Sorry to reply this slowly, but i''ve been in the army and in woods on a training camp for the last few (well, too many) days. Thanks for your comments, they''re very useful for us.
1) Sorry, don''t have any larger pictures at the moment.
2) Ok, the bigger tail is a great idea. Will Do.
3) The character does have a shadow, it''s just on top of the snowball and therefore you can see no shadow. Plain and simple
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Thanks again for your replies.