Ordon Link

[StarSock64]

Hi, sorry to go backwards on you but I made an edit.



I mostly messed with the proportions. They could still probably be better, but yours looked really top-heavy. I also changed the face back to the old width. You have to remember what you're spriting: you're not going for a semi-realistic random man, you're spriting Link. And Link, despite having some semi-realistic elements, still has some pretty darn cartoony proportions and a wider "anime" face. It's more recognizable, easier to read, and less squished to have his face the way you had it before.

I didn't really try very hard to shade it or mess with the selout, so don't take my arbitrary scribbles too seriously as suggestions. However, your shading and selout could both be better.

The hair is one place I think really needs to change. One of Link's strongest features is his big swoopy hair. I know what kind of technique you were going for or whatever, but it doesn't suggest the right shape. It reads as sorta random anime hair that lacks the strong directionality of Link's hair. If you want it to look like Link, I don't think you can possibly compromise on having anything but that big swoop.

I also see that you tried to put shading on his shirt that makes it look tucked into the blue part I think?


^But if you look at the official art, the blue part is so loose that the shirt doesn't really look like it should have any visible folds to suggest it's being tucked in there.

I didn't do this in my edit because I just realized it, but you should try changing the belt part on the blue thing to brown instead of green. The green blends in too much, and brown is closer to the original orange anyway.

The selout also generally looks more broken up than it needs to. I know you're trying to suggest depth with it and whatever, but places like the hair and feet have some distracting breaks in the lines.

Whew. Well, I hope that helps!