Crow and pitcher mood board

The dippy bird/crow character I'm hoping to use in my fable is fairly inanimate, I'm going to have to look to the facial expressions to engage the viewer.
To that end, I'm drawing on inspiration from Pixar characters that show a wide range of emotion from eye and eyebrow shapes.
Although the story calls for a water pitcher which are usually crafted from pottery, I'll need to show the water level rising so I may go with a tumbler instead.