Squirrel Animation

So I've really been wanting to do an animation involving animals for a long time and finally had the idea hit me about doing a little amusing love story between two squirrels. I'm really going for a cartoon type look and feel and think I may be on the right track. This is what I have so far and I'm hoping it looks cartoony even though I know it does, but I've never done anything this cartoon like before so just want to get it right. This of course is just the first render with simple textures. The final animation will look cartoony but more 3d dimensional than it does right now. *crosses fingers*