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A tribute to the best game ever: The Legend of Zelda - Ocarina of Time

I: Song of Storms

II: Serenade of Water [link]

This is my entry for *freaky665 's "Dreams and Fanatasies"-Contest [link]
and it's also my application piece for evokeone. Cross your fingers for me

technical details:
This matte painting consists of about 30 to 40 different stocks and a lot of painted elements. The work on the model was particularly difficult since I had to morph and manipulate a girl into a elb looking male who sits on a wild horse.

You can check thw 75%-detail-view to see all the painted bits which got lost with resizing.
[link]

from stock to art:
[link]

in general
psd-size: 300mb
image-size: 3000*2000 pixel
25 hours of work

storyline in short
Before time was time, three great goddesses decended upon the chaos that was and created the land of Hyrule; Din, goddess of power, Nayru, goddess of wisdom and Farore, the godess of courage. However, at the point where the Goddesses left their new creation, they each left behind a golden triangle which contained the essense of their power. This mighty artefact, called the Triforce, though able to grant extremely powerful magic to whoever touched it, was infinitely delicate: if one who did not hold all three aspects of the Triforce - power, wisdom and courage - within perfect balance, the Triforce would split into its three aspects and the person who first touched the Triforce would be left and only one force would remain in his hand: the force which he most believed in. The remaining two aspects would take refuge within the hearts and minds of two who best personified the remaining aspects of the Triforce.
Ganondorf, the Gerudo King wanted to gain full power over Hyrule and thus used his magic to communicate to the Great Deku Tree without entering the Lost Woods, and so avoiding the forest's magical air. Asking for the Spiritual Stone the Deku Tree posessed, in order to get the other fragments of the Triforce, the living tree sensed Ganondorf's evil intentions and refused. Ganondorf could easily solve that: using his magic, he placed a death-curse upon the Great Deku Tree which could only be removed by destroying the monsters which now lived underneath the tree.
The Great Deku Tree, now cursed to die before the sun set that day, would not give in so easily, he summoned the young fairy Navi, urging her to find and bring Link before him. When Link discovered that at last he had a guardian fairy, both himself and his friends were overjoyed. Link, armed with a sword and shield, entered the Deku Tree and destroyed the parasitic armoured arachnid there which was the source of the curse.
[...]

some credits:
Blue Dress Stock 3 by *chamberstock
Bunny stock by ~thiselectricheart
Castle in the fog 4 by ~Legends-Stock
Cloudy Sky by ~ShutterBugs-Stock
Dead Tree In Field Cows by ~Gracies-Stock
deio kamots stock nature123 by ~deio-kamots-stock
Devil s Tower 3 by =SalsolaStock
Dragon s Lair Nebula Stock by =Moonchilde-Stock
Emerald3 by =faestock
Emerald by =faestock
Eurasion Eagle Owl 2 by =SalsolaStock
Fantasy Tree 1 by ~mawstock
Forest Hut Stock by *MirandaRose-Stock
Green crinkly Texture by ~Ordinary-Stock
Horse Stock 11 by =RaeyenIrael-Stock
Landscape 01 by ~svend-stock
Landscape 7 by ~Visualjenna-Stock
Old Bones by ~bean-stock
Screaming tree by *LucieG-Stock
Sunstone72 Stock 231 by ~Sunstone72-Stock
Sword 2 by ~chaotickittie-stock
texture2 by ~SStocker
The Dark Knight Sword by ^FantasyStock
Viking stock 18 by *Tigg-stock
Wolf7 by ~RainaDayze
Birds 1 by ~achatinastock
Birds 2 by ~achatinastock
Leaves and blossoms PS brushes by ~The-Max-Factor
stormclouds pack3 3 by ~archetype-stock
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Comments: 1101

ErikShoemaker In reply to ??? [2010-10-17 08:18:50 +0000 UTC]

Hey thanks for your critique mate! You pointed out some things which I had not realized by now. This will help me a lot.

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Christine29 [2018-02-01 01:37:14 +0000 UTC]

i love it

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Christine29 [2018-02-05 17:55:33 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Christine29 In reply to ErikShoemaker [2018-02-07 03:43:55 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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rairame [2017-03-29 02:37:04 +0000 UTC]

Hello, I'm sorry but if you used my photo and fixed it, you must credit me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, could you please notice me and credit me!!!Β‘?Β‘?Β‘?Β  rairame.deviantart.com/art/Unt… Β 

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ErikShoemaker In reply to rairame [2017-03-29 23:03:45 +0000 UTC]

Are you kidding? My artwork is almost 10 years older than your photo. How could I have possibly used it?

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Fizza-Digitalart [2016-10-19 21:18:41 +0000 UTC]

It's beautifulΒ Β Β 

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Fizza-Digitalart [2016-10-23 15:09:24 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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PandaAndDolphin [2016-07-28 00:06:15 +0000 UTC]

It looks so realistic!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to PandaAndDolphin [2016-07-31 08:19:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Ramman05 [2014-01-08 05:22:42 +0000 UTC]

Awesome art!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Ramman05 [2014-01-15 09:21:25 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Ramman05 In reply to ErikShoemaker [2014-02-15 05:32:39 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, thanks for putting it up.

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AlienaSBV [2013-04-04 18:22:09 +0000 UTC]

*0*

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ErikShoemaker In reply to AlienaSBV [2013-04-10 17:56:26 +0000 UTC]

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ALLsoLiT [2013-04-04 01:14:10 +0000 UTC]

very cool

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ErikShoemaker In reply to ALLsoLiT [2013-04-10 17:56:19 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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tylerc161 [2013-04-03 18:38:42 +0000 UTC]

A higher res (at least 1080) would be amazing mate!

Nice work!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to tylerc161 [2013-04-10 17:56:12 +0000 UTC]

I only have one of the updated version: [link]

thanks!

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DameOdessa [2013-01-27 12:47:59 +0000 UTC]



This amazing work has been featured in my journal: [link]

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FallenAngels09 [2012-12-23 18:03:37 +0000 UTC]

Lovely

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ErikShoemaker In reply to FallenAngels09 [2012-12-30 11:12:11 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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DianeHeartbeat [2012-11-20 19:51:16 +0000 UTC]

This picture is amazing!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to DianeHeartbeat [2012-11-20 21:20:42 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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MGWeller [2012-11-05 19:48:25 +0000 UTC]

What a beautiful scene, the connection between man and nature is awesome.

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ErikShoemaker In reply to MGWeller [2012-11-11 18:38:04 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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13-kingofhearts-13 [2012-09-24 03:35:19 +0000 UTC]

Yup that's going straight to my ultimate honorary favorites ;D great work

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ErikShoemaker In reply to 13-kingofhearts-13 [2012-11-11 18:38:13 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot!

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naya-14 [2012-09-11 23:56:30 +0000 UTC]

love the sky in this one, way nicer than V2

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Metal100 [2012-09-05 09:59:56 +0000 UTC]

amazing ... I love this picture

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Metal100 [2012-09-05 16:35:50 +0000 UTC]

thank you glad you like it!

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UtopianNaturePhotos [2012-08-08 07:56:10 +0000 UTC]

I like it alot except for 2 things, the wolf looks awkward/out of place & the close hill is brown
otherwize a great attempt in a difficult category

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ErikShoemaker In reply to UtopianNaturePhotos [2012-08-09 15:01:57 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the critique, you can check the updated version linked in the description where I already made a few improvements.

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MotherNature34 [2012-06-18 19:36:52 +0000 UTC]

beautifull, but parts of the person looks almoste computer animated, while the rest of the painting looks more real

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ErikShoemaker In reply to MotherNature34 [2012-06-21 16:53:36 +0000 UTC]

thank you, and yea I see your point

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MotherNature34 In reply to ErikShoemaker [2012-06-21 22:52:40 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome its always good to recieve constructive critisism because no matter how good you are or how good you get there is always room for improovement, its also healthy to share constructive critisism with otheres but dont forget to give complements where the credit is due i myself am an artist, im not that good but im still working on the kinks, my main problem when it comes to drawing people is the hands and feet, also im not verry good at realistic painting... i always ask others around me for constructive critisism when doing a piece of art because it alows me to not only get better but also explore diferent ways of doing things and diferent points of vews

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ErikShoemaker In reply to MotherNature34 [2012-06-26 20:00:41 +0000 UTC]

yes I totally agree with you! If you want to improve in drawing hands and feet it might be a good start to use your own as reference? I'm not the best painter myself, but that's what I would do I think.

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MotherNature34 In reply to ErikShoemaker [2012-06-26 23:18:25 +0000 UTC]

ok thankyou

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FantasyAqua [2012-05-28 03:23:37 +0000 UTC]

Photoshop detected ! XD really cool i love it

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ErikShoemaker In reply to FantasyAqua [2012-05-28 07:01:22 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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EverydayImherpderpin [2012-05-27 20:41:28 +0000 UTC]

I found this by the way! [link] (Your pictue is in it)

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ErikShoemaker In reply to EverydayImherpderpin [2012-05-28 07:01:45 +0000 UTC]

sorry I see it now, yes the second image is mine. Thanks for the link!

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EverydayImherpderpin In reply to ErikShoemaker [2012-05-28 13:48:34 +0000 UTC]

No problem haha!

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ErikShoemaker In reply to EverydayImherpderpin [2012-05-28 06:57:06 +0000 UTC]

nope, it's not

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Bebeox [2012-01-20 10:54:40 +0000 UTC]

You could blend the grass together a bit more but other then that i LOVE this, the only thing is that Epona is the wrong colour

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ErikShoemaker In reply to Bebeox [2012-01-21 18:21:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you, I have linked an updated version in my image description btw. The blending might be bit better over there!

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BuukuStudios [2011-12-18 07:58:43 +0000 UTC]

This is fantastic...

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ErikShoemaker In reply to BuukuStudios [2011-12-18 10:39:48 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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BuukuStudios In reply to ErikShoemaker [2011-12-20 04:13:27 +0000 UTC]

Not just this one either... All your stuff is! Can't stop looking at it. Can only describe your stuff as entrancingly awesome.

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ErikShoemaker In reply to BuukuStudios [2011-12-23 14:57:19 +0000 UTC]

that's a great compliment, I really appreciate it! Thank you once again, and a merry christmas to you btw

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