Thanks! You are right on both accounts. The animation was admittedly a last minute thing that I only kept as it added to the theme and got a smile outta me when it happened. I wanted to do a lot more animation-wise but I had already spent longer on this than I intended.
Aaand an other great entry in this challenge! God, voting is gonna to be tough...
I think the eye animation (not the blink, that one is good) is a bit "cheap" compared to the rest of the pixelling. Also, maybe the cheek could use some green to smooth the transition between brown and purple
Anyway, good job on this! :)
nice..ehem... suggestive :)
and well pixeled