl or boy? (the question of Em's gender comes up a few times, but I had planned the character to be non gender-specific, it's up to the viewer's interpretation)
~the bunny is cute but some people might find it creepy (one person mentioned this, others didn't think so)

Common positive critiques and other miscellaneous critiques:
~cute
~like damask pattern on hoodie
~simple colors work well; no more color is needed
~scribbly style works well
~reminiscent of Edward Gorey
~bunny looks worn out "long day" (this is good because it's supposed to)
~Em looks innocent
~pink background works well, most favor it to yellow

After some discussion, someone offered an interesting change in the story so as not to make it so depressing. They suggested that the bratty girl that comes up and takes the doll away from her only does so because she doesn't want anyone else to have it, but then discards it when shes away from Em. Possibly throwing it away. Then, Em can walk over and pick the bunny doll up, being able to keep it instead of being left alone.