A translation of a concept art page from Hyrule Historia. Images taken from History of Hyrule’s The Legend of Zelda art anthology.
Scene Art
Because Ocarina of Time is so story-oriented, the scene art must take this fact into consideration, eventually coming to resemble a movie poster. The vertical symmetry of the images below is similar to designs found on playing cards.
Is the 4th picture canon? Is that fairy Navi? is that how she really looks like?
That fairy looks very similar to the fairies in The Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link, and A Link to the Past. So it’s entirely possible that they were just speculating on the reuse of the design for Ocarina of Time. The idea of a reconnaissance character like Navi has been planned since the first Zelda, however.
Thanks for the reply, GlitterBerri! 🙂