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Description Well, THIS took freakin' forever. I've actually been working on it for several months, but for some reason, I never had time or motivation to work on it. And after all that, it came out looking like crap. Seriously, I promise it's my scanner's fault. And once again, even though no one cares, I'm going to give you an over-long look at why I drew them like this.

Giant Ghini: The thing, in-game, is surrounded by three smaller ghosts. Pumpkin Head is populated by a Ghini with a bow, so I thought "Hey, what if one of the three ghosts inside Ghiant Ghini escaped and became Pumpkin Head?" That's why one of them has a bow. I made it look like Jalhalla from Wind Waker, hence its new name.
Pumpkin Head: I made him look like a Poe from Twilight Princess. Because.
Swoop: Since they attack in the same way, I made Swoop look like an Aeralfos (instead of looking exactly like Knuckles...come on, seriously, he did look like that). His pointed metal shoes are how he splits the floor when he dives.
Head Thwomp: He spins, you throw bombs in his head, and depending on what face you hit, different things happen. Hey, that's just like the Goron Vase in Ocarina of Time! So, yes, he looks like the Goron Vase crossed with a Twilight Princess Armos.
Subterror: I made his drill mechanical and gear-based. It could fit into Twilight Princess or Spirit Tracks that way. Also, giving his bracelets made his hands look like the Mole Mitts from Minish Cap. Hey, maybe that's where the Mole Mitts came from!!.....ew.
Shadow Hag: She's like a Poe from OoT, but since she's a witch, her hair is a broom. Yes. I also gave her the eye and hood of that creepy Poe salesman in OoT.
Armos Knight: Basically a TP Armos. I thought he needed horns, so I gave him some.
Patra: Yes, I reused my drawing from my previous boss collection. Yes, I know I should be ashamed of myself.
Great Moblin: I always gave Moblins this hunchback look, I'm not really sure why. Anyway, I gave him a spear and lantern from Wind Waker, and I also gave him the King of Hyrule's crown and a bomb bag from Twilight Princess. I think he looks cool.
Smasher: I basically made him a Chu instead of a...whatever. I had an idea for how you could fight him in a 3D game: He dives on you with his metal ball. You have to grab it out with the Switch Hook, then pick it up and toss it on his eye.
Smog: He's a big lightning cloud, so I made him an enormous Lakitu! And as it turns out, you need to defeat him with a cane item, and in The Minish Cap, you could also defeat Lakitus with a cane item! I did not remember that when I drew this, so yes, I'm a genius. lol The turtle is a Snapper from Majora's Mask. I also gave him horns, because he needed them.
Vire: I had an idea. Instead of splitting into two Keese when he dies, there are Keese living inside the skulls around his neck, and they become bubbles when Vire is killed.
Octogon: I made his top look like a Like-Like, because I thought "It's a tall, fleshy mass with a big hole on the top." Other than that, I drew the thing as a BigOcto from Majora's Mask. Because that's basically what it is.
Angler Fish: He's an evil fish, so I made him look like Gyorg. I considered giving him Jabun(from Wind Waker)'s angle and lantern lure, but I just stuck with hanging the lantern on his big horn. And as it turns out, that DOES look as stupid as it sounds.
Plasmarine: Ah, the wimpiest boss is Zelda history. I gave him a spotted pattern and waving...um...skirt...because its body shape made me think of those weird flat fish...I think they're called Spanish Dancers. His drawing is PARTICULARLY crappy because I drew him really small for some reason and then had to blow it up on my computer.
Death Stalfos: He's a reaper, so I thought I could make him look like a combination of a Stalfos and Gomess (from Majora's Mask), who is basically a reaper made out of bats. I like how this one turned out, how he's emerging from the Keese and all. On his scythe, the inscription is from Death Sword's...well, sword...in Twilight Princess. Translated from Arabic, it means "shrieking." Which is awesome.
Ramrock: I know that he's technically made of rocks (though in-game he looks kinda like he's made of clay), but for some reason, whenever I picture him, I picture him being made of bricks. Maybe I was subconsciously influenced by Eox from Phantom Hourglass or something. Who cares.
Veran: I really like how she came out. She looks like both a Twili and a Gerudo, so that's what I made her! I patterned her skin and dress after Midna's, and I also gave her a ponytail. For her fairy form, I made her look like the Great Fairy from Twilight Princess, but I gave her a top. Also, she's growing antenna. In these next few, I wanted to picture her as evolving...getting bigger, more evil, and more insect-like. Which I why I placed the bosses in rows of 3. She goes from Fairy to Wasp to Beetle to Spider, getting fatter, growing more legs, getting hairier, and getting closer to the ground. Also, her mandibles get bigger and her wings are getting smaller. The beetle form was weird...I kinda just made an insect up, rather than going from a real one. I like how I put the Twilight pattern on her shell, though. I think she could also lay spider babies, like Gohma, so in her spider form, I gave her a Twilight Portal on her butt, from which the spiders could come. And that didn't even remotely seem awkward to me until I typed it out for the whole world to read.
Twinrova: I gave them bird masks, like Wizzrobes. I thought it made sense because they were witches (and their fantastically huge schnozzes made for good beaks). It's hard to tell, but I put a sun on Koume's left eye and a moon on Kotake's right eye. And I wrote "Twinrova" on their masks in Twilight Princess Hylian. Also, yes, I know that in their dual form, the fire is supposed to be on the right, and vice versa. As a Zelda fanboy, I should care that I did this wrong, but I really don't. It was an accident, but I geniunely think that it looks better this way. Also, I made both halves mirror each other, for obvious reasons.
Ganon: Yes, once again, I committed the crime of reusing a drawing. Please don't hate me.

...DANG, that was long. If you actually bothered to read that whole thing, you deserve a cookie or something.
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Comments: 77

JNRedmon In reply to ??? [2019-07-26 20:33:54 +0000 UTC]

Sure.

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cacturnespook In reply to JNRedmon [2019-07-26 21:03:48 +0000 UTC]

Well my headcanon would be that Twinrova is replaced with two surviving monsters from the Oracle games, a demon magician from Ages and a female dragon warrior from Seasons, who wants to avenge their masters while Ganon is swapped with two merged together into giant dragon demon hybrid.

So what do you think?

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DimitriWarchief123 [2018-08-15 16:37:02 +0000 UTC]

This is AMAZINGΒ 

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JNRedmon In reply to DimitriWarchief123 [2018-08-24 04:45:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm incredibly shocked that you feel that way...it's a really bad, low-quality scan of drawings I did years ago. XD


Thank you!

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DimitriWarchief123 In reply to JNRedmon [2018-08-24 12:23:23 +0000 UTC]

I guess but they look oh so cool


your welcomeΒ 

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JNRedmon In reply to DimitriWarchief123 [2018-08-24 16:42:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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DimitriWarchief123 In reply to JNRedmon [2018-08-24 16:49:38 +0000 UTC]

Ya welcome ^^ I actually beat both games and now i plan to do it again woth ages first, I personally feel like its meant to be seeing that it has a more fleshed out villain and serval forms (plus ya fight her twice before the finale

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JNRedmon In reply to DimitriWarchief123 [2018-09-02 04:43:47 +0000 UTC]

Funny; I always envisioned Ages as coming second for whatever reason.

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DimitriWarchief123 In reply to JNRedmon [2018-09-02 13:07:07 +0000 UTC]

Really? Well i can see why, though in the order i said, you get to see ambi with the skeleton pirate..... it was weird but cute. Anyway yeah I understand, the game made me feel all touchy with the ending ^^

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JNRedmon In reply to DimitriWarchief123 [2018-09-19 21:41:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh, I actually didn't know that! I'd love to see that reunion.

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Cesar-Hernandez [2018-06-03 21:24:52 +0000 UTC]

Love the Ghini's inner ghinis, the Pumpkin Head's entire design and the way you changed the Shadow Hag's darkness on her face (just showing her eyes in a cartoony way) into this "core" shining thing. Great reinterpretation all around.

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JNRedmon In reply to Cesar-Hernandez [2018-06-05 20:37:56 +0000 UTC]

Well thank you. This drawing is pretty old and wasn't scanned very well, but I keep wanting to revisit this series.

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Cesar-Hernandez In reply to JNRedmon [2018-06-06 05:17:45 +0000 UTC]

Whenever you do, I am sure the pics will be great.

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JNRedmon In reply to Cesar-Hernandez [2018-06-23 22:21:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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angelDX [2017-10-26 06:47:39 +0000 UTC]

So many wonderful artworks, all creative and original! I love it!

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JNRedmon In reply to angelDX [2017-10-27 22:50:24 +0000 UTC]

You're far too kind...this is a really old drawing that was uploaded with a crappy scanner. I think it looks awful. XD Thank you.

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angelDX In reply to JNRedmon [2017-10-27 22:51:44 +0000 UTC]

Well, it has a lot of veran in it, so I'm a big fan.

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JNRedmon In reply to angelDX [2017-10-27 23:27:50 +0000 UTC]

Haha thanks. XD

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Laharl234 [2016-05-03 16:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Smasher here reminds me of Goolix.

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JNRedmon In reply to Laharl234 [2016-05-14 12:17:10 +0000 UTC]

Haha yeah I can see that!

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WiseKarasu [2014-08-08 18:47:27 +0000 UTC]

Hee. I find it funny that all these guys get a twilight princess makeover and Plasmarine is STILL adorable and squishy. XD

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JNRedmon In reply to WiseKarasu [2014-08-15 17:46:36 +0000 UTC]

Lol XD

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J4B [2014-06-29 23:04:22 +0000 UTC]

OOh, cool art.

Did Veran have all those boss forms in the game?

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JNRedmon In reply to J4B [2014-07-05 02:43:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Yep. And they're really annoying.

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J4B In reply to JNRedmon [2014-07-05 08:52:06 +0000 UTC]

Better bring a giant bugswatter.

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LittleKunai [2014-04-28 02:14:02 +0000 UTC]

once again awesome I dig your creepy style

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Laharl234 [2013-12-29 01:52:46 +0000 UTC]

Gonna confess I don't really understand this, and I don't think they all necessarily represent their sprites accurately, but they still look cool.

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JNRedmon In reply to Laharl234 [2013-12-29 02:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I understand. I tried to give them all my own spin, but I think I may have gone too far in some places. Thanks for the feedback!

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ndunsmo [2013-06-04 05:11:15 +0000 UTC]

I wish you'd do more of these. These are amazing! Granted, Veran's 'Beetle form' is actually a turtle, but then again that wouldn't have looked nearly as cool.

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JNRedmon In reply to ndunsmo [2013-06-07 01:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I know, I haven't done any in over a year...I really want to get back on this project.
...oh. I didn't know that. XD

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Vyel [2013-01-28 20:33:56 +0000 UTC]

You made all of them look absolutely badass, I'm very impressed, I could never do that, because I draw from references, its too hard to draw without them. My drawings are pretty good too, not as good as yours though, if you want to see my art gallery, visit my page.

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JNRedmon In reply to Vyel [2013-02-03 14:40:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Vyel In reply to JNRedmon [2013-02-03 18:19:57 +0000 UTC]

you're very welcome, this is an interesting concept, and I always wanted to see all of them in non-sprite form. Very cool. you should see my art gallery too.

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JNRedmon In reply to Vyel [2013-02-04 03:26:13 +0000 UTC]

You've got some pretty cool stuff!

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Vyel In reply to JNRedmon [2013-02-04 03:58:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, that means a lot to me. I'm glad you like my artwork.

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ADAMantium91 [2013-01-14 05:39:32 +0000 UTC]

Plasmarine: If a Diglett and a Metroid had a baby.

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JNRedmon In reply to ADAMantium91 [2013-01-26 16:50:13 +0000 UTC]



That's a terrifying thought.

And thanks for the fave!

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GameDweeber [2012-12-27 00:58:12 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I just got this game, Oracle of Seasons, Link's Awakening, and the Minish Cap for Christmas this year and I'm working on Ages right now! From what I played so far, your versions of the bosses look amazing! I know that I've seen this before but I was playing it, looking at the boss Head Thwomp (since that's the one I'm on at the moment) and said to myself, "Hey, didn't *JNRedmon redesign these bosses before?" And ta-da! Here I am looking at it again! Haha But, yeah. I really love how you designed these guys!

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JNRedmon In reply to GameDweeber [2013-01-05 17:49:37 +0000 UTC]

Sweet! Those are great ones, especially Oracle of Seasons. Haha Thank you! I hate fighting Head Thwomp; I can never get my throws right. >.<

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GameDweeber In reply to JNRedmon [2013-01-05 18:06:36 +0000 UTC]

That one is really fun! Head Thwomp was a pretty fun boss!

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SillyInsaneGamer [2012-09-18 20:46:48 +0000 UTC]

Wow!! Damn!! This is just fantastic!! these look so awesome!! !!
I loved playing this on GBC, great work!

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GindyDraws [2012-07-18 15:01:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, the forms of Veran's insect forms do get larger and larger, but I prefered her beetle form the most. Also, I liked your take on her Dark Fairy form.

Interesting take on Ramrock, as well.

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JNRedmon In reply to GindyDraws [2012-07-30 19:16:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Your avatar is cool.

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GindyDraws In reply to JNRedmon [2012-07-31 15:47:45 +0000 UTC]

Oh, you're welcome.

Thank you kindly. Here's the piece where the avatar's from: [link]

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JNRedmon In reply to GindyDraws [2012-08-02 18:03:30 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

Sweeeet. She looks like a Mega Man villain.

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GindyDraws In reply to JNRedmon [2012-08-03 14:34:10 +0000 UTC]

Cool. I like that.

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Vaatialmighty1118 [2011-12-11 23:57:35 +0000 UTC]

I love how you made Veran.

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JNRedmon In reply to Vaatialmighty1118 [2011-12-19 01:45:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And thanks for the faves!

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EternalNocturne [2011-10-22 16:24:17 +0000 UTC]

I guess I forgot to fave this when I saw it last time. XD

I love it!

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JNRedmon In reply to EternalNocturne [2011-10-22 20:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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