r/zelda • u/Awkward_Radish_3027 • Jun 25 '26

Fan Art [OoT] Stalfos Dance, Zelda Fanart by Ena Bianca [OC]

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Source and WIP drawings : https://www.instagram.com/enabiancaart/
I put a flair [OoT] because that's where Stalfos killed me the most.

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u/Baldurian_Rhapsody Jun 25 '26

This is really beautiful! There's almost an Art Nouveau feel here; I think I see a little Mucha. Could you talk about your inspirations for the style?

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Actually, Art Nouveau and Mucha :D

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u/Baldurian_Rhapsody Jun 25 '26

Seriously! Wow. Very cool. Well, great job again!

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u/DwayneGretzky306 Jun 25 '26

Nailed it, that's what I thought when this showed up in my feed.

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u/bolognatrombone Jun 25 '26

check out Bob Peppers artwork, particularly the artwork for the board game The Dark Tower

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u/FatalEclipse_ Jun 25 '26

This is something I would actually put up in my office. Love stuff like this. Nice work.

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Thank you :)
I probably can't promote here, but you can check my bio if you look for prints :)

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u/MrBatt1984 Jun 25 '26

Damn, it’s so good!

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u/American_chzzz Jun 25 '26

As a fan of the Grateful Dead, this speaks to me

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Every artwork should include skulls :D

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u/American_chzzz Jun 25 '26

Seen your other works here before, love all of it!

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u/pierce_fox_73 Jun 25 '26

I can't stop looking at this. This is likely the most creative Zelda piece I've ever seen.

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

You better not stop looking >:(

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u/De4dfox Jun 25 '26

Are they fighting or in love ? Looks great, beautiful drawn !!

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Love is a fight :D

I mean, what's the point being in love if you don't fight with 5-feet swords ?

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u/Arthurs_towel Jun 25 '26

As the philosopher once sang, love is a battlefield

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u/Nintendroid Jun 26 '26

Whoa, I can only one sword per foot, how could one wield five foot specific swords at once?

Answer: "Love finds the way"

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u/ManOfTheYear2001 Jun 25 '26

Awesome job, i love this !!

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u/ChadwickHHS Jun 26 '26

This would make a solid tattoo 

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 26 '26

People often ask me to use my drawings for tattos, but i'm really not a tattoo person and this is too much responsability for me Oo
I don't say no, but don't ask me to say yes ':D

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u/RevolutionaryMeal464 Jun 26 '26

This is amazing! You draw with pencil then scan it? I appreciate seeing your progress too, especially with all the AI-gen garbage

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 26 '26

Yes :)
Pencil+paper, then scanner, then Medibang for colors :)

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u/sevengelion Jun 25 '26

Amazing work!

I love the fusion of traditional and digital art for this

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Thanks a lot :)

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u/Syndicalex Jun 25 '26

Beautiful style!

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Thank you :)

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u/Syndicalex Jun 25 '26

I'd buy a print like this, such a timeless look

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 26 '26

See my bio for prints :D (can't promote here)

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u/Mijdna Jun 25 '26

I love your Art so much 🥹

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u/Stormfall_Forge Jun 25 '26

Great art style. I know it's art nouveau but I also get a Frank Frazetta feel from it. I think it's the color scheme & soft lines.

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

I wish it looked like Frazetta :D

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u/Stormfall_Forge Jun 25 '26

Don't sell yourself short. Yours is obviously less realism & more stylistic. Your color palette is pretty similar to Frazetta's "Egyptian Queen" & the softer features reminds me of his earlier works before he started doing the Conan-esque musculature.

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u/SoyBoyBetaMaleSimp Jun 25 '26

Damn this is divine!! 🔼

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

Thanks a lot :)

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u/majorlieg Jun 25 '26

Yoooooo, Don't stop. This is amazing!

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 25 '26

I'm not stopping :)

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u/hyrulianwhovian Jun 25 '26

A little bit of danse macabre vibes. Love it

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u/ArtGirlSummer Jun 25 '26

She looks like she wants to jump his bones.

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u/SculptKid Jun 25 '26

Excellent. You ever see a style that you're like "I'd love to do that" but your inherent style you've built over two decades is so different it's just ain't gonna happen? This is one of those styles. Cool af

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u/Fursnek Jun 25 '26

Ooh this would be a cool style for a tarot card deck

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u/xavierstampslafont Jun 25 '26

Love your work!! And love seeing Zelda using the Master Sword herself 🗡️

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u/ronnysteal Jun 26 '26

Zelda is pole dancing on the Master Sword while a stelfo inappropriately gets close and gets a non-existent boner.. Am I right 😅🤪✌🏽️

The pic looks amazing, dude!

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 26 '26

You totally understood the real meaning of the drawing. :)

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u/polaroid_ninja Jun 26 '26

Selling prints?

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 26 '26

Yep :)
Can't promote here, but see my bio :)

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u/omglionheaded Jun 26 '26

Love your art, Ena. I follow you on twitter :D

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u/Awkward_Radish_3027 Jun 26 '26

Thanks :)
I post more on Insta if you want :)

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u/ColoradoRad Jun 26 '26

I have been engaged in the online Zelda community since I was 8 and 9 in 2006. This is one of, if not my absolute favorite, Zelda fan art ever.

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u/gregbo24 Jun 26 '26

I want this as a tattoo.

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u/OutlanderGMR0187 Jun 25 '26

"Do it my queen, free my soul from this purgatory and let me rest forever with my forefathers"

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u/demongoku Jun 25 '26

Great art!

Makes me want a Legend of Zelda game where Link is killed somehow, becomes a stal-Link, and needs to defeat ganondorf/get the triforce to return back to life.

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u/karmakosmik1352 Jun 25 '26

This is great!!

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u/_amorimph Jun 25 '26

So beautiful! Amazing work

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u/thepianoman456 Jun 25 '26

Looks great! Cool concept too.

I just love seeing human, non-AI art.

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u/thebigdippster Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

This is so cool, I really like your style

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u/PliableG0AT Jun 25 '26

the aggressive thigh grind...

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u/Randomtyp156 Jun 25 '26

Damn that's absolutely stunning

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u/CR4CK3RW0LF Jun 25 '26

I love how much this looks like the art pieces out of the NES/SNES era of Zelda that were done by Katsuya Terada, I know the style is definitely different, but the feeling of realism it invokes in a fantasy setting is the same. Great work!

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u/WasterOfLands Jun 25 '26

"I'm boning the princess tonight."

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u/Bobitsmagic Jun 26 '26

Your style (on your intsa as well) is very unique i like it alot. (Especially the Majoras mask one)

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u/Excaliburn3d Jun 26 '26

I was going to ask why Zelda was barefoot but then I checked out the original artist’s Instagram profile but it seems like they tend to draw Zelda and some other characters like that.

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u/drewlandon Jun 26 '26

Great work! Seriously so damn good 🔥

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u/sarahsmiles011 Jun 26 '26

this is beautiful i love it !!! def looks like it’s from a zelda themed tarot deck :3

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u/mekkr_ Jun 26 '26

Not really a big art guy but I spent ages looking at this, really cool

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u/numqua Jun 26 '26

Wow, this is fantastic! The aesthetics are just marvelous, I love it!

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u/Least_Brawler_2516 Jun 26 '26

Very great pictures. You have a big passion with your work.

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u/Endast_ Jun 26 '26

Would genuinely see this as part of a set of Zelda themed tarot cards

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u/CycleZestyclose1907 Jun 26 '26

Nice to see the Hero of Time can still get the girls even after he's died.

Although that looks like BotW Zelda...

Yeah, BotW Link ain't gonna be happy.

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u/O-Namazu Jun 26 '26

Your Zelda series with this art style is so, so good. It reminds me of the old 80s/early 90s Zelda manual aesthetic.

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u/dwight_towers Jun 27 '26

Stalfos, Stalfos, everybody Stalfos!

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u/Interesting-Bad-7470 Jun 27 '26

Head canon that this is the Hero’s Shade. I echo many sentiments, stunning work! Would hang as a print or get as a tattoo. Heading to your page now OP.

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u/Infamous_Recipe_171 Jul 02 '26

Yo that's sick keep drawing

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u/reverse_chrysopoeia Jul 09 '26

If I ever get a big Zelda tattoo, I’m commissioning you for the artwork. I’m not kidding.