I really wanted to make my own character based on the Ancient Hero from Tears of the Kingdom. This took a while to complete, but here we are.
Their working name so far is Zerlik.

Zerlik is of the ‘ancient hero’ race, and is a bit of an explorer, not like the Hero himself, but wants to be. He is also one that kinda acts first before thinking things through.
As such, one time he was exploring ancient Zonai ruins that turned out to be some kind of prison facility, and during his explorations, he ends up getting trapped in some Zonai-style restraints. But it works in his favor since he is able to use heir latent energy to perform skills, like ones you’d see in the games.

This ended up being a little harder than I anticipated, but…I think I’m happy with the results. I wanted the restraints/bands to be bronze-y, wasn’t sure if I wanted to make them look kinda good, or more aged or with the green-patina.


Paint Tool SAI.

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Character and art are mine.