I definitely think you should keep the owls and panda white. I like that they can match any background color. More colors would detract from the adorable design.
I like that subtle change of the second owl's eyes. He's like, "WTF?"
Colour isn't working, because of the texture I think. The roughness doesn't match the cartoony style. Maybe fill in some random feathers rather than colour the whole owl?
It looks like the panda's wearing a hula costume- maybe get rid of the panda's legs so that the effect is less skirt like. I liked it better without the texture.
Helo, my thoughts behind it were more like, "Slowly but surely, the owl is taking over the panda as 'the' cute animal, but this panda still wants in on the fun, so he's dressing up!"
...but does a shirt even need a point? Or have to make literal sense?
This is my first ever Threadless design. Please let me know what you think.
Thanks.