Link & Zelda Sketch (Patreon)

Here's a quick sketch, and I think it shows. Quite a lot. But that's alright, things aren't always perfect, and it's a Monday. Still, not a habit I want ot get into, I suppose.

I've been having a lot of fun with a fan quest called "The Adventure of Link and Zelda: Panoply of Calatia" for ZeldaClassic. ZeldaClassic is an old fan-made PC version of Zelda1, with it's own engine built in for making your own quests and dungeons, etc. I haven't played around with it in many years, but I came across this really cool game. It uses the base engine of Zelda 1, as well as it's graphics, along with some additional scripts. Both Link and Zelda are on this adventure, much like the old Zelda cartoons or Valiant Comics - in fact, the game itself uses a lot of those old American ideas, like Queen Seline of Calatia, King Harkinian, Spryte the Fairy, etc. And that's really cool. So you can switch between Link and Zelda at pretty much any time, and they can be used simultaneously - along with some Zelda 2-esque sidescrolling sections AND A LOT of really cool items. It's very inspirational to see how it uses the base of Zelda 1 and then pushes it.