Storyboard and character sketches.

Been working on an animation.  It's mostly about this hobo character who is always scheming for.... stuff.  I imagine he's sort of like a mythological trickster, always joking around, pissing people off.

I want it to start out with the question "Why do they call you Jungle Buzzard anyway, Hopkins?" and the main character, Hopkins, not really wanting to answer until he spots a pile of items he can steal.. leading to him telling a West African myth, Anansi and the box of stories, purely for distraction purposes.  Each animal Anansi captures in the story correlates to a hobo around the campfire.  The snake gets tied to a stick, and so does a hobo.. the leopard falls in a hole.. etc.

Eventually someone will catch on, like the inch tall fairy at the end of the story will end up being humongous and take Hopkins out of the little dream world he's created to see the big guy just walloping him to the ground and knocking all the supplies he was attempting to steal everywhere.  Then somehow they'll all realize a jungle buzzard is a hobo who preys on other hobos.

Added some temporary audio to a storyboard for timing purposes, and then started designing some characters.  I'd be greatful for any comments on this.. been getting an awful lot of backpedaling from people who are afraid to give an honest opinion.  Comments that actually specifically say what you didn't like are best.  Was it too slow?  Did it make sense at all?  What would you change?

Here are some character thumbnails.

And here are some refined-ish characters.