Oh wow, that actually does look great and does emphasize the falconer role. Unfortunately, it is out of character - he is just a boy who gets wound up in adventure and ends up receiving the falconry glove from an old falconer. He is intentionally quite ordinary looking.

Thanks for the feedback, all.

The belt buckle
Originally, it was a full square. It always annoyed me how bulky it was, so I attempted to create a thinner metal outline effect, just reflecting one side of it. Perhaps I didn't pull it off very well. There's not much room for maneuver.

The glove
The original design did have much bigger hands. This received the opposite criticism, I was told to make them smaller! Perhaps I will try recolouring the glove to a non-brown colour. The falconer will have a bird by his side throughout the game and constantly uses the glove to launch him at enemies, as seen below.

Video contains the older character design.

Your the first person to pick up on the fact he turns "the long way around". originally I did have him turning the other way, but it felt just a bit lack lustre. I'll work on making his hand more natural. It's in a falconry glove, if you wondered why it's brown.

Here is a GIF of the animation in context. I'm eagerly awaiting critical feedback but any comments would be great!

Opening a chest and holding item in his right hand.



(In hindsight, his legs need to spin around properly after climbing out of the chest)