So it's been a couple years since I drew this sketch of some random enemies from the Legend of Zelda series. There's plenty of people who've done far more creative full renderings of what were originally tiny pixellated blobs, but I had a couple hours to kill while Dev made dinner last night. If I'd had more foresight I would've made a full scene of them attacking a bishie blond elf, but this was plenty.

For what it's worth, the various humanoid Zelda baddies were some of the first furry crushes I tried drawing, and one of the very first times I made serious attempts at drawing humanoids (no, seriously, prior to that, I rarely drew anything organic). The second game offered a much better range of bipeds, so that was most of the inspiration, but I picked a trio of guys that have showed up in the majority of the games: Mo(l?)blin, Goriya, and Lynel, juggling the orange/red/blue--> weak/medium/strong color schemes. Bulldogs are always hot; I've long had a minor thing for taurs (two tummies ^.^ except I can't draw four-leggers well); and the Goriyas were often kinda cute in the various supplemental art renderings...sometimes they looked ambiguously canine, but I believe officially they are rats. I almost made Goriya shirtless other than the black sash, but that doesn't match his usual outfit.

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[edit: Am I that old?? The original Moblins were bulldogs for the first couple games, and notably in the comics and cartoons. They have often made them piglike recently, but not exclusively. http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Moblin ; also, http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Goriya and http://zelda.wikia.com/wiki/Lynel ).