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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 =p ..



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 [link]


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~Daeamor 4 days ago  Hobbyist General Artist
;.; this is what I saw when I was younger.
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~ShadowOfNifaris 4 days ago  Hobbyist Writer
creepy xD i love this thoug, it reminds me how it felt to come across Gohma in OoT for the first time as a kid ^_^
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~rifle64 5 days ago
amazing
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Mood: Love ~xaldorn May 1, 2013
your right. he is a very courageous hero. especially being only a child, and fighting off a giant parasitic monster with only a tiny sword that is basically a large dagger, and a wooden shield.
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~Keyaki360 Apr 24, 2013
I always found it funny how the Great Deku tree just wanted him to take care of something as crazy as that at the very start of the game.
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~CTSael Apr 17, 2013
I second what the previous comment says. I'd like to see your take on Bongo Bongo.
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~Linktydraad Apr 13, 2013
PLease do Bongo Bong too. I think he'd sooo freakin badass in your style.
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Mood: Love ~WOMDeimos Apr 13, 2013
I've seen a similar composition, but it was not even close to this ones, well, epicness.
I'd coloured it more with an orange tone, but this works, too. Great tone, great details, amazing little thingees to spot on second and third view... overall amazing.
Top shelf high-quality Artwork. Images like these are reasons to stay on here on dA!
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~Txikimorin Apr 9, 2013
I love it, not only the artwork, the description wasawsome too, and I think you´ve captured the feeling very well in here. This reminds me of what ganondorf tells to Link, not pretty sure but I think that he said "you´ve got gutts, kid."
yeah, it´s all about it
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~ArtTraveller77 Mar 28, 2013
That is awesome looking, great job. This makes Young Link feel extra brave cause that would be creepy to take on alone, so take this with you (Add to Favorites) (click).
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