As I grow older, I find myself wanting to identify with the more grizzled and manly characters in pop culture. 

Sometimes this can be a problem within video games as many gaming protagonists are mere children (or at least androgynous) in appearance.

So I've sat down and created some artworks that depict some of these classic figures with a heaping dose of testosterone mixed in.

Check out burly Link of Legend of Zelda, surly Mega Man, manly Ico, buff Pit from Kid Icarus, and Final Fantasy VII's Cloud appearing as an honest to goodness man.