Botw Rito - Blog Posts
Ive been replaying Breath of The Wild in the free time I have (had), so have some quick sketches of some Rito designs I thought might possibly be cool.
Tbh I would love to see a Zelda game where the main group in charge ISN'T the Hyrule royal family. Like, how cool would a game be if the Zora royal family or Gerudo, or maybe even Rito was centered, because I mostly feel like all of the races' leaders (mostly pre calamity) are just puppeted by the Hylian royal family - and be damned if they do ANYTHING that could be seen as a threat against the hylian royal family.
I get that they're all united under Hyrule, however that doesn't stop me from feeling like there's no point in having the leaders of all the races if they're all united under HYRULE (it's OWN kingdom). Kind of like having the biggest kid on the playground coming up to you and telling you that you're part of his group now and how he's your friend, however, when the time comes to have your own autonomy after him micromanaging your actions, he just interprets it as being a threat.
Especially since (at least in botw/pre calamity) neither the elders of the Sheikah, Goron or Rito, the Gerudo chief, or even the royal Zora family have much authority over the other races as the Hylian royal family does.
So I was watching some videos about breath of the wild mods, and there is a mod that lets you play as Linkle, or as Zelda. I really didn’t like their designs for most of the armor sets, but I would be a hypocrite if I criticized their design without trying to make my own. 9 hours of doodles and art later here is my interpretation of a female snowquill set. I styled it to fit Zelda, but the design is based off the female Rito outfit.
Process below the cut.
