Image from the pilot
Proof: The character designs are different
Willa's Wild Life is an animated television series based on Dan Yaccarino's book An Octopus Followed Me Home. The series originally aired on Qubo in the United States (and has been put back on Qubo's schedule from 2019 to 2020), YTV in Canada and TF1 and Piwi+ in France. The series is Flash-animated with Toon Boom Harmony. International airings aired from October 7, 2008 to June 27, 2013. But there was a pilot that was made in either 2005 or 2006, the pilot had a similar plot to the book that Willa's Wild Life was based off of, the pilot right now is lost, but several images had been surfaced online.
Old designs for the prototype version of Willa and the Giraffe
Same thing as before but without the logo
Link to the promo for the pilot: https://vimeo.com/97965221