#ritogust

finished her design for rito-gust! this is ruqaya, a ex-yiga potion maker that lives in seclusion on the outskirts of the rito village🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

i'll make a full body ref for her when i actually decide on her outfit 🫩 happy rito-gust (extra doodles under the cut)

Sound Check, a ritogust comic series that will be focusing on my babies kurt and briar [the courtship prompt]; and their hunt for a new drummer for their math rock band

Hawl's a one-off character that I used as a delivery person in Diplomatic Relations, and I hadn't ever drawn an owl Rito before. I don't see a lot of them around.

I left their details very sparse because I didn't necessarily plan on using this fellow again. They were fun to draw though. They work for the Royal Delivery Service.

💕Unpaired for relationship- open

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Presenting the Cormorant Spear! This spear is one of the main weapons of a group of Rito who live in Holoryna, a nation to the north of Hyrule in my fic series The Realm Walker. These Rito live on the Crescent Islands, alongside Zora, Tokay, and Gorons. [The Crescent Islands are not shown on the map in the link, but they're near the strait that leads to and from the Inner Sea.]

Technically the weapon is more of a glaive or halberd...

Anywho... you may notice the odd yellow tint of the spear's head. That's because it's made of an alloy of steel and a unique, corrosion resistant metal used by the Zora, which has a gold color. (Like the jewelry worn by Yona and her aides in TotK, in my fic this region is where they're from.)

A couple images to show how big this thing is.

This was, without a doubt, the hardest/most time consuming part of this build, the decorative ribbons on the shaft. I wanted to establish a cultural distinction between Holorynan Rito and Hyrulian Rito, so rather than having the color stripes found on Rito Arms be horizontal, I decided to make them diagonal.

These are cords of fabric, the color of which can vary from smith to smith, or based on a warrior's preference if a piece is commissioned. For this particular spear the ribbons were placed in the following order: red, dark blue, green, yellow, purple, and finally white.

The buttcap at the bottom of the spear is usually adorned with feathers. Most warriors will use their own feathers, but some use the feathers of family/friends/loved ones.

His name used to be Paloma, but I changed it to fit the bird they're based on's language.

their design is pretty loosely based on a yellow footed green, so. take it with a grain of salt lol

in matters of love, courtship between Rito is yet another battlefield; Sirena learned the hard way that losing a battle wasn't an option to Revali.

(there's also music if you wanna know what i listened to on repeat while drawing this!!!)

My Sweet and Tender Beast

She can't sing, but BY GOD she can tap dance.

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Arena patrols Hyrule's Eastern coastline, looking out for sailors and swimmers in distress, shipwrecks, pirates, and anything of note. She works with other Rito and the occasional Zora, acting as a scout. When she finds someone in distress that she can't help immediately, she'll fly back to the home base and request appropriate aid.