Archive for June, 2010

Extraordinary Voyages

The Extraordinary Voyages Of Eli & Amos CoverHere’s something new! Well, sort of. I wanted to do some new typographic work, and expanding on the “Circumnavigate” piece seemed a perfect opportunity. I’d love to use the illustrations already finished to create further adventures for the duo, woven together to create a children’s book. For now though, I hope you’ll enjoy this piece. :)

Sunday, June 20th, 2010 Design No Comments

Stalfos Knight

I’ve always liked the Stalfos from The Legend of Zelda because they’re understandable; you could tell very easily they were animated human skeletons, no matter the pixel count. The Stalfos in Twilight Princess strayed too far from this for my liking—they look like they were monsters even before death, and their gear was entirely too fetishistic of skulls (see: Arthas).

Personally, I’d prefer to take it back to a more subtle form, as though they were the reanimated corpses of a defeated invading kingdom’s knights. They sport similar but slightly different heraldry than Hyrule to hint at a disastrous desire for power.

Stalfos Knight

Sunday, June 13th, 2010 Sketchbook 2 Comments

Hero Attire

I may have drawn Link from Legend of Zelda a while ago, but I still think about the “ideal” version from time to time. I felt like there needed to be more to it, so here’s another take.

Hero Attire

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010 Sketchbook 1 Comment

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