so when it came time to re-do this illustration, I had to change a few things. one of which was the character design. the old duck is a bit boxy and squared off in the bill. some angles don't work either. they were minor changes but i feel that they greatly improved the overall aesthetic of the character.

you can see a few notes i wrote here. i also toyed with the idea of changing the color palette, but decided that the original colors worked fine.