the weakest link?
I like your cartoon, but in technical terms, it's the weakest in the series.
the hand didn't work since the purpose of the pencil is to become an abominable god, but since it didn't wrote much here, it's like absent.
Hand could work if you use it to hide the characters and unsuspectingly change their shape, like suddenly having a beard.
Maybe you are just trying some new elements, so conclusion: hand and camera pan didn't work.