#tapestry hero

[winter-draws]

Currently working on some pictures based on the original Zelda game’s artwork for a mini-comic featuring the Ancient Hero from the First Calamity. Here’s a little preview sketch of the first page I’m working on with the original concept art on the bottom. I wanted to use enemies found in TotK instead of a vague shadow like the concept art has, I figured the ReDeads Gibdo were a good choice. They’ll be actually to scale in the final picture, these little guys are just a placeholder so I have a general idea of what I want to do when I come back to this piece.

#chel draws #chel sketches #loz #legend of zelda #totk #tears of the kingdom #ancient hero's aspect #ancient zonai hero #tapestry hero #gibdo #zonai #furry art #my art

[winter-animosus]

hey i havent seen you reblog / post that ancient furry guy from zelda... is everything ok?

Haha, yeah. I just haven't been as active on Tumblr lately and haven't been actively seeking the Ancient Hero out.

He is still on my mind though, I almost tried to make him into a Halloween costume.

#fox talk #totk #tears of the kingdom #ancient heroes aspect #tapestry hero #anonymous

[thephilosophersapprentice]

Asa, aka my au version of the tapestry hero from Breath of the Wild. Specifically from an au where the ancient hero was found in the Shrine of Resurrection after its rediscovery. Design was heavily influenced by Red OSP's art and the color of the hair on the "barbarian" armor. Other design elements pulled from the Wind Waker.

Lineart under the cut.

#the legend of zelda #breath of the wild #botw au #ancient hero #tapestry hero

[lunaviathan]

Hey, what if the hero of 10k was a sheikah made automaton?

(Quick thing; this idea isn't originally mine, but i can't remember or find the post that I saw it on, if anyone knows please tell me and I'll link it)

Edit: i haven’t found the OG post but here’s a link to me talking more in depth about this au

#ive been rotating this in my head for a day now #and I'll make a post with more of my Thoughts later #also finding a balance between all of the different sources for what 10k might look like was fun #once I remembered how to draw sheikah tech that is #botw 10k hero #ive never actually seen a good universal tag for this guy #oh well #botw #botw 2 #Lunav draws #loz #loz au #botw au #i think thats everything #sheikah automaton au #tapestry hero #botw tapestry hero

[kamabokobun]

Coming out of hiatus to wish you all a happy Left Handers Day! :)

#totk #ancient hero's aspect #never forgiving them for making link a righty in the newer games </3 #but since the ancient calamity tapestry shows the hero using his left hand I kindof forgive them #but only kindof

[drragonn]

do you see my vision IM SORRY OK look, I had a wild fucking theory that maybe the ancient hero mentioned in the tapestry in BOTW and from the ancient hero aspect armor in TOTK... was actually a version of Ganondorf that just happened to be around at that time. And the only way to defeat Calamity Ganon was to be in disguise as a weird fucked up looking Zonai/Gerudo creatura so that people wouldn’t lose their shit over seeing another ‘Ganondorf’. Featuring the underrated inner design of TOTK Ganondorf’s tunic. It’s so BEAUTIFUL UGHHHh and yes this Ganondorf is supposed to look younger sorry if it doesn’t really. (Like if you wanna see more of this design tho cause detailing the robe as accurately as I could was hell) Since Ganon and Ganondorf are already taken I’ve decided to name this variation ‘Dorf’. idc anymore. he’s innocent your honor Just now remembered that Zelda kept the secret stone. I don’t think they ever answered how exactly she time traveled? Just that she’s able to with the help of the stone lmao lmk your thoughts and pls correct me if I missed anything

#TOTK spoilers #ancient hero aspect #ancient hero #TOTK ancient hero #BOTW ancient hero #BOTW tapestry

[demitree]

#totk #zelda #zelda art #ancient hero's aspect #thank you kamabokobun for opening my eyes to the absolute amazingness that is the ancient hero and zelda duo #for context #this is a my concept for what mightve happened in the tapestry #Zelda is on a quest for the master sword to power a sheikah weapon to kill calamity ganon #In this comic she mistakes the sword he is holding for the master sword #and when she realizes that's not what it is she gets disappointed #and tries to leave #but the Ancient Hero #beleieving himself to be the future Demon King #fights her. #Zelda #being more experienced than them #wins #and takes them captive. The ancient hero then reveals that they know the whereabouts of the #master sword #and they go on an adventure

[jahiera]

the emrys gender.............

#guy in armor. looking sad. #she's 26 and she's also a deeply sad grizzled old man #she's also a boyish knight on her first adventure. #and she'll never be god's number one boy! #I'm trying to assort characters for inspiration and it's just like... #mr darcy (2005). heath ledger in that armor. samwise but also aragorn. that paladin in dnd honor among thieves #joan of arc. st sebastian. galahad. #brienne of tarth???? a bit. #and then also... MATT MURDOCK. #there's a tapestry here. is it rich? mayhaps not. but #she's 6' and she's got big hands that kill as easy as they heal. you see. you understand. #me making a knightly faltered hero-gone-broken figure bg3 mc: she certainly won't take over my psyche.... she won't do that to me #oc. emrys

[ganondoodle]

got visually spoiled on the literally last thing i was still actively missing and working towards in totk but i dont think im gonna like it anyway ...

if it is what i think it is, and what it looks like to be, its just yet another nail in the coffin (or however you say that) as to why the lore sucks in this game even tho it had such good setup and so much potential

#ganondoodles talks #totk spoilers #tagging it as such bc im gonna say my current thoguhts about it here #again its just visually and i havent seen the text to it yet #so please dont say anythign about it #but #im 100% certain its the reward for all shrines which i dont have yet #and first of all it looks dumb as shit #and second of all its supposed to be the ancient hero in the tapestry isnt it #the zonau got their grimy hands on that too dont they #the thing that was such a cool mystery all this time got solved just like that isnt it #nintendo saw us theorizing about gan being the ancient hero and thought oh gods now we cant give him nuance quickly invent some zonau excus #however that makes sense since they were supposedly long gone by the time the first calamity happened #which still happened even with the time fuckery going on since the tapestry still exists and the last guardian remains #tho it doesnt look quite like a zonau but more like some creepy ass unholy mix of a lizard and gerudo #im gonna wait with my final judgement since i havent read the text yet #but it for sure isnt motivating me more to get all the last 50 or so shrines #i regret finishing the underground first so much man #all you get is a you did it sticker #literally #should have done the shrines first so at least i couldnt get spoiled on that still #im guessing its funney reference or whatever #some mysteries are better left unsolved #didnt want to rush and get all shrines in a hurry and isntead explore it on my own since the exploring part and world is what i love #aside from the music #but i guess i gotta do that now #actual shrine hutning stream incoming i guess #:/

[bloobluebloo]

People who think a complex villain with a complicated past suddenly loses impact and vileness as a villain are lame. Like damn, are you afraid that your bad guy might actually be a person? Capable of feeling things? Donquixote Doflamingo One Piece has a gut-wrenching past and yet he is still one of the most despicable villains I have ever experienced. I understand where he came from but I also have little sympathy for him.

#I was thinking of how people were like #decrying that if the hero on the tapestry was ganon he would suddenly become a wet paperbag villain #like excuse me? a hero that saves the country only to turn around and destroy it? #would actually make him a lot more evil than whatever we got? #anyways #ganonthots

[phykoha]

I know nothing about Mr Ancient Hero but he is blorbo coded

like dude, what even ARE you?

#blah blah blah #totk #totk spoilers #like obviously he has zonai clothing #as far as I can tell zonai don't have tails #but I could be wrong #and the green skin + red hair is very Ganondorf #just like the tapestry of the calamity 10000 years before botw #that's why so many people had the theory that the hero was a gerudo man #but no aparently hes a zonai(?) #since zelda is definetly part zonai it's safe to assume that there are more people that are decended from the zonai #so maybe our Ancient Tapesty Hero here is decended from the zonai and gerudo?? #which would be super cool #cuz that would mean that the legendary hero could be born as something other than Hylian/human #I hope we learn about him in the dlc #I am DESPERATE to know more about him hgfshdfgsdh

[winter-draws]

I've been drawing more lately, but none of it is acceptable by Tumblrs ban on explicit adult content, so you can check out my work on my Twitter or FurAffinity! I'm going to be doing a raffle once I hit 25 followers on Twitter. Additionally, I'll be doing raffles on my FurAffinity and here on Tumblr as well, follow me in all three places for up to three chances to win some free art! :3

Anyway, here's a sketch of the Ancient Zonai Hero from the tapestry, I love them so much and I am going to draw so much art of them.

https://twitter.com/chelfoxart

#chel draws #my art #furry art #chel sketches #sketch #loz #legend of zelda #totk #tears of the kingdom #furry #zonai #ancient zonai hero #tapestry hero #ancient hero's aspect #artists on tumblr #artists of tumblr

[giriduck]

Each of the major Zelda titles are very different from each other, partly because they are often leveraged to sell more new consoles and lean into the newer features and capabilities (ex: hardware that supports better memory and performance, motion and gyro controls, touch screen interfaces, 3D parallax, etc).

Twilight Princess sim-shipped on GameCube and Wii, the former of which flipped the graphics of the entire game to create the first right-handed Link, to align with a majority right-handed population as they played with sword-waving motion controls. The developers of course rendered the UI and text in separate layers.

Twilight Princess set the precedent of a right-handed Link in Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, Age of Calamity, and Tears of the Kingdom.

But the developers of both Hyrule Warriors and Cadence of Hyrule remembered that Link was classically left-handed and made him so in their games, which was nice to see.

#legend of zelda #twilight princess #skyward sword #hyrule warriors #breath of the wild #age of calamity #cadence of hyrule #link #loz link #legend of zelda link #if there is a flashback to an Ancient Link in TotK who is left-handed that would be incredible #the tapestry’s depiction of the Ancient Hero looked left-handed…

[starbiology]

going through more random plot notes and this is killing me. Dude comes back all messed up and theyre like do you know what would really help this poor guy out? What would make him less rattled?

darkest faerie tapestry front and center for the event

#i like to imagine the council members did it because theyre all himbos and bimbos in their heart of hearts #Altador: wow that sure did suck not being able to find her and then she got free again and went on a rampage but lets remember the heroes #the kingdom: darkest faerie tapestry : ) #guy cant catch a break #neopets posting

[lunaviathan]

Okay i said i was gonna continue talking about the Sheikah Automaton au in this post so here goes-

Real quick thing for reference tho; ten thousand years is a Long Time, it’s around how far back our own records of human civilization as a whole goes, and 10k years in the past being when the botw era was at it’s technological peak means loz is Super Fucking Old But Lunav! You’re saying, we already know the loz universe is ancient! Why are you reminding us? Well because this whole paragraph is just me outlining my excuse for doing whatever i want with the aesthetics and details of the 10k setting.

So with that preamble out of the way, here’s my actual thoughts on this au:

First thing’s first, to play into the ancient civilization look i’m gonna include ancient greek aesthetics, clothing, architecture, words when i trust i have the right definition and so on (which will make for some interesting looks when combining ancient greek stuff with stereotypical medieval things)

And because i’m very proud of these, here’s the names for the 10k royal family: Queen Zelda Hythena* Hyrule, King/Prince-consort* Bosphemus Hyrule and Princess Zelda Agape* Hyrule *Hythena to sound like Athena, greek goddess of wisdom. *I can’t decide between king or prince-consort so i put both. *Agape is the greek word for love of everyone, the exact virtue you’d want your future queen daughter to have.

And now onto the actual subject of this au: Link is a guard for thirteen year old Zelda commissioned by the royal family, originally they were just going to give her a normal hylian guard but Zelda insisted.

-and the king and queen also saw an opportunity to test the limits of the Sheikah’s skill, but not in a ‘see if they’re worthy’ way, more like a ‘keep an eye on this concerningly powerful group’ way.

Side note; Link is purposely designed to be very short as to not intimidate thirteen year old four foot something Zelda, but this ends up just being comical cus she inherits Hythena’s Tall GenesTM when she hits her growth spurt

When Zelda first ‘got’ Link she was so consistently unnerved by his blank mannequin look that she started dressing him up in her most over-sized clothes, eventually the servants took pity and just started putting him in clothes that actually fit, Zelda was ecstatic and even managed to weasel her way into getting him a wig and hat to complete the look

Before this Link didn’t really have a name, sometimes people called him ‘the little guard’ or ‘the little one’s guard’ or something like that, but the name Link caught on and stuck once he had the getup

I just realized i haven’t mentioned how Link works mentally At All so i’ll fix that

At first he is just a machine, about on par with the Guardians but with more personalized functions (Ex. Follow Zelda’s commands unless they include X, follow the king and queen’s commands no matter what, bow to these people, and so on) but his programming also included problem solving and self teaching functions so they wouldn’t have to send him back every time he bumped into a a situation he didn’t have a protocol for.

-And so this mixed with Zelda’s habit of thinking aloud to make for Link developing increasingly complex conversational skills as to follow what she was saying and make sure she wasn’t planning anything dangerous and if so how to redirect her without upsetting her too much

(Small side note: Ancient Sheikah tech pretty much had it’s own version of binary like from star wars, Link can only speak in this but understands hylian fluently)

And of course more conversation skills = understanding the concepts being talked about, which dominoed directly into sentience after awhile

okay it feels abrupt to end here and i do have more things to talk about, but they’d be spoilers and i want to see if this goes anywhere before i show my hand

#loz au #botw #botw2 #botw au #Zelda #Link #sheikah tech #botw 10k hero #botw ancient hero #botw 10k princess #Lunav rambles #sheikah automaton au #that's all i can think to tag #i feel like there should be more #tapestry hero #botw tapestry hero #i knew i was forgetting something

[loruleanhistorian]

獣人 【じゅうじん】

#the legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #loruleanhistorian #ancient hero's aspect #ancient hero #calamity ganon tapestry #zonai #hyrule #zelda