Arms slightly outstretched and ready to take flight, Medli from The Legend of Zelda makes for a rewarding drawing subject, and this guide walks through how to draw Medli in her Wind Waker chibi style from start to finish. The toon proportions and flat color palette keep the result accessible while still having enough detail to stay interesting.
Medli’s Chibi Build and What to Expect from These 14 Steps
The tutorial runs 14 steps including the final colored version, so the progression moves at a steady pace. This is a full-body chibi build with compact proportions and an oversized head, which shifts most of the early work toward getting the head shape and beak placement right before the body comes together below it. The outstretched arms add a small asymmetry challenge near the middle of the walkthrough, but nothing that a slow pass won’t handle.
Medli’s Key Design Features
- Long brown ponytail, pointed ears
- Large red eyes, triangular yellow beak
- Gray dress with green hem trim
- Red sash with yellow symbol at waist
- Yellow boots, round gold brooch at collar
If you want more practice with Zelda characters after this, Link and Midna are both covered on the site and work well as follow-up sketches. Princess Zelda from A Link to the Past is worth checking out too if you enjoy drawing the classic roster.
Reading the Color Coding in the Step Images
Each step image uses a three-color system to make progress clear at a glance:
- Red Color: lines added in the current step.
- Black Color: lines completed earlier.
- Gray Color: base sketch for structure.
How to Draw Medli: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Finished Your Medli Sketch? Share It Below
Once the coloring is done and Medli is ready to take flight on paper, drop your finished drawing in the comments. It’s genuinely good to see how different artists handle the beak and that small gold brooch detail. New tutorials go up on Facebook and Telegram the moment they publish, a new YouTube video based on existing guides goes live every day, and Pinterest stays updated regularly as well. If you enjoyed this step by step and want to keep the project going, supporting on Patreon gets you access to unique hand-drawn coloring pages. More Zelda drawing practice is always available too, including Princess Zelda from Ocarina of Time and Impa.