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Published: 2011-10-24 23:16:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 86734; Favourites: 2673; Downloads: 1998
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Description Ok .. a couple of months ago i decided to make a Zelda fanart. So i thought about the dozens of images that were imprinted in my memory by playing all those games .. and it was a tough choice to decide which way to do.


Until i realized what the game was all about, and then my job was pretty easy.


I could have chosen a lot of different images ... could have done all those fancy images of combat, flashing things, blur, all that shit .. but i think this one, in it's simplicity, is much better to describe the game. If you take all the locations, all things Link does in all the games, it boils down to this.

Courage.

I remember the 1st time i played Ocarina of Time in christmas night on the year that it launched. I after a couple of hours exploring the village, figuring out what to do, i got into the 1st dungeon. And that is the image of the final boss of it.

Its that simple. You walk into Gohma's Lair, there's no sound besides your footsteps, all is dark and Navi (the fairy) is flying around, until you hear some "cracking sound" from something moving in the room .. you look around until you spot in the ceilling. It's jumps down in front of you .. stare down, Link unsheath his sword and tiny woden shield and get ready ... Navi ready to assist him.

This is pretty much what all games from the series are about. A kid (or young guy) simply moving foward by sheer courage to save someone, or everyone .. He's not the badass hero that nearly every game now has .. that kill legions of enemies.

He's just this:

A kid with his tiny sword and wooden shield.

And people wonder why i think they are the best series of all time ..



ps. The image is sharper on "download"

ps2. you can find the videos that cover most of the work done in this one, in here www.youtube.com/user/krysdecke…


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Comments: 205

menaidewo [2011-10-24 23:38:58 +0000 UTC]

I always enjoy your work. What many people forget is the feelings and emotions that can and are being conveyed through a particular piece, whether from artist to viewer or piece to viewer. One look at this piece, and most people will be puled into it.

Funny thing is I never played Ocarina of Time, I actually watched my older brother play it. The whole thing. Like watching a movie, as we are immersed into that moment; the fine line between moving forward or disappearing. The whole Deku Tree dungeon freaked me out.

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Kezhound [2011-10-24 23:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow, so amazing! Makes me want to play the game again

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Luffsas In reply to ??? [2011-10-24 23:31:25 +0000 UTC]

Damn epic painting!

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vince-aran [2011-10-24 23:28:42 +0000 UTC]

i totally agree. the LoZ series is all about a young boy thrust into adventure by destiny, and from there literally EVERYTHING he does comes out of courage, and as such he deserves that part of the Triforce. that said, you did an excellent interpretation of the theme by keeping it simple. great job

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