Oh, thank you so much ^.^ I love the way you see this picture, the contrasts between their skin tones, hair and cultures, didn't see it this way myself and it just made me want to draw more fantasies about Jim and his favorite book character ^o^ 
Hmhmhmhm, it's wonderful how others can see things you may miss and inspire you more 
It's great how you included those little nuances without realizing it: Mowgli's wildness (sun-darkened skin, long free hair, bigger muscular frame, impulsive and open) vs Jim's civilness (light skin, short cropped hair, slim toned frame, imaginative and shy); it even gives a message that the wild and the civilized can coexist in harmony :3
It's great how you included those little nuances without realizing it: Mowgli's wildness (sun-darkened skin, long free hair, bigger muscular frame, impulsive and open) vs Jim's civilness (light skin, short cropped hair, slim toned frame, imaginative and shy); it even gives a message that the wild and the civilized can coexist in harmony :3