Laverna
Laverna is an original character I designed as part of the Legend of Zelda series. She goes by the male name of Laverne and portrays a hunter in the wild. She usually wears a hood to hide her long hair, and talks with a deeper voice that she forces to sound more masculine.
I wanted to attempt a different way to color my images, and have not tried watercolors since high school. I bought a special gel that goes onto paper to prevent the spread of watercolor into unwanted spaces. This was how I got Laverna's hair coloured without bleeding her blonde.
She was inspired by many forms of Zelda throughout the series. Her hair was tied back with similar ribbons to Skyward Sword, and her hair length is inspired by Twilight Princess. I used the colors for the Zora Tunic from Ocarina of Time. Her role was to take on weaponry that required aiming and accuracy, such as using the bow, or hookshot. The idea that Link has dozens of items in his pocket seemed strange, so I was going with the idea of dividing the weapons out to other cast members.
Though Laverna originates as a Zelda Original Character, she has evolved to be a unique character in her own way. She has a lengthy backstory on how she had to steal food as a child, and took on a job as a hunter to make her living, disguising herself as a man so she could earn the same amount as other male hunters.
She was drawn on a 8" x 11" paper, and I used a technique called carbon copying to transfer her to a 14" x 11" watercolor page.