I-Iybrid: I see what you're saying, don't know how I've missed it with all the time I've stared at this character. I'll have to get in there and tweak around some of the uvs and mess around with the texture. Maybe try a few different ideas with the texture... if doing that is possible with a rigged/skinned character?

Bullet: I'm pretty excited about getting to animation. I've never gone beyond this point with any characters I've ever done. Exciting and intimidating at the same time. Going to be a slow process since I'm learning but I'm not giving up on this project yet! I'm going to make this the one I follow through with if it's the last thing I do! hahah