196. Portrait of a Hero
Respectfully with no hat
Link, the hero of time, sans hat… What is with that hat? It’s a sock – I fail to see it’s purpose.
This came from a set of portraits I was doodling one evening. One of them became quite detailled and turned into Link. I guess it’s quite funny looking, and the eyes can be a bit haunting, but I did it because he does have such big eyes in the games! Snake agrees with me.
So I wanted something slightly stylised, but I also didn’t want to offend the Zelda fans. There’s something you certainly don’t want to do.
I’m really happy with the colours on this. The green theme was the obvious route but I wanted some warmth to come through as well. Although that’s not really shown through his expression here. Link doesn’t seem to have a face other than this, so I thought it’ll make for a good intense kind of portrait. I’ve also wanted to draw Link with the ‘Twighlight Princess’ version of his outfit – I think it’s my favourite of his so far (no shiny tights!).
September 26, 2010 at 3:23 pm
Link looks pretty tired of saving Hyrule in this portrait. I imagine him grasping his hat between both hands.
September 26, 2010 at 3:23 pm
I must be sincere, since I love all your pictures… but this one not much
May be it’s the anatomy, or the sad face. It’s not definitively the cap, hair looks cool.
He looks like he’s too grown out and pissed off
September 26, 2010 at 3:24 pm
I like it!
September 26, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Nice one! Something about applying a foreign emotion to established characters that’s really affective, particularly because Link is so synonymous with high adventure and intrepidness. Here he looks guilty. Well done!
March 19, 2011 at 2:41 am
good job on this picture