Link And Zelda

[StarSock64]

Given that link takes on the "fairy boy" Peter Pan look, I don't really think making a stockier version does much for him but make him look strange. The body might seem okay (that "might" is in the for a reason, because I still don't really think so), but the head looks really awkward and it's hard to correlate him with the character he's supposed to be. I dunno, the change just looks too artificial and distracting for me to like it. It looks like a mistake, not an intention.

Uh, I'm not saying you couldn't make a stockier Link, but I think some design tweaks would have to be in order to pull it off.

For example, his large body on a shirt of that size and cut, and lack of detail, plus those small and worthless-looking gloves, make him look like he's wearing oversized boys' clothing. Link's boyish haircut and goofy floppy hat are both giving me some dissonance, too. I'm not sure how you'd fix that but you might have to play with proportions or just straight up take some creative liberties or something.

Also part of the reason the clothes look so boyish and strangely sized is probably because the proportions on this sprite are all weird. The end of his hands are closer to what I would have made his wrists. Go in the bathroom and put your arms straight down and look at how your wrists line up with your crotch (yes I just told you to look at your crotch) (deal with it)

And also note that legs should be longer than torsos unless you really know how to play with your proportions. To me, it looks like you don't know enough about real proportions to be playing with fake ones like that, because Link here just looks off-balance and strange. Imagining him walking gives me the feeling that the weight of his upper body would put him at permanent risk of falling forward.