A "Cheerful" Fellow

I'm currently working on a project where I have to design characters for the book Animal Farm. The artist I chose to emulate for the project is Steve Brodner, who is an amazing illustrator and caricaturist. In order to get used to his style of drawing I decided to draw some humans before jumping into caricaturing animals. I remembered telling a friend a couple months back that I would draw him, so I decided now would be a perfect time to try this style out on him. I still need work in this style and not be afraid to exaggerate features a lot more like Brodner does, but with more practice I think I can get there.