Legend of Zelda - Faces of Link

[g_man_450]

Since Twilight Princess came out, I've been a bit obsessed with the Zelda series. Having played all but a few of the 15 or so official Zelda titles (most at the time of their respective release), I decided to sprite the many faces of Link. Since the VEX is by far my favorite template (thanks to LDT), I'm working off of that. Here's my progress so far, would love feedback.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/ ... nk-all.png[/IMG]

Here's a zoomed shot as well, since this one is hard to see.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a126/ ... lzoom2.png[/IMG]

From Left to Right, they are (based on the character art, not sprites):

1) Legend of Zelda (NES)/ Link's Adventure (NES)/ Link's Awakening (GB)/ Link to the Past (SNES)
2) Ocarina of Time (N64)/ Majora's Mask (N64) [child Link]
3) Oracles of Ages (GBC)/ Oracles of Seasons (GBC)
4) Ocarina of Time (N64) [adult Link]
5) Wind Waker (GC)/ Minish Cap (GBA)/ Four Swords (GC-GBA) [without hat]
6) Wind Waker (GC)/ Minish Cap (GBA)/ Four Swords (GC-GBA) [with hat]
7) Twilight Princess (GC-Wii) [farm Link]
8) Twilight Princess {GC-Wii) [hero Link]

 

[~Atlaswing~]

Minish Cap, 4 swords and the Windwaker Links are mostly the same.. :D Great job at this! (how about the Oracle series? :P)

 

[syvkal]

Interesting idea. That could be useful for a Zelda fan game.
Oh you missed out when link had pink hair.

 

[Double_Clawshot]

You should zoom in using Paint. It doesn't automatically add anti-aliasing which blurs pixel images.

 

[g_man_450]

-AtlasWing - The Oracle Link is 3rd from the left.

-syvkal - Pink hair?

- Double_Clawshot - I'll switch it.

 

[Prexus]

in Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past (SNES) Link had Purple hair.

 

[arcthemonkey]

The sprite might have had purple hair, but the character art in the instruction manual certainly didn't.

 

[g_man_450]

Oh, yeah, that was odd. Not in the character art though.

 

[uzumakishade]

you put the oracle titles as gba title but they were for gbc ^^ besides that these look awesome

 

[g_man_450]

Right you are, and thanks.

 

[Tohsaka]

You could probably achieve higher quality by not using pillow shading. However, your line is pretty good.

 

[Kiniko]

"1) Legend of Zelda (NES)/ Link's Adventure (NES)/ Link's Awakening (GB)/ Link to the Past (SNES)"

WRONG!! That link is only from the 2 nes games. SNES link, has blonde hair in drawings, but for some reason pink hair in the sprite O_o Also, He's a child, I think. Hence he lives with his uncle. In Link's awakening, his hair is blonde.

 

[crazymew]

their all great man, awsome spriting, and i like that yer using the vex template in all it's glory, but O.o.T. link (adult) and O.o.T. & majora's mask link (child), isnt their hair kinda parted in the middle and blonde-ish?

 

[g_man_450]

- Kiniko - According to the Game art found here: (http://www.kasuto.net/university.php?main=university/timeline.html) they are the same design though they may be different characters.

- Crazymew - Thanks. Actually, their hair is more of a reddish-brown, but your right about the hair part for adult link. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/240000/images/_240209_zelda150.jpg, http://www.gamerevolution.com/image...e/the_legend_of_zelda_ocarina_of_time_002.jpg)

 

[crazymew]

ah, i see, their is more on the blonder side tho... and the adult link has the same hair style he had as when he was a child... er... right?

 

[Tana]

That shot you've got of Adult link is off color.

And here's Link's Awakening = dirty blond
http://www.zelda.com/universe/game/awakening/

And Link to the Past
http://www.zelda.com/universe/game/past/
You can see the rest on that site too.


Basically, with the acception of the first two games, Link has Dirty Blond hair.



Overall the sprites are very flat. On almost all of them you haven't curved the belts around their waists, but just drawn straight lines. There's not much though given to the shading, no light source.

 

[Prexus]

rpgamer doesn't allow for direct linking, Tana.

 

[kosterz]

The only reason Link had purple hair in A Link To The Past was because of a screw up in the link palette. They made it with brown but it for some reason changed to purple.

 

[syvkal]

This is what Link was ment to look like in Link to the past
http://www.zeldauniverse.net/gallery/al ... s/link.gif[/img]

The is the sprite, lol
http://www.zeldauniverse.net/gallery/al ... ttp/15.gif[/img]
(Pink hair)


Anyways we should stop discussing Links hair catastrophes.




Nice work g_man

 

[crazymew]

ok then... here are some pics of the links i was talking about...

adult O.o.T.
http://c-uncut.com/media/oot-link07.gif
http://c-uncut.com/media/oot-link06.gif
http://c-uncut.com/media/oot-link04.gif
http://c-uncut.com/media/oot-link02.gif

kid O.o.T. & Majora's Mask
http://c-uncut.com/media/oot-link05.gif
http://c-uncut.com/media/oot-link15.jpg