Thank you guys so far for submissions. For the future, here are our recommendations:

1. Don't forget the "smart element" of the character. The character should be sort of a teacher to the child and signal to the parents that our products are educational toys and not only play toys. Elements such as a black bowtie and/or glasses and/or straight back would signal this.
2. Don't forget making the character smile and happy. Bigger smile is better than smaller.
3. Don't use too many different colors on the character or font, consistency is better.
4. Avoid making the hamster look too fat and long/tall. Better with shorter and slightly fat.

Hope these recommendations help. We really like some of your ideas so far.

PS. Our first time posting here, so please have patience with us.

All the best

Project brief has been updated a bit. Please take a look for guidance.

Hi, please give your feedback on my submission and feel free to suggest any changes or modifications.

I would like at least some feedback. Thank you.

Dear all designers. Sorry for our feedback delay, we have been away for a few days.

Anyways - we have received so many great submissions. Although many many good ones (thank you guys for spending your time) we have now selected the two we like the most (that were spot on what we were looking for in the very beginning) and the final decision we will announce tomorrow after we talked to our 3rd partner.

Thank you guys again for your time. This has been our first project at Designcrowd and we are likely to post another one soon again. This one with immediate feedback after submissions.

A winner has been selected. Thank you all for participating !