Wayward Drawings

1) Yes! Juvenile male painted bunting are green until they reach maturity and their colors come in. I had not known that fact when I initially picked this bird, but when I found that out while doing some research it absolutely solidified my choice. It was a perfect fit from the transition between Minish Cap and Four Swords. You’d be hard-pressed to convince me there was a better choice at this point.

2) The very distinct color blocking on this species was, of course, perfect for Four’s ridiculous color scheme. I’ve said it before but boy is worse than some of the tunic and hat color combos you get in A Link To The Past. But nature said it was okay to put these colors together on a bird, so we’ll allow it.

1) A fun opportunity to play with color thanks to the species I chose. And a real challenge in complementary color schemes at that! Honestly I still don’t know if this is cohesive or if it clashes horribly. Both maybe? I do like it a lot actually. Even though it is also making my eyes burn just the tiniest bit. 

2) Legend’s LU design has a lot of key features that don’t translate simply onto a Rito. Rings, hats, and boots either don’t work or don’t fit the overall style. So rings became bracelets, hats became bandanas, and boots became...pauldrons, I guess? Not sure if the term still applies when it’s feathers? (Also Ravio’s bracelet was originally on his upper arm for the sake of being more prominent, but then I realized BOTW Rito are never seen wearing anything on their arms aside from bandages. Because of course not! Surely any hinderance is bad for flight! So to the ankle it went.)

Going from top left to bottom right I've got: 

Four (painted bunting) - colorful, has a tendency toward keeping themselves hidden, known to warm up to people once socialized 

Hyrule (American kestrel) - small but incredibly effective hunter, specifically adapted to get by on lower food intake than other falcons 

Wind (silver gull) - adaptable coastal scavengers, juveniles also adorably speckled 

Legend (Indochinese green magpie) - one legend is that magpies are hoarders (research shows this is untrue, magpie Legend is an outlier and should not have been counted), highly intelligent members of the corvid family

Warriors (sacred kingfisher) - birds held in high regard in New Zealand for their mythical associations, patient hunters who survey their surroundings before striking quickly

Time (great horned owl) - of course the general owl association with Time, that intimidating and sharp look, but for real this bird is a beast and can take on things larger than they are

Sky (woodchat shrike) - adorable, unassuming, can and will stab things (I just really love shrikes, guys)

Wild (squirrel cuckoo) - jumps from branch to branch like a squirrel, rarely flies and instead glides from place to place, excessively long tail, forager, sticks to the wilderness but has been known to be sociable with other animals