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(Lineart drawn in Painter - Coloring done in Photoshop)Short Description:
This is the scene from Zelda: Twilight Princess where Link is first pulled into the mysterious Twilight by a twisted monster. As the symbol of the sacred triforce glows on his hand, the creature tosses him aside in fear and he collapses to his knees. Pain grips him as something...begins to change...
He rears back and roars as the strange black squares of twilight sweep over him and he is transformed, staring blankly through the eyes of a wolf for a brief moment before falling to the ground unconcious.
Rambly:
OH EM GEE. It's finally done. DONE!
So I've been working on this off and on for...four weeks I think? I have no idea exactly how many hours it took (I wish photoshop kept track of that sort of thing).
I made it as an entry for ‘s Twilight Princess contest, though about halfway through I realized that not only was it turning out to be an oddly shaped comic (tall), but that comics in general are a little too….busy for something like this. A single image done correctly can be far more powerful, and I wish I’d realized it sooner.
Having not, I said, psha! Ah well, I’ll just burn my eyes out of my skull by agonizing over details instead! Whee!
Game-to-artwork transition:
The transformation in the game was extremely fast and didn’t show any actual blending of human-wolf like this does…the twilight also moved differently and was less spotty and random. I took a few liberties with it…for fun, mostly. I like to imagine this is more along the lines of what happened the first time (hense why he was in pain), but for every other transformation he was aided by Midna, who could render the experience painless.
Oh, and this is 50% the original size. Yeah, what the hell was wrong with me when I decided to keep it at that size for coloring? I nearly killed my poor computer with that photoshop file.
And finally - I hope to eventually make this into a flash-animated comic...nothing too shiny or exciting, just a page-flipper to make it easier to read.
Wallpaper of last panel: [link] !
--**UPDATE**--
I came in 13th...the winner was one I'd kinda figured some few ages ago, tis an amazing piece! I was hoping to do at least a lil better, but...whatcha gonna do...'cept try harder! XD
Thanks all!
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Comments: 120
Cusackanne [2009-02-23 23:23:35 +0000 UTC]
You caught the emotion really well in this. So strong and gives a message of how much this hurts to transform. Very beautiful indeed.
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Invader-Shi [2009-01-13 08:08:11 +0000 UTC]
words cannot describe how completely AWESOME this looks!
I think the only thing negative I can say is that the eyes are too close together in the last panel. But still, the whole things just looks really cool!
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YouOff [2008-12-31 15:29:15 +0000 UTC]
faved, if anything just for the first panel, it's incredible.
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3waycrash [2008-12-18 07:33:27 +0000 UTC]
the middle frame is the best transformation of link into a wolf I've ever seen
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SarahRoseP [2008-11-30 04:48:14 +0000 UTC]
This is SO cool! X3 I love how you did the whole mid-transformation thing in the third panel and how he himself looks in the forth/last panel. Will you be doing another one like this? Please say that you are. You are a great artist.
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Lizard-of-Odd In reply to SarahRoseP [2008-12-05 21:52:13 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I don't know that I'll be doing one so similar to this, but you can expect more zelda art from me eventually. I will always be a fan.
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SarahRoseP In reply to Lizard-of-Odd [2008-12-06 02:18:55 +0000 UTC]
Sweet! That's great to hear, er, I mean read. ^^' I hope you will. Zelda is the GREATEST to have ever EXISTED!! X3
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Lizard-of-Odd In reply to SarahRoseP [2008-12-21 02:59:46 +0000 UTC]
It's pretty durn spiffy! XD
Rumors are that the next one will be completely different. I rather hope this is true. They need to start branching out before they seriously overdo it (something many people think happened a while ago. I've enjoyed all the zelda games, but one can only tell the same story so many different ways...)
Also: I find it confusing and annoying that I cannot un-click an emotion after accidentally choosing one. Thus, I am apparently experiencing great sadness while writing this!
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SarahRoseP In reply to Lizard-of-Odd [2008-12-22 05:37:17 +0000 UTC]
Heh heh, that's too bad. Oh well.
Anyway, as I'd written before I really like this. Kudos to you! ^^
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dietywolf [2008-09-20 12:42:03 +0000 UTC]
gorgeous you pulled off the transformation better than the game
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Leafyful [2008-09-12 19:51:33 +0000 UTC]
OMG
that is f-ing amazing
*points at epic awesomeness*
But.. how ...
I love all of it!
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hopelessromantic13 In reply to ??? [2008-08-01 22:01:48 +0000 UTC]
I once thought of doing something like this, but having itmore like the game's transformation but slowed down. It is surprising I haven't come across any youtube vids where some one slowed down the scene.
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cobaltglitch [2008-06-25 03:03:28 +0000 UTC]
that would be awesome if someone made a comic of twilight princess wait did they already do that...... -,- hmm
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Kamikan-Lupanari [2008-05-24 03:25:50 +0000 UTC]
This is awesome. The transition looks great. Definitely better than the games transformation. I agree with you. That went too fast and just looked a little weird. I love the frame with werewolf-Link. Great job!
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SanguineJustice [2008-05-22 23:27:18 +0000 UTC]
for some reason his human form in this reminds me a lot of ben10.... i likey either way!
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SanguineJustice [2008-05-22 01:26:08 +0000 UTC]
awsome! i wish he changed like this in the game instead of it just going black. did anyone else think his first change and that 'moan' of 'ain' were kind of smexy?
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demoness137 [2008-04-07 15:06:26 +0000 UTC]
WOW i've never seen a better pic from link in first twilight then this one!!!
NICE JOB!!!
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Drac0nis [2008-02-28 23:36:32 +0000 UTC]
just wow ^..^.. I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it!
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Worgak [2007-12-29 17:34:40 +0000 UTC]
Holy crap!
This is the best drawing/painting/we I've ever seen!
Seriously, that drawing is DAMN GREAT!!
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footnoodles [2007-12-01 06:58:53 +0000 UTC]
Wow, your style is beautiful~! I abosuletly love the panel where he's mid-transformed... beautiful ^^
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KingdomHeartsgal [2007-11-18 09:17:13 +0000 UTC]
YAY! Something like this wants me to play it! ...but not a 4:10 in the morning, srry. I beat it nine times and I am on my tenth, yesterday I was in that area in 30 min. THAT IS A WORLD RECORD! HA HA, any1 else beat it 9 times? Eh? Any1? GOOFY! Get your shield and get away from the dang computer (sorry about this T T).
--
If you laughed a little when Goofy got knocked in the head then copy and paste this into your signature.
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kumagorokun690 [2007-10-12 03:48:22 +0000 UTC]
zomg his eyes r still human like *points a finger and pokes his eye*
... oops
very nice transformation keep up the good work
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The-Jazz-Dingo [2007-10-01 01:06:04 +0000 UTC]
Now that it pure awesome.
When he first turned into a wolf, I thought it was rather anticlimactic.
But this just makes it look awesome.
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Lizard-of-Odd In reply to The-Jazz-Dingo [2007-10-25 12:32:28 +0000 UTC]
^^ Thanks! I thought the same thing.
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AnuOjat [2007-09-13 21:29:52 +0000 UTC]
This is truely magnificent pic.
All detail... all emotion... the cube effect...
9/10 and fave
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Candy-Ice [2007-09-08 00:37:25 +0000 UTC]
Well gee, I feel smart.
Commenting on your Ganon picture when you have something beautiful like this lying around.
You have premission to slap me now.
I saw this a while back and I have NO CLUE why I didn't comment and fave this by now. Seriously, amazing, amazing, amazing piece. The way the events flow really is great. Link looks awesome-the coloring, the detail, the clothes, very nice. I love how you made a pulse of the Twili symbols when he first freaks out and his hair raises-sweet planning.
And let's not forget the transformation, which is well done beyond any standards. I seriously love how the clothes break off as squares like that, very cool, very cool. That background of Faron woods is also very well done; you draw scenery very nicely.
That great-ness of that last pannel speaks for itself. I'm afraid the amazing detail and mezmorising eyes leaves me speechless.
Looks like you forgot to add the 'Twilight Tint', though. But that doesn't matter, your art distracts me from even thinking about that.
Well done, yet again. I wish you luck in the contest.
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Lizard-of-Odd In reply to Candy-Ice [2007-09-24 22:50:57 +0000 UTC]
Slap you? -snrk- You post nice comments, I'm hardly about to complain, muchless do violence upon you.
The absense of the twilight tint in the last panel was on purpose...I had a reason I can't remember exactly now...I think at the time I felt it mussed up his eyes too much...I wanted to show them more purely or something...dunno! XD
Thanks so very much, both for the comment and the luck! ^^
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Candy-Ice In reply to Lizard-of-Odd [2007-09-24 23:17:26 +0000 UTC]
Heh heh, well I guess that's a good thing XD
Ahh, I see...yeah, a strong tint like it has in the twilight might make it hard to look at....that was nice save there.
You're welcome yet again
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RustyNormandale [2007-09-03 17:17:14 +0000 UTC]
Really good job with each form, the transition, the scenery, and such. I reckon it's like in the game that individual squares are pulled, huh? Great job.
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Lizard-of-Odd In reply to RustyNormandale [2007-10-25 12:36:12 +0000 UTC]
Late reply...but yes, in the game its like a wave of little black squares that turn black on something and then piece off, floating up into nothingness or a portal or something.
Thanks!
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RustyNormandale In reply to Lizard-of-Odd [2007-10-27 20:20:39 +0000 UTC]
And since then, I reckon I've seen a clip or two of that.
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Provolvere [2007-09-03 03:16:25 +0000 UTC]
That is officially the first pixelated transformation I've ever seen. That must have taken a lot of time to do. Very creative.
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RisingManes [2007-08-30 01:45:19 +0000 UTC]
I hath faved this already.
Seriously... that's a lot of work! And I love how the outfit fades in those squares, like the Twilight Realm is just some digitized realm or something...
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Lizard-of-Odd In reply to RisingManes [2007-09-02 02:14:44 +0000 UTC]
^^ Thanks! Glad you noticed the faded bits.
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silver-fang09 [2007-08-20 05:48:18 +0000 UTC]
Finally! Someone actually drew him transforming! I love this -faves-
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oOoOSympatheticAngel [2007-08-19 19:35:39 +0000 UTC]
This is an awesome transformation drawing !!!
I'm impressed!
you've done a good, no, fricken amazing job!
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