I did a no-outline version of the elephant, which is closer to the style I'm planning on for the backgrounds (bold colours, sharp edges and no outlines).



I expected this to by the final style, but I actually prefer the one with the thick black outline. Oddly enough the outlined one also looks better when placed ontop of my background mockup - I have no idea why, I suspect that the outline makes it stand out enough so it looks like a proper character, rather than just more of the background.

So I think I'll be sticking with the outlined version. However that means I've got to animate it with the outline too, which could get somewhat tricky.