#mod canary

Mod Canary:  

I like what I see so far.  This is very visually appealing, the coat especially (although the two button flaps would be impractical in cold climates unless there were a larger flap behind both to keep cold air out; but I’ll get to that later).  I especially like the top hat (probably because I just generally like top hats).  Your color choices and use of an accent color at the top and bottom of your character are very nice, though I would like to see more pink somewhere on the coat and maybe just a touch on the hat to balance it completely.  

From my experience, there are three major areas to cover when going out in the cold:  the face, the fingers, and the toes.  You’ve properly protected his toes with warm, waterproof boots, but have left his fingers totally uncovered.  Unless he’s a creature that’s immune to the cold (the rest of your design suggests he isn’t), I would give him some nice gloves so his fingers don’t freeze.  I would also suggest giving him earmuffs and a scarf that can be pulled up around his nose so his face doesn’t either.  Unless his species has second eyelids, I’d also give him snow goggles so he doesn’t get snow blinded, and so the wind doesn’t hurt his eyes.  The rest of his outfit seems warm enough, but depending on the median temperature of where he lives, I might add a heavier coat and pants.  

~Just a note for you, because it’s important:  know the properties of his outer layer of clothes and everything he’s got on under them.  Overall for cold climates, you want something nice and wicking for your innermost layer, to keep the sweat off the skin, something like fleece, cotton, or wool for your middle insulation layer, as puffy and fluffy as you like, and a sturdy water- and wind-proof outer layer.  Most cold weather hikers would probably suggest two pairs of gloves too, one wicking, one weatherproof.~

As for the creature himself, I largely like your choice on nonhuman elements used (i.e.  four fingers, black eyes, slightly out of proportion facial structure (though that may be the art style)).  However, if he doesn’t have eyebrows, he’s bound to run into some problems.  Eyebrows collect sweat and dust and other stuff and keep them from getting in the eyes by channeling them to the sides of the face as opposed to straight down.  They’re a very important trait.  You could get around this a couple of different ways:  1) by giving him a pronounced brow ridge and setting the eyes further in, which decreases the chance of things falling into the eyes, or 2) by giving him hecka eyelashes (as they’re your eyes’ second line of defense against bad stuff).  

I’m interested by your choice to use four stubby fingers:  do all creatures in his home dimension have 4 fingers?  or has his species simply evolved to have 4 because 5 didn’t suit their purposes?  is it an evolutionary attempt to decrease the surface area of a very cold-sensitive body part?  Why-ever you did it, it fits nicely with the rest of his design and makes sense to nerds like me who care about evolutionary biology.