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NINTENDO! I need a series of this!!!!

I'm so obsessed with the Linked Universe, but can you imagine if a movie or series would come out!!!

What Artstyle would you think should it be in though?

Something like Arcane?

Or maybe a collage of Artstyles like in Spiderverse?

...That would emphasise the differences between the Links...

Or Puss in Boots? I really liked the Animation of the Sequel!!!

Or maybe something 2D?

What is your opinion? Tell me about your ideas!

@linkeduniverse would love to know your opinion on this!

Linked Universe Anime Opening

Run Rabbit RUN!

still shocked i knocked this out in just a month- APPARENTLY its been over 4 years since i last did a complex nature scene, pretty content with the results though! :D

lil commentary and crops under the cut~

holding a bazooka labeled headcanons and pointing it at these guys

its important to note that their current situation is NOT legends fault, buddy is an unwilling participant, help him,,,

read one too many minish four fics and Locked On- i just think hes neat! :)

also liked the idea of four only having the earring bead while shrunk,,, i have Thoughts and Opinions on how this could relate to him being just shrunken during his adventure, but being functionally a minish while small now (gotta love a willingness to mess around with magic you THINK you understand)

EARS!! hyrules look like the edge of a leaf, think it works good enough for the part fae ideas im plagued by (he also gets lil claws, as a treat)

pointing out the DEATH GRIP hyrule has on legends hair: ow

that nick on legends nose? im working on it i swear trust me trust me (<<< college debuff) it has to do with that ravio au that i swear im working on

the filter selection on my drawing app is a bit wonky and i gotta say: hyrules hair kept turning Bright Orange, i dont even want to know

100% forgot that trying to juggle this many shades of green is its own kind of circus- but the bright green glow?? SO much fun, definitely not used to drawing multiple light sources but RAHHHHHH getting to do harsh lighting again was a treat

this sucker is 18MB?? HELP

still got a ton of sketches lined up to do- hoping to bully myself into posting wips more often though! since theres no telling when (or if) ill finish anything at any given time- immune to the sunk cost fallacy JUST for my drawings apparently

normally i just work on whatever i whimsy, but for once in my life i actually want to see all these through = decision paralysis!! woo!!

hesitant to post wips since theyre all in dire need of cleanup, but if theres any yall want to see finished sooner rather than never, please let me know ! :3 complexity/time sink varies but i will not lie, some of these have the potential to be just as insane as game night or fireball

🔥FIREBALL🔥

physically GRIPPING onto any motivation i can scrounge up to finish all these wip lu pieces ive got rolling around- but I WIN AGAINST MY BRAIN AGAIN!! this one has been gathering dust for 9 months,,, theres still more,,,

i still need to play albw for Research Purposes (one of my aus,,,) but ive always found the wall merge mechanic to be really neat :) i just think its cool :) and then i got ideas beamed into my skull HELP- the amount of trial and error it took to mimic the painting texture,,,, never again,,, (lying liar who lies)

Game Night: CHAIN ATTACK!!!

i am,,, withering away but ITS DONE ITS DONE IM FREE FROM THE CURSE (<<< still haunted by wips) clocking in at 32+ hours, this sucker has been getting pushed around for 10 months-

while theres some things i would have done differently if i could redo this from scratch, i still had a BLAST cramming in as much detail as i could tolerate >:) some highlights / cut ideas / ramblings are below the cut, but please zoom for details! (if tumblr doesnt shred it to bits)

gonna be real i locked so hard onto drawing ripped jeans that i forgot i could have just shoved legend into a skirt and called it a day

SOCKS. SOCKS. the amount of Joy anytime i figured out how to personalize them with game references: legend (hibiscus), twilight (ordon goats), and four (force gems)

i WAS going to put time in a turtleneck, but had an epiphany and started digging for the most obnoxious hawaiian shirts i could find,,, ft. a sea flower (wind waker) and a saturation boosted plumm (twilight princess)!

yeah so warriors got the sweater instead of the skintight shirt, sorry gang

speaking of if i ever say im going to draw a cableknit sweater again, somebody PLEASE shake some sense into me- warriors sweater was a NIGHTMARE since my art program has an astonishing lack of good brushes (and yet here i am still using it)

MOST of the text has been modified using the twilight princess cipher because yeah. i was procrastinating shading. also the other ciphers were in japanese- times shirt is cropped, but reads "its 5 oclock somewhere"

winds lobster shirt :) that is all i just think its neat

wilds jacket :) link w(ild) 2017, aka the release year of botw

jewelry! sky has the fireshield earrings, and wild has the amber earrings~ could barely squeeze the bombos and quake medallions onto legend, and wind got the joy pendant

hyrule :D embroidery on his sweatpants because i was struck by whimsy- also i 100% thought his shield was purple tinted for weeks while drawing this because the page i used as reference was set at night, and i was originally basing his sweater on his shield- scrapped the cross pattern after several failed attempts but kept the color ^^

the chips are bbq because im biased (reads "crisps" in twilight princess cipher for no real reason except whimsy)

bless my dearest homie for game reccs because the og plan was to have them all be loz games! titles include wii sports resort, elebits, super mario party, smash bros ultimate, just dance 2016 (its box art is colorful ok), and myth makers orbs of doom (I HATE THIS GAME WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING, as i should, anyways i should play it again). four is suggesting orbs of doom, buddy aint even playing,,,

kinda was hoping to play around with hair colors and skin tones a bit more, but again, see the hour count- ill get em next time surely,,, also blue vs violet eyes for legend already had me in decision paralysis

the whole gang was gonna have friendship bracelets with color combos based on dynamics i found neat but oops! didnt finish the layer :')

thats a wrap! didnt yap about everything but im curious what yall catch onto- anyways surely ive learned something about biting off more than i can chew (<<< lying liar who lies)

"Checklist, 1, 2, 3!"

also heya, first LU post! im,,, so normal about these guys (lies- ive been thinking So Hard for nearly a year, unsupervised)

A lot more people liked my Mer-Legend concept/sketch thingy than what I thought, so here’s a progress report, since I haven’t actually finished:

He’s bald

And to distract you all from the fact that I haven’t actually done that much progress, here’s some fun facts that I learned about the Zelda franchise.

Legend found a temple, believed to be a grave, called The Temple of the Four Sword, where Legend had to fight four dark Links, all color coordinated too. Wonder what that’s about. Apparently the purple one is the hardest fight of the four.

There is Zelda game that crossover with Crypt of NecroDancer called Candence of Hyrule, making it a rhythm based game.

Wind and Time show up in Warrior’s timeline for his “adventure” (in quotation marks because it was a full on war). Here’s some other characters that showed up: Shiek (Time), Daruina (Time), Princess Ruto (Time), Midna (Twilight), Fi (it’s Fi, like), Marin (Legend), Medli (Wind), Ravio (Legend), Tetra (Wind), and Skull Kid (Time)

There’s a girl in Warrior’s timeline named Linkle. Fanfic seems to suggest she’s Warrior’s sister/twin, but I couldn’t find anything about that, so…

One of Legend’s adventures was getting stranded in an island named Koholint after his raft got stuck in a storm (where he was struck by lightning), and the actual adventure was waking up this fish god per the islanders’ request. Upon waking up the fish you learn that the entire adventure was a dream created by the fish and that none of it (expect the storm) was real. In this dream Legend was saved by a girl who wished to become a seagull, and who Legend fell in love with. Her name was Marin. Warriors should probably mention to him that she’s alive somewhere.

Legend is apparently Zelda’s sibling. His timeline believes that boys born into the royal family are bad luck and taint the goddess magic, which is why the family is cursed to have boys with incredibly bright colored hair, makes them easy to hunt. It’s why Legend has pink hair.

In the topic of Legend and curses, during his first adventure a wizard had taken over Hyrule, imprisoning Zelda and brainwashing the knights into believing that Legend was a traitor to the crown.

There was another game in Wind’s time line involving trains. I don’t know if the protag Link is still Wind, just later in life, a completely unrelated Link that came way after time (with their homes being a new Hyrule built by Wind and Tetra (lowkey seems more possible)) or if the whole thing was another dream adventure created by fish god. A comment cleared it up. This Link (Spirit) is new and years after Wind but Jojo likely fused the two to bring the number down.

Wind can also, apparently, see dead people. Or he has a sword that allows him to see dead people. Still unclear on that too.

So, I’ve gotten really into Linked Universe (which is funny cause i’ve never once consumed any of the actual medias) and while reading fanfic I found out that apparently Legend has a suit that turns him into a mermaid? So I ran with it.

Ignore how messy the sketch is and tell me which one of the two looks the best, plz. My sister is zero help

Also here’s the actual mermaid suit💀

And Legend’s character sheets for anyone that might not know what i’m talking about

LU Writer Appreciation Project 2023

Fic: Thoughtcrime

LU Writer Appreciation Project 2023 Fic: Disillusion

Have a shitpost doodle

Collab with @koumifae Lineart: Noir Background color: Noir Sketch: Angle Character color: Angle Deconstruction!

BOOM I had a wonderful time collaborating with you! Hope we can maybe do it again in the future.

I COULDN'T FINISH IT, SO THE REST OF THE DIALOGUE IS BELOW. IM SORRY I'M LAZY Thinking because like- Legend spent an entire adventure in Hytopia (Literally a fashion based kingdom) so he'd probably have the best fashion sense out of any of the Links.

Didn't want to ruin Wild's beautiful face so I proceeded to made his hand see-thru.

Mind my Print/Cursive handwriting...

Dialogue:

Twi: "Why am I the one who has the wear the disguise?" Wild: "Because you look the least suspicious!" Twi: "I don't really understand- This doesn't fit me at all. There's no way-" Wild: "Twilight! Trust me, you're perfect for this!" Twi: "If you say so…" *After some modifications* Wild: 'Okay done!' Wild: "Perfect! Straight eye catching." "You'll fit right in!" Twi: "You're sure?" Wild: "Definitely." Legend: "Something's missing." Wild: "Oh? Like what?" *Pause, Wind enters* Wind: "How about this?" Legend: "Where'd you find that?" Wind: "Four found it; said it was a midnight rose." Legend: "I like it." *he smirks* Legend: "Wild, give me a pin." Wild: 'Kay.' Legend: Alright, looks good." *Boys enter room to the rest of the Chain* Wars: "Ooohh, someone's ready for the ball tonight." Twi: Is dying inside. *scoffs* No, I don't apologize for not sticking to the 'Warriors being the one to be picky about appearance.' Yall can fight me all you want, Legend would be the man for that. Bro spent time being ridiculed and pestered about a fashion sense for too long not to learn something. Warriors outfit and scarf was gifted to him. Bitch just looks pretty, he totally owns it too, I'll say that. He can be the one who messed with Twi's hair. :] Was originally a fic idea, but like, then I drew Twilight- It then turned into a comic.... -Which still counts as fanfiction technically- Meanwhile, if this gives you any ideas, please share them with me. Also, whoever you are. This made me choke when I read it.

Inspired by this post by @triforceofchaos , Sorry it took so long for me to get to.

Request drop

This is what I spent the last 2 and a half months on. A book! Anyone following my page or are on the LU discord might have seen some of these in progress. These are 4/6 pages that LU is featured in it. This is a 36 page children's book that I wrote, illustrated, printed, cut, glued, and bound on my own. It will be published using this mock up as a pitch Title- "A helping Hand" Subtitle- "A story of the forgiven" Currently no set price, will update soon!

Note: This story is not LU focused and simply FEATURES them. I wouldn't count it as a "insert" fanfiction, more of a little bonus. This book is it's own thing and has it's own characters, but if you're looking to see LU in book form this is currently it!

Legend with a seagull :>

🧡

He sleepy

Here's a Legend study for the Wulfos AU. The designs aren't completely set and stone, but they are getting there.

Made to go with Twilight's design

Legend with Twi's hood

Twilight meets a Fuoxe! Part 5/? Find part 1 here Find part 6 here Find out wtf a Fuoxe is here- Fuoxe

Twilight meets a Fuoxe! Part 4/? Find part 1 here Find part 5 here Find out wtf a Fuoxe is here- Fuoxe

Twilight meets a Fuoxe! Part 3/? Find part 1 here Find part 4 here Find out wtf a Fuoxe is here- Fuoxe

Made some Linked Universe reference sheets. tried my best including important characteristics and parts of a character people may have issues drawing. These are just a few things I think of to help myself while drawing them. What's helpful for me may not be for someone else.

Warriors: Just be yourself. Say something nice!

Legend: Which one though? I can’t be both!

Legend: I’m not great at giving advice.

Legend: Can I offer you a sarcastic comment instead?

Hyrule: I will never understand people.

Legend: They’re the worst.

Legend internally: That guy has red eyes! He must be evil! Camera pans over to show Dark Link just kinda vibing. Legend internally again, moves to take read his book again: Well, not going to let that ruin my day.

ALT

Four looks up from his book, internally: That's a god! Pans over to show Hylia. Four goes back to his book, internally: Well, not going to ruin my day.

Hylia opens her mouth to speak: I-

Legend: Oh. You’ve come to see me? Well let me give you a tour before you say another word. This here is my wall of my given fuchs. As you can see, it’s pretty empty. Ooh! What’s that? That person seems to be selling fucks. Too bad I seem to be all out of cash! And this dispensing thing- too seems to be selling fucks. Still don’t have any cash though!