I finally decided to get a Deviantart account...So here is my contest entry for 's History of Hyrule calendar contest!It's sleeping Zelda! Based on, of course, ya know... that typical Sleeping Beauty scene.This is Zelda from Zelda II: The Adventure of Link cursed in her endless slumber. This is after the unnamed prince, her brother places her in this room.This is the backstory to that from the actual game intro(I got it from [link] ):"It is said that long ago, when Hyrule was one country, a great ruler maintained the peace in Hyrule using the Triforce. However, the king too was a child of man and he died. Then, the prince of the kingdom should have become king and inherited everything, but he could inherit the Triforce only in part. The Prince searched everywhere for the missing parts, but could not find them.Then, a magician close to the king brought him some unexpected news. Before he died, the king had said something about the Triforce to only the younger sister of the prince, Princess Zelda. The prince immediately questioned the princess, but she wouldn't tell him anything.After the prince, the magician threatened to put the princess into an eternal sleep if she did not talk, but even still, she said nothing." "In his anger, the magician tried to cast a spell on the princess. The surprised prince tried to stop him, but the magician fought off the prince and went on chanting the spell. Then, when the spell was finally cast, Princess Zelda fell on that spot and entered a sleep from which she might never awake. At the same time, the magician also fell down and breathed his last.In his grief, the prince placed the princess in this room. He hoped that someday she would come back to life. So that this tragedy would never be forgotten, he ordered every female child born into the royal household should be given the name Zelda."So there ya go! I drew this by hand originally and used colored pencil to color it. Later it was scanned and I fixed it up, repainted over it, and added texture. Boy, that was funLet's see if you guys can find references to other Zelda games in this piece! (Thanks to Hyrule Historia's Timeline)Thank you so much for helping me out and cheering me on through this piece.Couldn't have done it without youOh yes and Zelda's dress was inspired by * akuriko 's Zelda II dress cosplayThanksEdit: Forgot to mention that Zelda sleeping is in the Sleeping beauty pose with that sheet half covering her xD