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Legend of Zelda illo
Xavi
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Yo, been a while! Finished this some months ago, drawn and inked by hand, colored in Painter and Photoshop.
Bears mentioning that I absolutely LOVE the art styles used in all Zelda games, Nintendo's ability to change the look of the game so many times while still staying faithful to the original is astounding.
With that in mind, this is my take on it
Bears mentioning that I absolutely LOVE the art styles used in all Zelda games, Nintendo's ability to change the look of the game so many times while still staying faithful to the original is astounding.
With that in mind, this is my take on it
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Where you won't find little stylized hearts in the grass but you have to rip them of the chest of your enemies and eat'em. There'll be also a Trauma Center interface where you have to sew your wounds and fractures.
What have you done to my perspective on Zelda >_<
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As for the art itself... pretty good job there mate, although his left arm (the one with the sword) looks kind of a little weird to me, in the shoulder area. And his right eye kind of seems lost in his face in term of colors, I'd make it a tad more visible, but just a little bit.
Other than that, :^:
You should see those Mario pictures where Mario is a smelly dirty plumber and the Princess is a skanky looking girl hanging all over him. It rapes your childhood like rule 34.
Meh, either way, an interesting take on Link... I can't say that I've seen this kind of Zelda fan-art before, but I think it is cool nonetheless... beats the millions of cute, anime-inspired Link fanart pics... You know, the ones with a billion love-hearts, and pink backgrounds with white fluffy glowy stuff... ugh, those get boring real quick.
Anyway, not that I know too much on the matter, but I think the focus is taken off link a bit too much... maybe dull down the ground area a bit? This kinda ties into what Tam said about it being a bit muddled because of the details... Nice work either way!
Edit: Rofl, why, in the name of all that is holy, was that rule invented?
I dunno, but if that were me and my sword was kinda wedged somewhere, I wouldn't be holding it limply. It seems to me that the more instinctive thing to do would be to tug the sword out of the corpse, which would throw off the whole pose. If the tip of the sword was just resting on the ground or the corpse then it would look more natural to me. Of course this would mess up some really cool work you've done to the corpse or mess up the length of the Master Sword.
In short I have no idea how to rectify my problem with the piece, but the sword is kinda bugging me
This is weird because I noticed the same thing with the opposite reaction. I liked that it looks like the sword is about to fall out of his hand. Look at the gore and the injuries to Link himself. He looks exhausted, like he's just about to collapse. Link appears to be in that moment before he's going to sink to his knees and either die or pass out.
Which is precisely why I love this image. It puts a tired, gritty, angry, exhausted Link in great contrast to the typical anime bishi style.
Sorry, maybe I wasnt clear, I love the idea of the picture, and the exhaustion is really well expressed, especially in the hand in question. My gripe is with the other end of the sword, which is protuding from the corpse of a fallen opponent. It just seems to me that the sword looks a little as if it is being propped up by the body and dangled loosely from the hand of Link. Which means there are two points at which the sword is being held up. I'm finding it really hard to express what I mean cause I dunno why that bothers me.
On another note, having looked closely at the sword in order to figure out what was bugging me, does it seem to anyone else that the blade is twisted?
at the hilt, the crosspiece is at a 45 degree angle to the observer, yet the flat of the blade itself is facing us head on. You can see this best, by looking at the line of the crosspiece and the line through the etching on the blade, if you were to follow these lines they would meet somewhere near Link's other hand (ie not holding the sword) Technically these should be parrallel
yeah i like them too, but just looking at it again, i can't think of what would of caused them, maybe all the orc? dieing, and according to south park...well you know
-Robert E. Howard
Tower of the Elephant
About the sword: I think you guys are thinking about it more than I did
About the smoke effect: Yeah, originally the smoke was blue to hint that yeah, those were all enemies dying in a Zelda puff of smoke ... but, the blue didnt go well with the color scheme, so I changed the color.
About the subject matter + style: Well, different strokes for different folks. My favorite Zelda game is Wind Waker, so please dont think I like everybody looking like they havent taken a shit in 5 years (hellooooo GEARS OF WAR)