Hey everyone! This short film was created as my sophomore film for university. It's about two minutes, and my first full personal project in Maya. Hope you enjoy it! Also, if you're interested in more of what I'm up to, make sure to follow me on Twitter! twitter.com/hxx_3D

Zelda with bow: "I'll use this to knock the shield out of his hands!" Link with sword: "If god has wanted you to live he would not have created me!"

I love how link was like "doesn't matter I got something much cooler" and it immediately breaks

A perfect representation of weapon degradation in Breath of The Wild.

I love how the twilight bow and master sword were just hanging around randomly in the library

I love that he broke the sword at the end, it’s such a endearing characteristic of this incarnation of Link by this point.

The voice actor for Link is spot on! Great work!

Dude, the micro expressions were off the charts, and just oozed personality. Bravo, 10/10

Does anyone wanna talk about how this guy literally managed to call what Link's new tunic would look like in TotK? Insane.

I love that after Zelda parry's link he's got a wild look in his eyes like he's back in Hyrule fields fighting monsters and how he had to shake his head to calm himself.

Just love how much energy radiates in the movements and expressions. This was a great find for today. Subscribing is a must!

I love it. This gives off a very sibling rivalry vibe that I really dig.

I would watch an entire Zelda show like this, it was so cute and we'll put together!

First thought I had when Zelda grabbed the bow was "oh my god she's sending Link into the Shrine if Resurrection personally", glad to see that it turned out different. Dumb Uni kids is the peak aesthetic, gratz on the project!

THIS IS INCREDIBLE. First off I absolutely adore the models you used, but everything here is so fluid, expressive, and full of life. This is fantastic stuff

I love how expressive Link and Zelda’s face is.

Beautiful piece, how i didn't know about it. I reallly enjoyed it.

I actually really like their dynamic in this, almost being portrayed as mischievous siblings rather than romantic interests to one another. It would be interesting to have a game that portrayed them that way

This animation was just so light and bouncy, I’m so used to seeing stiff characters with barely any expressions- but this was just plain fantastic! Really a step above normal KZfaq animations

I was not expecting a 3D animation, let alone it’s grand quality!

Man.... This animation hit me so hard!! Right in the nostalgic dude, even when they're not the same animator, the animation give that sweet vibe of "Racing for Rupees" Those kinda of animation back in 2016/2015 don't remeber too well, gosh this animation is so amazing!!!

Dude, I'm super impressed by how much your animations have improved!

And they say they can't do a show with a character that never speaks!

The emotion conveyed in this is breathtaking, I strive to animate this well

This is so adorable I can't stand it- I love their eyes too, the expressions are so well done. Would love to see more of these!

This animation is amazing! I just can’t believe two people would ever go to such lengths to get a TRAVELER’S SHIELD of all things.

ok, the ending got me. the whole short was enjoyable and felt lively. great work!

It's fun seeing them be playful with each other.

The amount of small detail work, the overall movement being as liveful as it seemingly can be... This is some professional work right here, and I'm loving it.

If Dreamworks made a Zelda game, it would look similar to this. The expressions and camera angles are iconic. I'd happily watch a series / play a full game with this quality.

This is probably the most detailed 3D Zelda animation I've seen ever. You've got some raw talent herw.

Petition to make this a TV series, I would watch it all day! Great Animation! Glad that there’s still more people that acknowledges BOTW.

Gotta acknowledge the physics defying shield changing its roll direction when link falls over, a true shield worthy of them both

This really makes me wish Nintendo put more of these kind of cutscenes in their zelda games, actually, just give us a Zelda an animated series :) everything was so incredibly well done

Love how expressive the characters look, you can really tell what they’re thinking even though no dialogue happened!

This is a 10/10 piece of animation. You could definitely make some great animations with a team.

Such a great animation. The dynamic movement, weight behind things, and the expressive body language makes this so good. Love it.

This is a masterpiece! Very well done!

honestly would watch a slice-of-life zelda show like this. just life in the castle, vibing

Detailed facial expressions very nice movement high quality animation 10 out of 10

It’s genuinely absurd how expressive the facial animations are. Great job.

I love the whole aesthetic, the characters, the environment, the aspect ratio, the clever body language. Well done!

Felt like it could be an actual cutscene in one of the games, very well done, very smooth animation 👍

oh my goodness this film is just perfect. the movement, the energy, the character designs... its so beautiful to watch!!

Soo good, a lot of personality in the movements, clever story and good setting. Also nice that it's a silent short is, as I feel this deserves pro voice acting, so it's better to have nothing than something that'll break the immersion. This does feel professional.

The exppression and movement Link has when charging in towards Zelda has some pure COMMANDO Bennett energy. I love it.

I love the animation in this, it’s really smooth and you show so much expression without any of the characters talking, Great job!

I love their exaggerated reactions to everything.

Link and Zelda having a rivalry is pretty dang interesting. It'd be interesting if there were spin off games that explored that (aside from Smash).

God, this warms my heart as a Zelda fan. I remember reading something about this animation and when I came across it, I was more then pleasantly surprised at how good this was. Words can only do so much justice to describe this masterpiece and the creativity on display. Excellent job.

that looked amazing! their interactions were so adorable and the animation quality was extremely fluid and alive!

the emotion these characters display is on the level of pixar and dreamworks. certainty not like anything ive seen on youtube before. excellent work.

This took my breath away-pun fully intended-you did a stellar job animating this, it's just so fluid and full of life. Incredible work, I look forward to seeing what else you put out.

I actually can't stop watching this. It's some movie quality stuff. Every movement just has so much energy and character to it!

This is freaking amazing! It‘s so expressive yet light in it‘s motion and doesn’t shy away from exaggerating when need be, really well made!

The animation is stellar and the lighting is great 👍 geta say you did some pretty amazing work!

My favorite quote from Link in this was ".........". A true poet. This was beautiful!!

That was so damn heartwarming. I can't even say what it reminded me of, but there was a kind of...melancholy nostalgic wonder, there. Thanks for that.

I love how fans pour heart and dedication into animations, and then a movie studio is like “nah live action is better”

the mastersword casually taking dust on a book shelf

The quality of the character animation here is on par with some Overwatch shorts imo. This is _really_ good, and I'm looking forward to your future in the animation industry!

Quite the well made animation. And, at least to me, this is how it feels using any weapon in Breath of the Wild. Just one use, and boom, it's dust.

This is such a good animation! The movements the expressions, even the style of the models! All spot on 👌👌👌

This short is amazing. The characters and shading the facial expressions and sound sync. Great work!

This animation is insanely beautiful.

I'd totally watch a show with this kind of animation. It's really good

IT’S SO CRISP AND CLEAN AND SMOOTH. -deep breath- god I wish I could be chill about this but it’s so pretty. PLEASE NEVER STOP ANIMATING YOU ARE A GOD.

The movement is beautiful and the models are well designed. Thank you for showing this to us

Every beat of this story was beyond hilarious. Such perfect comedic timing!

Legend of Zelda series like this when? Everything is so good about this, the expressions, the atmosphere and the character's character.

God daaaaamn, the faces! The faces are so expressive!!! It flows so nicely!! What an incredible work of art!!

The animation in this is fantastic! I love the expressions and body language, it's all so fluid and expressive!

I love how expressive and animated this is! I also really like how it has a look inspired by BOTW but does it's own thing to look different. Good job!

the way they move and act, i love it so much

This actually feels well made, you don't see that as often as you would like. Nicely done.

It's so unbelievably expressive! Looks straight out of something like Arcane, I love it!

I love the fact they played Rock Paper Scissors to decide that’s how every debate should work Lmao

So much characteristic from these two without a word spoken, this is amazing

This is seriously some of the Best, and CUTEST animation ever! Amazing work! I can't stop re-watching this! ♥

This is beautifully done, I love the animation style, and the characters are endearing!

Holy crap this is so well done, i feel like ive found a hidden gem, im sure this will grow rlly fast

If this was your sophomore film, I cannot WAIT to see what masterpiece you create for your senior film. Amazing work!

The expressiveness on link and zelda in this short is insane! Amazing job!

This was super cute, well animated and choreographed!

The animation, the shading, the expression especially, feels like straight out of the game! Freakin well done 👍

This feels like an official Nintendo video! So crisp and clean. I'm stunned that this was a university project. Keep this up, you guys are bound for something big!

Okay, I absolutely LOVE the animation! It's so smooth, and really cartoonish! I freaking love animation like this it's so COOL!!

So freaking good. I keep coming back to watch this.

If this is the result of a task from the university, I can only imagine how awesome your animations are going to become!

Reminded me of Norman's movement in Paranorman. Very well done, I love how much personality it captures

i love them sm, this rig is so expressive and stuff, also theyre pretty.. attractive in this rig

These animations with these models are just incredible

This is unbelievably good! You should be so proud. I can imagine this as a tv adaption of the games

Okay, allow me to confess. I had my doubts when I clicked on your channel and saw the Team Fortress 2 animations though the thumbnail of this video looked good so I thought that I might be wrong. Glad to see that you really and truly are one of the best animators I've ever seen on this platform, like Zelda and Link both remind me of Hiccup and Astrid from the first How To Train Your Dragon movie, and that's so nostalgic for me! The shield, both of their expressions, the storytelling and the plot twist, it all feels so good! This is truly a great little animation!

Thank you so much for sharing this masterpiece!!! To call this amazing would be a gross understatement!! 😊

Man these animations always look so good man

the amount of life and energy in their movements feels so good

This incredible animation gives me hope that someday we might get a new zelda animated series

You’re really good at this. I’m genuinely impressed.

Holy smokes this is a an amazing animation. No talking just expressions it's perfect