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KaedeKarasuma β€” LoZ: WW - Storm Brewer

Published: 2008-08-17 00:05:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 5603; Favourites: 322; Downloads: 0
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Description Special dedication to Shigeru Miyamoto,
and the ZREO Team whose reorchestrations of Zelda music inspired me to do this.
(ZREO -> [link] )

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Oooh I feel so professional~ XD
If I'm not mistaken, this is my best work yet?

Everything was hand-drawn, even the shinies (but I copy-pasted a few of those.)

So here goes my baby into the cold cruel intarwebz... @w@ I'm nervous! I hope the background looks okay and not weird, if you know me then you know that I never do backgrounds...

I plan to send this is Nintendo as a gift. Do you think they'll accept it? When I used to get Nintendo Power magazine I know that they would publish readers' art, but I'm not sure if they do that anymore... it's been a dream of mine to have my art in there though. If they don't do it anymore that's fine, but for the effort and love XD put into this I think some Ninten peeps should see it.

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I know it's not exactly official art style, I like to think of it as a beefed up version. I can't help but think I overdid the background though... I thought about adding more wind yet it's so busy already I decided not to.
The hurricanes are different than the ones in Wind Waker, I know.
I tried to make [mostly] subtle but good color transitions in most places... ^_^
And I just realized that Link is probably playing the wrong note? XD I have no idea what he's even playing, I don't remember anything... *goes Ilia* I mean, I haven't played Wind Waker in a long time since my brother traded it in! D: I wanted to play it and couldn't... how depressing...

The original is much, much bigger. It's over 1000 pixels high. I might make a wallpaper out of it, if this is well-received. :3

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Time: Many hours... spanned over two days.
Materials: Sketched with a pencil, then scanned, inked, and colored in Photoshop Elements.
Pencil sketch in my scraps.


Link, Wind Waker (C) Nintendo

needz moar KafeixAnju XD <3


EDIT 9/22/09: Alright everybody, I'm very sorry for hashing this up again if you're not interested in this picture, but I just did some major reworking on Link! I got rid of some unnecessary folds in his tunic, fixed his face, colored that little bit of light green shirt I forgot (I can't believe someone even reminded me, yet I never remembered! I'm sorry ;__; ), made the Wind Waker more shiny~ and more! Compared to the old pic, the details really added up for a big difference.
Thanks very much for your time!


EDIT 7/25/10: Yet more editing to this, lol... but not enough to bother you all about it. XD I really wish I could fix his eyebrows and face some more, but I can't because the layered art I have doesn't have all the changes I've done over time... so I just added some more atmosphere by adding more blue hues overall and to Link. Carry on, please enjoy my art~
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Comments: 51

FayeleneFyre [2011-08-19 01:21:23 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome~! <333 You don't happen to take Point Commission's, do you?

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Jrynkows [2011-03-26 13:22:51 +0000 UTC]

That sure is ONE storm brewing up

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Animal-Art-for-art [2011-03-17 20:43:32 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE THIS! THE ATMOSPHERE IS AMAZING, AND IT LOOKS LIKE OFFICIAL ARTWORK!

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mickeythebluemagic [2010-08-01 11:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful work!

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memyselfandjordan [2010-07-27 00:47:37 +0000 UTC]

awesome!

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to memyselfandjordan [2010-07-28 06:51:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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memyselfandjordan In reply to KaedeKarasuma [2010-07-28 16:47:24 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!

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Meleesaw [2010-07-26 01:47:17 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty damned amazing. The WW style is dead on, and all the detail you put in really makes the picture. I love the background, the tornadoes look really good.

It's something like this I wish I could see on the front page.

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Ryiane [2010-05-01 13:25:12 +0000 UTC]

I actually pasted the 'link' to this in from facebook's "I'd rather play Zelda than study' group, just so I could tell you how amazing it is. Wonderful job!

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to Ryiane [2010-05-19 02:50:44 +0000 UTC]

I went and joined that group after you told me... I thought I had joined it already, I'm surprised I didn't! But anyhow, thank you so much! ^__^ That's very nice of you!

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evilbass159 [2010-02-25 18:02:08 +0000 UTC]

This I Absolutely LOve! This is probably the best windwaker fanart I've ever seen!
I can see how much effort you put into it! You should totally send it to nintendo!


btw... He is gonna be in soooooo much trouble when someone finds out he caused the storm of the century!

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to evilbass159 [2010-03-02 02:34:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much, that's very kind of you to say so! I still haven't sent it yet, I really should though.

Yes he will, I wonder if the nearby island folk don't get freaked out by so many random crazy storms... XD

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JSRF-Blader [2010-02-02 00:25:13 +0000 UTC]

With Wind Waker being one of my favorite Zelda games; I absolutely love this. =] Great job!

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KaizokuShojo [2010-01-08 20:27:01 +0000 UTC]

It looks great; I especially love that background.

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BeagleTsuin [2010-01-08 04:55:58 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh! I love this! The movement and the linework is just...amazing!

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bumble-boo [2009-11-21 18:35:24 +0000 UTC]

This is excellent, undoubtedly one of the best WW Link fanarts I've seen! Very nicely done! The composition is lovely and everything stays very true to the WW style. You should be proud!

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Airumel [2009-11-21 13:34:32 +0000 UTC]

Ah, too bad we can't quite make storms of that caliber on the game!

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lemonchan67 [2009-10-01 19:05:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow...this picture is just...

Wow....

Linky is just a darling.

And those tornado effects are EPIC!!!

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Black-Kat-55 [2009-09-25 09:09:56 +0000 UTC]

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFSHHHFFFFFFF THIS IS AMAZING.

JUST SO YOU KNOW.


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linkofauburn [2009-09-24 08:31:32 +0000 UTC]

Hey, after seeing this as I take a break from my modding I decided I'd be honored if youd do the cut scene people, basicly the idea is just do this random mod to the world of goo, so far, I turned the generic goo in to ditto xD anyways youd just have to draw random people as needed once the scenes are like puppets xD

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diiiverse [2009-09-23 17:02:20 +0000 UTC]

waaaaH <3

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to diiiverse [2009-09-24 21:38:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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ScittyKitty [2009-09-22 21:23:21 +0000 UTC]

I'm not a fan of WW, but that does look almost exact! Keep it up!

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WishIWould [2009-09-22 20:58:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! The details really DO add up to make a big difference! Great work, I loved it before but I like the shiny "zing" of professionalism these changes add to it. Love!

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to WishIWould [2009-09-22 21:12:13 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thanks so much! I really agree with you, I had the old pic on my DA main page compared to the new one, and I was switching them back and forth and it was sooo easy to see how much better the new one looks.
Thanks again!!

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WishIWould In reply to KaedeKarasuma [2009-09-22 23:00:02 +0000 UTC]

No probs! It looks awesome!

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Caito-Pescaito [2009-09-22 20:27:30 +0000 UTC]

* w* cool!!

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to Caito-Pescaito [2009-09-22 21:02:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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WishIWould [2009-07-02 04:09:43 +0000 UTC]

I DO agree - it looks so wonderfully professional, but full of life! You've got that pumped-up style going and it rocks XD The texture looks so amazing on it! I love how Link is just directing with this look of contentment on his face as this storm is raging...WIND. It's SO hard to convey in art sometimes, but you caught the motion and turbulence so well! I faved this a few hours ago <_< after leaving it open in my tabs for days intending to comment before favoriting...and finally I favorited - and then the comment came to mind! funny how that works, sometimes >.>

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DSenderM [2009-06-08 16:11:55 +0000 UTC]

i like it a lot!! wonderful job! ^^

(i like wind waker more than twilight haha)

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to DSenderM [2009-06-21 05:00:53 +0000 UTC]

They're both amazing in their own way, I think thanks a lot!!

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DSenderM In reply to KaedeKarasuma [2009-06-21 11:48:34 +0000 UTC]

yeah,i agree ^^

youΒ΄re so welcome

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DGrayAlchemist [2009-03-21 00:49:42 +0000 UTC]

Incredible detail, this could be mistaken the offical artwork!! ^^

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to DGrayAlchemist [2009-03-21 03:04:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! I'm glad to hear it.

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ThuhJesheekuh [2009-01-04 20:15:54 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely gorgeous! I don't even have words for how much it tickles me. It captures the spirit of the character and the game so very well. And the style is near enough to the original to be an homage but different enough to still be distinctly yours.

I do have one thing to point out, though. If you're going for integrity to the original's colors, there are two inconsistencies: 1. His belt should be black, not brown. 2. Where his undershirt is visible around his collar should be green like his sleeves, but you have it white here.

However, these are just nitpicky things that do not detract from the image's overall composition, which is fantastic. Keep up the stellar work!

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to ThuhJesheekuh [2009-03-21 02:55:47 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, how embarrassing! O__O I really did forget to color the neck part of his undershirt XD!! And I've stared at this picture for hours... it just looked so right to me somehow I skipped over it everytime. Thank you so much for catching it, I'm afraid I may have never!
As for the belt, I saw a screenshot of Wind Waker so I colored it brown. However, in the official art it seems to be black... Oh well, it's not as bad as forgetting to color part of his shirt, I suppose. Maybe it can go either way.
Anyway, thank you so much for your generous comment! I can't thank you enough. It made my day.

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Moyayuki [2008-11-23 07:21:42 +0000 UTC]

Awesomely done! I really like it! It really does have the same look and feel of the video game! I absolutely love "Wind Waker" . . . It was the first Zelda game I was able to beat on my own without any help, and I just loved the colorfulness and the ocean-and-island setting . . .

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Churchy99 [2008-11-02 10:15:41 +0000 UTC]

Yeah this is ........AWESOME! I'm a huge fan of Wind Waker. Probably the best picture I've seen of it. The fact it was hand drawn makes this all the more awesome. You should be proud.

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SparxPunx [2008-10-26 01:58:56 +0000 UTC]

this is very very kewl!!!

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hhantu [2008-10-19 22:24:13 +0000 UTC]

;o; omg, I love it. This is great<3

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KaedeKarasuma In reply to hhantu [2008-11-09 20:05:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! :3

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BrandonBoogers [2008-09-22 13:24:35 +0000 UTC]

dang I wish I could draw and color like you

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Chosen-of-Xenodrupe [2008-09-08 18:24:18 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this definitely stands out! I absolutely love the background and the hurricanes.

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Miyukitty [2008-08-20 19:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, this is gorgeous~! I can see how much time you spent on this - it definitely matches the right style, those colours are amazing, the textures look great... I'm sure the peeps at Nintendo will love it!! I always wanted my stuff in there too, but when they stopped publishing envelope art and such, I let my subscription run out... now I don't know if they've started up again. ;_; I'm sure they'll love it either way!

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Calefacto [2008-08-20 14:49:26 +0000 UTC]

aww<3
this really looks like WW art... although his clothes might have too many crinkles : /

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x-Moonlight-Sonata-x [2008-08-19 05:42:51 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This looks so professional and polished.

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Wellgarth [2008-08-18 02:43:57 +0000 UTC]

I love it I love it I love it I LOOOOOOVVEEEEEE IT!

It's done so perfectly and true to the original artform, and I absolutely adore the graininess! Oh, I SO want to use this as a desktop! Can you please send me the original so I can format?

You deserve thousands of these, you do:

This made my night

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Ebonhero [2008-08-17 01:20:19 +0000 UTC]

Looks very authentic. Like the artists at drew it themselves.

You nailed the texture. OSM JOB.

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Mr-Mikey [2008-08-17 01:02:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow. That's some great artwork, it's nice that Link stands out from the stormy weather.

Well done! *faves*

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KaedeKarasuma [2008-08-17 00:05:49 +0000 UTC]

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