I wasn't sure if I should leave the comment here or on the contest's discussion, but:
"#9 designed by musicalryo - LOVELY! I love the use of the whiteboard; I ADORE the play buttons in the O's of Moof University! I also love the character. He's looks excited about science, and he looks nerdy and cool - precisely what I asked for! The backwards hat is great! The only problem is that he doesn't look too much like me. I'd like to see the character look more like the JPG I attached as "Moof University Cartoon." If you can make that happen, I'd surely be wow'd. Thank you so much for your efforts thus far! I also like #10 and #11, but again - I'd just like the character to look more like me in the attached cartoon."
The two new versions are definitely much better in that the character looks much more like me. So, that's excellent! However, now, the character looks much less excited or happy. The skin tone is great. The shadow on the beard is great. I want his eyes and mouth too look a bit more excited - or, at least, more relaxed and welcoming. I sense from the eyes and mouth that the character is slightly tightening up in the face. It's not extreme, but I hope that makes sense. He doesn't need to glow like the previous version, but I'd want him to be a bit more relaxed and smiley in the eyes and face. I hope that helps!
Also - something I just noticed: one side of the character's face is darker than the other. I'm not sure I like that. I think that I'd like to see more balance between the left and right sides of his face. I like the slightly tanned face that's on the right of the image (the character's left half).
I REALLY REALLY like #82. Honestly, at this point, I think it's between you and one other designer. I'm stuck trying to decide between you and them. I like the changes to the character's skin tone and facial expression, and I like the addition of the slogan to the title. I also like the color changes. However, one thing I think might get me into trouble is how similar the O's in "Moof University" are to YouTube's actual logo. I think that could be a serious copyright problem, especially since I'll be making and selling merchandise with this logo. So, as much as I like it, it needs to change to look less identical to YouTube's play button logo.