(Heads up, Full view is 1000 pix wide) Bloodlines and ancestry is a familiar topic in The Legend Of Zelda. It's perfectly logical that perhaps somewhere along the time line, the chosen hero is a daughter of Hyrule and not a son.
I wanted to entertain that notion and create a familiar 'Link' design, but as a strong female lead. Before this years E3, there was alot of buzz that the next Zelda was to be 'The Great Flood' and it would star a Hero fulfilling Links role, but not a true Heir(And thus failing to prevent the flood). I had that in mind during the design process.
It was a fun little concept to do. I tried to create a brand new design as opposed to 'What if the Link we know now was a girl'. As in this Hero would star in a brand new Zelda game. Mainly 'cus the whole gender-swapping thing is weird and confusing.
Btw, Nintendo! BRING BACK THE YELLOW BAND ON THE HAT. Link To The Past design was awesome!
Can I just cosplay this? I mean really, I can do this! Hell I could probably do this for Otakon this year! Holy crap this is so awesome... sdjfghalskdjfgharu alrjgahl fga I think people might have already said they'd cosplay this, but I dont even care right now, this... This right here... Beast mode! >///< amazing artist is amazing!
While I support the idea and think we need more female characters, people would be so pissed if they made a female Link. Fans rage at any change to their fandoms. On top of that, as we've seen with that Anita Sarkeesian fiasco, there are a lot of deeply sexist male gamers out there.
Glad you like the idea! Yeah, I didn't do the piece because I was hoping Nintendo would try it- we can all bet they never will. Just wanted to try my hand at a female hero for that world.
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amazing artist is amazing!