As far as the arts go, they are adorable in their current form.
Due to the habits earned from playing Pokemon and Chinese bootleged Pokemons, I was able to regconize my head fairly quickly, but yeah, a bit more hint would really seal the deal.
You are probably doing this alreay since the status bars are on the bottom and the player controled head is "closes to the screen". But simply moving your status bars to the leftside would definitly make a better use of the space relations in terms of graphic design .