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The Whiffly Winter Archivist: Sniffing Out the Frosty Folklore

Hey friends and draw a day community. I have been working on another pixel art which I decided to enter the Frostfall Founders character design contest, and the character prompt I chose was just too good to pass up: The Whiffly Winter Archivist. Just the name of it makes me feel excited to create thanks Krisette for another contest to help us get inspired

I made a gentle, quiet character who just loves to sniff old books and ink. That is the sweetest thing ever so I immediately knew I had to make him in pixel art style. I am still practicing though.

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Meet Wiff, The Archivist Here he is I tried to include all the cool design hints on the prompt. He has got that snowy coat, although I must admit the snow I made is too thin to be noticed hahaha. The little floating quills, and I love how his red spectacles turned out fit for a young bookworm like him. He moves so silently through the library, and I hope my pixel art captures that quiet, sparkling, frozen magic

What do you guys think of my design for Wiff? I am so excited to submit this

Short Lore: Wiffly’s Quiet Magic In the giant Frosty Folklore Library, lives Wiff. He is the quietest being you will ever meet, only making sounds when he takes a deep, fulfilled breath to sniff a really old page or some fresh winter ink. The books on the shelves flutter when he passes because they know he is gentle and they yearn to be read. He just loves the smell of old paper.

P.S. ooops I forgot to add some process image

image.png I want to design a young character who loves to read books and appreciate touching leather and paper plus the dust image.png I made him a nice blue coat perfect for winter image.png Final finishing details the book the spectacle and some shadows Angela small footer.gif

Comments · 3

  • @cabalen(62)· 262d

    Your pixel art style is such a creative choice, and it perfectly captures Wiff's gentle magic. The detail about the books fluttering because they yearn to be read is absolutely enchanting worldbuilding. Thank you for your participation

  • @kaigo(51)· 266d

    that is a nice character name I love it

  • @loverdoll(51)· 267d

    this style could be tricky to make I love the highlights and shadows achieved with just a few pixels good job good luck in the contest