#hero of the minish

[nocturnalfandomartist]

Next Year's Festival

Linktober 2024 ◇ Days 9/10/11: Secret/Mystery, Species/Race, Music/Dance

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TRIPLE PROMPT!!!!!!

It'a been a while since I've drawn Minish Cap! For the sake of symmetry, Link is on his toes... Also, there's two Minish here who definitely shouldn't be lore-wise but they're here anyway because I said so. In a perfect world, this scene happens with everyone together... ;v;

Secret/Mystery = Kinstone; Species/Race = Minish; Music/Dance = Festival

Time Elapsed: 4 hours, 45 minutes

Program Used: IbisPaint X

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[kommandantpinks-art]

I brought Minish Cap Link back just so he could best Vaati in Connect Four 🔥

[zelda-of-hyrule-tloz]

Echoes of Wisdom Headcanon Countdown

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Minish Cap Zelda is an optimist - almost sickeningly so. Oftentimes, during his adventure, Link tries to be more like her so he can persist. Before that, he could get a bit grumpy. Although both were quick to pout (and Zelda the more emotional of the two), Zelda was always the quickest to recover. She could go from sobbing one minute to stubbornly clinging onto the bright side the next! And with Ezlo's never-ending snark, Link needed to be that person this time around...

Imagine Zelda's surprise when she watches this change through her dreams!

[eddies-silly-art-gallery]

Some extremely fucking rough concepts for Link designs!

If you have any questions on my thought processes, feel free to ask.

You can tell I don’t give a shit about Tracks or Wild and that I’m minimally interested in Time or Chaos. I was really uninspired when doing those.

Anyways, I’ll probably refine these later.

Twilight is supposed to have mutton chops, but they got lost in his hair.

[zelda-fanart-n-stuff]

Zelda art compilation from the last couple years! Man I am slow to get designs out 😅

Seeing all of my drawings together, I can definitely see how I should change a few designs to fit it all more seamlessly together (though to be fair to myself, it HAS been like 2 years since started making my own link redesigns)

The Wind waker link design is me recycling a design I had made for a linked universe au I wanted to do but ultimately dropped in favor of making my own zelda au unrelated to linked universe!

I have more yet to come but these are the closest to finished designs I have so far!

(Likely going to change a few designs around and make fresh reference pages eventually)

*Do not tag as linked universe please!*

[matcha-squid]

Behold, janky ass Zelda art from early 2020 💀

before COVID struck the us, I was in the middle of a major Zelda phase of similar intensity to the one I'm currently in now. Problem was, I had no clue how to draw humans. So... BEHOLD

Janky ass hero of time. Look at him in all his incorrect anatomical glory. His awkward pose, his unappealing coloring, his oversized melon head with banana hair, he's glorious. This was the peak of my ability to draw humanoids at the time. Now let us move on to our next glorious beast

Truly a relic of its time, no? This unholy amalgamation of 2019 trends was the spawn of my boredom in 9th grade world history class. The croc boots. The floating hydro flask. The weird combination of these things with dyed hair and copious piercings. It's as if the alt kid and the vsco girl had a lesbian love child. To cap it all off, we have a stilted stance and a shitty color job. Splendid.

Say it with me class: "ANATOMY." Weirdly big head, hair with no shape, strange rectangle body, STRANGE looking limbs, and of course we gotta throw in the shoddy coloring job and the half assed background. And good god his wounds look NASTY. I'll give myself some credit here: those look genuinely painful. Bros dying over here (genuinely I want to do a redraw of this just to do a side-by-side comparison) One detail I do really like- the specks of orange embers flying around are a nice touch. I put forethought into this drawing, past me was not lazy. Just unskilled. (Well, I was pretty lazy but not with art) (I am still lazy at non art stuff)

These links need therapy. I put them in line for the therapists office. You can tell by the sign that says "Therapist's office." Never finished this one. To be honest the forms are not THAT bad. I finally ditched the melon head model and got better at human faces. Also... why did I think that ALTTP Link was physically unable to speak? Nothing really pointed towards that... and Echoes of wisdom don't even come out yet (I know EoS Link isn't the same as ALTTP but eh similar art style) This ones not bad but not good either.

Now this one. This one's a hoot. This is a knee slapped right here. Ya see, Twilight doesn't have an instrument cause he howls cause he's a dog. So the other links take their instruments and blow them in his face. RIP twilight, dies by decibel overdose. As a proud band kid I channeled my passion for woodwinds into this goofy sketch. Again, there forms are not bad, we're seeing some improvement especially on the faces of each link- wait a minute. ENHANCE.

SKFHSKFHFHFH SPIRIT!! What did I do to you?? Why did I put you off to the side?! WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE THAT?? My boi... look how I massacred my boi. He's not even in uniform... it's all wrong. His ear is all the way up his head. His limbs are so half assed it hurts. His face. His poor face. He don't even have a mouth. Just a weird scowling eye. He's not even playing the spirit flute, it's just a random set of pan pipes!! This is a disgrace to the good name of trains. I'm so glad I'm better at drawing now so I can do him justice.

anyway thanks for reading me bashing my younger, less experienced self for being unable to draw humanoids in an appealing way.

[meeyahmaya]

Hero of the minish 🌱

[hai2700]

And here he is! He turned out pretty good and is a little bit different of a design than Sky. Hope y’all like him!

[druidbottles]

The past year and a half have been really tough for me, and there's no coping mechanism quite like putting your blorbo in situations, so here's some Minish Cap Link grief fic, with lots of comfort from Zelda.

(It's a bit of a vent fic but not really.) The main moral of the story here is that Link and Zelda are best friends and Zelda is supportive and loves Link very much!

[picorilite]

Linktober Day 26 - Overgrown

[veid49]

I’m planning absolutely nothing.

[nocturnalfandomartist]

Unnamed Heroes

💚❤️ Minish Cap and Four Swords Prologue Headcanons 💙💜

There are other heroes mentioned in the prologues of Minish Cap in Four Swords who remain unmentioned outside of these stories. I got to thinking about it and decided it would be fun to expand on them! So here they are, the Hero of Men and the First Hero of the Four Sword.

The First Hero of the Four Sword is shrouded in mystery, which I decided I actually really like and wanted to maintain somewhat. All that is known is that when Vaati began causing trouble after being reborn in a monstrous form, he appeared from the woods and simply said he would defeat Vaati. Then, he split into four with the blade he somehow already was in possession of and sealed Vaati inside of it. Then, he disappeared. None of the people who he rescued had any idea how he did what he had, and many believed it didn't happen at all! I headcanon that he was born in the woods and lived there alone for most of his life. He never minded it, and he surely didn't want that peace disturbed. However, when his childhood friend Zelda- who met him when she snuck out of the palace when they were younger- became one of the people taken to Vaati's new palace, Link set out with the Four Sword Zelda had told him was hidden away (likely in the Castle) prior with only the goal of rescuing her in mind. He never took much recognition or credit, preferring to stay distant from things as before.

The Hero of Men, the first holder of the Picori Blade, is given slightly more depth than the first Hero of the Four Sword in the way that he is actually given a design. It is implied he is a knight of Hyrule, as he is seen among them in the stained glass depicting the rise of monsters. We also know he knew Zelda in some way, as he gave the Light Force to the princess of his time. I like to headcanon that he met her during the worst of the Era of Chaos, and in his quest to help her restore Hyrule was given the Picori Blade and Light Force by the otherworldly visitors. Like the Hero of the Minish, I imagine he's pretty short.

Time Elapsed (slightly less lazy doodle page): 2 hours, 54 minutes

Time Elapsed (old lazy doodle page): 1 hour, 20 minutes

Program: Ibis Paint X

Reblogging is fine, but please don't post this anywhere else without linking the original post. Thanks!

[mayonakaotsumamilublog]

thanks to @quietlywatchingwritingreading for giving me this idea! Minish hero but he’s actually a minish.

I had a lot of fun designing him and figuring out some small ideas. Yes his shield is a button and his sword is a sewing needle.

[clowns0up-felix]

Linktober day 15- sword

Hero of meeennn hiii hiiiii hi hero of men

I don’t think the temple of hylia would really be this abandoned in hero of men’s time, since he’s (in my mind) the link right after sksw link and I think sksw link would find it very important to keep the temple and fis resting place well kept,,, but I thought it’d look cool ^^

Hw Zelinkle under the cut !!

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Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Unused)

Where to find Link:

(+characters dressed like him/referencing his appearance)

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Will reblog with images

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Standard "Legend of Zelda" Games -

Skyward Sword

The Minish Cap

Four Swords

Ocarina of Time

Majora's Mask

Twilight Princess

Four Swords Adventures

Breath of the Wild

Tears of the Kingdom

A Link to the Past

Oracle of Seasons/Ages

Link's Awakening

A Link Between Worlds

Tri Force Heroes

The Legend of Zelda

Zelda II: The Adventure of Link

The Wind Waker

Phantom Hourglass

Spirit Tracks

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Outside Standard "Legend of Zelda" Games -

Pre-Minish Cap

Pre-Four Swords

Pre-Breath of the Wild

Hyrule Warriors

Age of Calamity

Cadence of Hyrule

BS The Legend of Zelda

BS The Legend of Zelda: Ancient Stone Tablets

Link's Crossbow Training

The Legend of Zelda Game Watch

Zelda (Game & Watch)

Link: The Faces of Evil

Zelda: The Wand of Gamelon

Zelda's Adventure

My Nintendo Picross: Twilight Princess

Other Nintendo Picross Games

Pre-Skyward Sword Manga (Akira Himekawa)

Valiant Comics (George Caragonne)

Other LoZ Mangas/Comics/Books

DIC Legend of Zelda Cartoon

Captain N: The Game Master

Super Smash Brothers series

Mario Kart 8

F1 Race

Uniracers (Unused)

Super Mario Maker

Animal Crossing Series

Soul Calibur II

Donkey Kong Country 2

Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars

NES Tetris

Tetris DS

NES Remix

Death Road to Canada

Sky: Children of the Light

Monster Hunter

Dynasty Warriors VS/Samurai Warriors Chronicles3

Kirby Series (Sword Ability)

Yoshi's Woolly World

WarioWare Series

nintendogs + cats

AR Games

Miitomo

Miitopia

StreetPass Mii Plaza

Find Mii

Nintendo Land (LoZ: Battle Quest)

Nintendo Badge Arcade

NES Remix 2

Nintendo Cereal System

World of Warcraft

Yoshi's Island 4

Asterix & Obelix XXL 2

Terraria

Transformice

Scribblenauts Unlimited

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Sonic Lost World

Dino Run

Starbound

A Hat in Time

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Jump Rope Challenge

Bayonetta

Phantasy Star

Final Fantasy (sort of)

Google Maps

Ittle Dew

Mable & the Wood

Super Mario Bros. & Friends: When I Grow Up

The Cat Mario Show

My Little Pony

Powerpuff Girls

Nintendo E3 x Robot Chicken

Golden Sun: The Lost Age (Unused; source code)

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (Unused)

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (Unused)

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((There may be more than one "Link"-type character in a single entry -- Hero's Shade, Fierce Deity, Linkle, Ravio, Animal Crossing player in Hero's Outfit + W. Link, Mario Kart Links + Outfit for Miis, the pre-characters listed above, etc.))

((I am counting characters who can dress up as Link, such as in BS Zelda, Sky: Children of the Light, Animal Crossing, the Badge Arcade rabbit, etc.))

((The same Link can appear in multiple entries.))

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Got a lot of information from these sites:

‎Let me know if I missed or skipped over any that I should add to the list!

I might reblog this with images.

[slaket-and-sprash]