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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 8 days

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EEEEE FIRST FANART I LOVE IT!!

I drew the Hero of Legend from @jacob-cohn-art-and-projects historical heroes!

Happy Birthday beloved friendo (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 11 days

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Preview of coming attractions! ;)

#fierce deity #the legend of zelda #historical links #armor #japanese armor #samurai armor #fierce deity mask

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 14 days

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Historical sky! Based on a ww2 British fighter pilot. I was really happy with how this one turned out, especially the pose as I was able to do it without a reference! I did use a reference for the face and fabric folds though. The real question is now that he's british what region is he from? Let me know in the comments ;)

#the legend of zelda #historical links #ww2 #hyrulian royal air force #fighter pilot

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 17 days

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Historically inspired Engie, or Spirit? I've heard both, so use whichever you prefer! For this one I went with a 19th century train conductor look, I guess he got a promotion!

The gun is based on 19th century percussion revolvers and has a color scheme based on the Lokomo sword from the game, unfortunately the design how it is now wouldn't actually work but at that perspective it was gonna be more of a pain to fix than I wanted to deal with, next time I'll fix it though! Gave him a coal shovel as his other hand, thought it would be fitting haha.

Quite happy with how the shading came out on this one. Special thanks to @nancyheart11 for her help with the outfit design! go follow her!

#the legend of zelda #historical links #trains #19th century #revolver #shovel #knight with a shovel but not shovel knight #link got a gun

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 18 days

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Historically inspired Twilight! I based the design on a blend of Edo period Japanese and American western as twilight princess always felt a lot like the films of Akira Kurosawa who blended those two genres (and fantasy sometimes!) a lot. The sword is based on german "Kriegsmesser" instead of a Katana since Twi's ordon sword has a very distinctive crossroads and I wanted to include that in the design. I did think up some fun lore for the blade though, I drew it to look like a twilight sky across the width of the blade (also referencing the wavy pattern japanese swords have on the edge with how they're hardened!) as the blade is (somehow) forged out of the twilight sky. It can also cut apart the space between the light and twilight world letting Twi travel freely between the two worlds. And yes I came up with this badass lore just so I could ship one of my favorite LoZ ships.

#the legend of zelda #historical links #armor #sword #kriegsmesser #bowie knife #cowboy boots #hakama #twilight princess #link #midlink on the way #japanese history

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 18 days

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Just a silly little doodle. Don't ignore your fairy!

#historical links #the legend of zelda #armor #sallet #wearing a helmet is like having your head inside a bell #that sucker RINGS when you get bonked #navi #hey listen #hero of time #ocarina of time

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 22 days

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Alternate version of Historically inspired scottish wild with a blue tunic to match the hat, thanks to @aeghina for the color suggestion and @aurora-boreas-borealis for help with the fabric shading! And also finally on the right blog XD

#historical links #hero of the wild #great kilt #scottish #the legend of zelda

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 23 days

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Whoopsie accidentally posted this on my personal blog rather than the drawing one, it belongs here haha.

Historically inspired Hero of the Wild! For this one I went for scottish 17th/18th century inspired garb, adapting the archaic set from TOTK into a great kilt! I really tried challenging myself with the drawing, especially on the face and the fabric! I did originally plan to have a tartan pattern on the great kilt but I didn't feel I had the skill to pull it off with how bunched up I decided to make the fabric, maybe if I draw him again I'll do the fabric simpler and add the pattern! I also want to draw him again with the great kilt in all the different configurations you can wear it in. I also wanted to play with different outfit combinations for this one since that's such a key part of his games!

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 24 days

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Historically inspired Hyrule! Mixing it up a little off the medieval theme of the last two, this time doing Roman Republic. Hyrule's fighting style in game is very roman so I wanted to reflect that in my redesign. I also tried using a maille brush to draw the maille instead of drawing the rings individually like on the last two, I think there's pros and cons to both looks but it's certainly far far faster with the brush.

I opted for a short and stocky build instead of the typical skinny build for Hyrule as I've always imagined him being that way especially that he casually will fight 8+ blue Lynels or Darknuts at once and win. Overall I think my favorite part of this design was the little ear guards on the helmet, while they are featured on a lot of roman helmets making them long enough to protect Hylian ears ended up with a silly look that I enjoy a lot.

#the legend of zelda #roman republic #history #legionary #scutum #magical shield #magical sword #gladius #calligae #magical boomerang #historical links #historical hyrule #lorica hamata #maille armor

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 25 days

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Here's another: Historically inspired Legend! I based this design off of 11th century European kit and really wanted to drive home the fact that contrary to a lot of modern depictions, the middle ages had incredible vibrant colors and sharp looking outfits. While I might have gone a little over the top with the bling, you gotta have some fun with it sometimes (can you count the triforces? I lost track lmao) Overall the design is mostly inspired from the official art for A Link To The Past though I took some ques from Linked universe as well.

While the lighting effects are a wee bit off, making everything shiny was a ton of fun, and I'm really happy with how mirror shield turned out, making the shield boss the sun from the original design. Clip studio paint also had a sparkle brush that looks EXACTLY like the sparkle effect the master sword makes in game, so that was fun to add as well! This was my second historically inspired Link, and I think I might make this a goofy little AU of it's own? Not sure yet but follow me to find out ;)

#the legend of zelda #armor #chainmail #maille armor #surcoat #sword #a link to the past #the hero of legend #linked universe #historical legend #legend has the drip #gilded master sword #mirror shield #historical links

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 25 days

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Art by Raja Nandepu

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jacob-cohn-art-and-projects · 26 days

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Historically inspired Hero of Time! This started as Linked Universe fan art and still kind of is but has started to morph into a bit of it's own thing as I've started making my own little historically inspired redesigns of various Zelda characters! The armor was mostly based on late 15th century German "kastenbrust" style plate armor, with the cuirass as a blend more of greco-roman muscle cuirasses with the fierce deity's armor from Majora's Mask (got the idea from @nancyheart11 !) My background is more in technical drafting than it is in drawing organic things like people and clothing so my actual character design and proportion has a long way to go, but I'm getting there! I'll probably redo this eventually when I have more practice.