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Leafyful — Bongo Bongo Revamp

Published: 2013-04-22 22:31:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 6299; Favourites: 85; Downloads: 11
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Description This is for the contest. [link] The theme of the contest was to change/revamp a part of the Legend of Zelda series. Whether it was a story, character, temple or boss. I chose to revamp Bongo Bongo as I felt there was alot that could be done. Bongo Bongo being the boss of the Shadow temple (which, if you havnt played Ocarina of Time is the creepiest temple ever)

A mini backstory bubbled away in my mind as I drew this:
A long time ago... There was a man in this very village who had an eye they said could see the truth! Now usually, you have to train your mind's eye most strenuously to actually see the truth... But this fella, no, they say he had a different way of doing things... His house stood where the well is now..."

But no one knew of what happened to that man, he saw the truth but the power to do so, drove him slowly into a dark solitude. In his time of weakness he became consumed by a dark force (the ghost form of Bongo Bongo) which used him as a vessel to grow and consume the good within him. He started to use his powers against the innocent people of Kakariko Village. Eventually he was locked away in the temple of the graveyard as many worried he would become unstoppable.

He sank into an almighty rage and slowly twisted into a horrid demon. The boss of the shadow temple.

He was named Bongo Bongo because of his various attempts to break free from the Temple. The slams could be heard throughout the village. There was a dark aura to the temple and it was renamed the Shadow Temple. The Sheika of Kakariko Village made an oath to the Royal Family that they would protect the doorway, and make sure no one could enter.

I hope you like!

blaaaaaah the colours look dreadful! :/ stupid dell.. I originally made it so you could see his tail and leg stumps. But never mind. Go ahead and be a butt face DELL
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Comments: 34

Demonkingswrath [2023-07-09 15:07:20 +0000 UTC]

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Holycrap1992 [2015-10-05 18:34:36 +0000 UTC]

... Yes. Just yes.

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Leafyful In reply to Holycrap1992 [2015-10-05 19:35:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Holycrap1992 In reply to Leafyful [2015-10-05 19:54:08 +0000 UTC]

No prob.

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HuntraG94 [2014-10-24 07:39:19 +0000 UTC]

love the back story and the design is beyond cool looking

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Leafyful In reply to HuntraG94 [2014-10-24 08:27:52 +0000 UTC]

Why thank you!

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HuntraG94 In reply to Leafyful [2014-10-24 08:33:02 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome^_^

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NitendoFan92 [2014-03-29 17:59:23 +0000 UTC]

why do he look like the gate keeper of the nightmare cave in rayman 2

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jackieofsuburbia [2013-09-20 17:57:39 +0000 UTC]

perfect!!!!!!   

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Leafyful In reply to jackieofsuburbia [2013-09-20 18:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou!!

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Zaera-D [2013-05-09 18:05:21 +0000 UTC]

So creepy. And very cool. Nice Composition.

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Leafyful In reply to Zaera-D [2013-05-09 19:35:38 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou!

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Zaera-D In reply to Leafyful [2013-07-06 07:04:37 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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ColonelFLAKES [2013-04-27 15:27:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh goodness this is incredible. I would love to see this in a Toon Link or SS type Zelda! I especially love the way you made it look so different, but kept the same kind of themes, IE, the eye and ever so slightly disproportionate hands.

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Leafyful In reply to ColonelFLAKES [2013-04-27 20:24:45 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou so much! that means a lot.

And thanks for the watch and fave!

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ColonelFLAKES In reply to Leafyful [2013-04-28 17:49:27 +0000 UTC]

No problem haha. You think you could ever take on Jalhalla? I'd love to see him translated in the opposite sort of way, a little more realistic and detailed.

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Leafyful In reply to ColonelFLAKES [2013-04-28 19:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Who's that? I've only played ocarina of time. Majora's mask and twilight princess. not much of a true fan am I?

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ColonelFLAKES In reply to Leafyful [2013-05-07 00:06:15 +0000 UTC]

It's fine. Jalhalla is an easy one to find a reference of. He was the third boss of Windwaker, in the Earth Temple. He's sort of a giant poe.

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Leafyful In reply to ColonelFLAKES [2013-05-07 18:24:31 +0000 UTC]

Oooooh him!! Yeah I remember hah!

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byrch [2013-04-23 01:35:13 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome! I love the hooks attached to his arms, and the tendrils of flesh hanging between his hands and stump where his hands were!

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Leafyful In reply to byrch [2013-04-23 09:06:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I wanted to give it a more gruesome look. :3

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byrch In reply to Leafyful [2013-04-23 17:21:06 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! You did an awesome job with that ;D

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Leafyful In reply to byrch [2013-04-23 17:29:15 +0000 UTC]

it's a shame the colours went a bit funny. I did actually draw a short tail and leg stumps. :/

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RubyDragonCat [2013-04-22 23:55:30 +0000 UTC]

Nice job! I think the backstory could use some work though, like exactly how that gift started to possess him and etc. Maybe he had the lens of truth, and he didn't have enough balance in his spirit, kind of like if you're not balanced and you get the triforce, bad things happen. So the magic item was too powerful and it corrupted him.

I really like how you explained the name Bongo Bongo. Nintendo obviously named him that because of the big bongo drum that you fight him on. Heck, maybe that can be part of his backstory as well! He was a musician, he played drums...so even as a demon, he does so.

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Leafyful In reply to RubyDragonCat [2013-04-23 00:00:42 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou very much.

Yeah I'm a little rusty at back stories. In the ocarina of time there is that short clip where Sheik is attacked by a fuzzy purple ghost. (Bongo Bongo) I was kinda thinking that was what possessed the person. It too saw the truth and could see the weaknesses he had.

This easier to control?

I dunno xD I hate writing stories. I'm crap at them haha.

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RubyDragonCat In reply to Leafyful [2013-04-23 01:16:34 +0000 UTC]

Yep that works.

Aww really? Stories are fun

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Leafyful In reply to RubyDragonCat [2013-04-23 09:07:10 +0000 UTC]

I just can't write them. I'm poop at stories

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RubyDragonCat In reply to Leafyful [2013-04-23 15:40:47 +0000 UTC]

That's fine. Everybody has things they're good at and things they suck at

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skysoul25 [2013-04-22 23:50:00 +0000 UTC]

oh this is PERFECT Why didn;t they hire you to do Zelda?

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Leafyful In reply to skysoul25 [2013-04-22 23:51:42 +0000 UTC]



Gawsh, thankyou, your comment means a lot to me haha.

I would love to work on any sort of game :3

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skysoul25 In reply to Leafyful [2013-04-23 02:44:18 +0000 UTC]

your welcome ^.^

me 2, but it hink you would be PERFECT for Zelda i really love it.

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UsurperBobO [2013-04-22 22:34:01 +0000 UTC]

Kinda has that Twilight Princess look to it.

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Leafyful In reply to UsurperBobO [2013-04-22 22:47:07 +0000 UTC]

Oh kinda! I didnt really see it that way.

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SkyMantisX [2013-04-22 22:32:16 +0000 UTC]

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Leafyful In reply to SkyMantisX [2013-04-22 22:32:42 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much!

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