I guesse I'd call it a subconscious influence. If I were a lawyer from Pixar I might call it plagiarism. If I were to have made it, I'd call it a one-of-a-kind artisitc excersize to see if anyone would recognize (that's legal). Just kidding, they arn't identicle anyway. Besides, I think Pixar copied their character from that Punch finger puppet! As for AG2, that would be difficult to do with any real fine control. If there was an un-wrap feature in Carrara or UVMapper then it would be fairly easy.