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Fought my first Lynel, west of Hebra Mountains, holy shit these dudes got a buff upgrade
The first time I saw a Lynel was actually in the Coliseum (if that's how you spell it) Ruins. I had, like, 6 heart containers at the time, but I managed to kill all the other enemies with a combination of arrows and bombs (I love bombs in this game, I use them to kill everything, from chuchus to wolves) to save weapons and to avoid approaching them. I then saw a Lynel at the bottom and was like "damn that thing looks intimidating, it's probably a bit stronger than other enemies since they're usually kinda tough in the handhelds, a few swings of my super cool dragonbone moblin club (which back then was my pride and joy) oughta do the trick"
yeah
no
I got obliterated in one hit by a shock arrow.

Ever since my first encounter, I've avoided these fuckers whenever possible, but I've also marked them all on my map because they have super cool weapons that will surely come in handy for the final boss, so one day I'll go on a rampage and obliterate every one of them. In the meanwhile, I got a nice Mighty Lynel Crusher from this asshole, but of course Blood Moon had him come back to life, crusher, bow and all. I feel less accomplished now

Anyway, I wanted to practice on action poses, and this picture probably took me around 8 hours from sketch to colouring, I don't even know what I did, but I'm satisfied with the result at least. I'm not sure how dynamic it looks tho, I had to change the Lynel's arms a few times because they wouldn't fit the paper, and don't look too closely at my horse anatomy, I did my best for the first time properly trying haha
As for Link, again, gotta love having the game you're doing fanart of, makes everything so much easier. I drew the same clothes and weapon I actually used in the fight (Rito headwear, Champion's Tunic and Rito pants, the Champion's Tunic is so damn useful in showing you enemy hp), although I really wish the Great Frostblade was more visible. Should have used a flame one instead I guess

Enough rambling, hope you like it
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My first encounter with a Lynel was when I was trying to grab Shock Arrows for the Vah Ruta quest. I thought I could get by with some weak shock resistance elixirs. Boy was I wrong! X'D