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Published: 2007-11-03 16:48:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 6675; Favourites: 97; Downloads: 74
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Agggh Ivy League Risk has fried my brain. Anyway, this is some more TP!Zelink for Kotukawi aka The Missing Link for ~zeldaexchange . Uhh I wanted something vaguely angsty so I thought, well what's better than if they're separated?! HUH? Exactly. But yeah I spent most of the first half of October working on this... it's probably the most effort I've ever put into a background, heh.Also yes the title is modified from William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, a book which holds nothing but bad memories for me, but it sounds pretty so nyeh.
Done with a tablet in Photoshop CS.
Ref for poses: Getty Images
Refs for the castle, costumes, etc.: [link]
Grass texture: [link] by *gild-a-stock
Colored House will be up within the month (I hope), and then there's always HP, Zelda, and a tiny bit of Disney (haha oh man, kiriban) on the backburner. Rawr.
Also, because I worked on this at such a giant size, I'll be uploading some detail shots. Uh, eventually.
And in Zelda-related news, Reggie Fils-Aime is coming to Cornell to speak tomorrow, and hellz yeah I'm gonna be there!
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Comments: 17
Nice picture. I like the contrast between the two sides. It does give a kind of "angsty" look, as do the characters themselves. Zelda looks especially upset . . . maybe she looks more emotional because her background is the light side? Who knows!
I actually thought of that book as soon as I saw the title. O_o Yeah it pretty much holds bad memories for me too. I had to study it once . . . don't think I ever actually got to the end of it.
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I don't like the faces, but everything else is amazing!
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i really love the idea of this. nice b/g and coloring. ^_^
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OMG, you're drawings are very beautiful. I never heard about you! WHY DOESN'T ANYONE TELL ME ABOUT THE TALENTED ARTIST AROUND HERE!?
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Wow! That's amazing! *_*
I really love how you've done this. The clothes - mainly Zelda's - are stunning! ^^
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Oooooh, very nice! I can see all the effort you put into the illustration, especially the background. I wouldn't have the patience to do background that complicated. Also, really awesome coloring for both sides. You should be very proud of yourself because this is one of your best pieces so far.
I don't remember reading As I Lay Dying, but I did read The Sound and the Fury. Holy cow, that was a big pain to read and it took me two tries before I finally understood what's going on. The teacher didn't bother to tell us about the time jumps and the main character is not a normal protagonist.
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This is absolutely stunning 
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The work on the background shows! The picture is lovely~
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Great artwork especially for not using an anime/manga style!
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