I made this Link, based in The Legend of Zelda 1, to commemorate the upcoming 35th Anniversary.
It took me almost 5 days to model and retopo Link, then an extra 2 to get the rig up and running (not finished yet).
The idea to make this character, besides celebrating Zelda, was to practice both rigging and 3D animation.
I used a tutorial and some google references to achieve excelent topology.
I wanted to keep a toonish-toyish look for the shaders.
The hair was made with curves.