Ok so as we know, hyrule (link from first loz game) can turn into a fairy so I decided to draw him
I first drew my take on fairies of his era based on their sprite (they seemed closer to bugs in that time due to the antennae, hence the bug eyes). Then in drew his linked universe design to compare my fairy forms for him to, in order to not make them recognizable as him. There are a bunch of fics that have the rest of the chain recognizing who hyrule is once getting a close look, so my immediate thought was to draw his transformation as a small bug-like version of his hylian form with a modified outfit
But then I realized I forgot to look up what his fairy form looks like in game. I was not expecting fairies to have a different sprite nor for hyrule to take on that exact same form (idk why, it seem obvious now). So I drew a new version based solely on the Zelda 2 fairy sprite, but it felt too different to his hylian form and I didn’t like the outfit (I took some liberties to make I have straps)
In the end I combined all those designs to make the version I’m happy with; it has antennas, beetle wings, a red pallet, and an outfit resembling his lu’s one