Character Illustrator Assignment

In my Digital Media Art class we were given a project where we had to find or make our own 'character'. First we had to make a sketch, then digitally trace the sketch to make an illustrator vector version. For this assignment I didn't have the slightest idea what I was going to choose for my character but once I put pencil to paper I realized I had an eagle head and from there... I went with it. Here's my sketch (edited a bit in Photoshop)...

Here's my final copy: