Ocarina of Time Gets a New Look in Gorgeous Fan Art

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Ocarina of Time Gets a New Look in Gorgeous Fan Art

Monsters are fought and princess are rescued in these Ocarina of Time prints, and all without a word being spoken.

As part of a college project, freelance illustrator Vikki Chu has created a series of prints, showing how Link obtained the three spiritual stones in Ocarina of Time, with a wonderfully stylized look. These prints aren't new, but they are incredibly pretty, and worth sharing all the same.

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Anyone familiar with Ocarina of Time will recognize what's going on in an instant, from Link entering the Great Deku Tree, to playing the ocarina for Darunia, to rescuing Princess Ruto from Lord Jabu Jabu's belly. Chu created them in her senior year of Illustration class at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2009. The brief was to re-interpret the look and feel of a videogame, something that Chu did exceedingly well.

Sadly, Chu can't sell prints of these, as she doesn't own the rights to the characters, but there's nothing to stop us admiring them online. You can check out more of her artwork on her blog [http://vikkichu.blogspot.com/].

Source: GamePro [http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/222023/legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-retold-through-adorable-art/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GameProNews+%28GamePro.com+Daily+News%29]




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IAmTheVoid

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... It's not really an original look, I'm afraid. It's almost exactly like the art style used to introduce and conclude Phantom Hourglass. Really good replication of the style, though.
 

blalien

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The Escapist: We get our news two weeks after Kotaku.

http://kotaku.com/5827217/ocarina-of-time-is-a-childrens-story/gallery/1
 

Scarim Coral

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Wow those are nice illustrations of the game story. I hope she continue to draw out the rest of it.
 

ResonanceSD

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That's really cute! ~_~; and now to go scourge myself for saying that.

But seriously, <3


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blalien said:
The Escapist: We get our news two weeks after Kotaku.

http://kotaku.com/5827217/ocarina-of-time-is-a-childrens-story/gallery/1
I Loled so hard =D

I bet kotaku isn't going down the drain right now
 

Twilight_guy

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Meh... I don't really like it. The style just looks like a small child's scribbling to me. That's not to say that it's not good art or that the artist doesn't deserve to be commended (she does) but I just don't like it. Hooray for knowing that the concept of "good" art has nothing to do with the art itself!
 

orangeapples

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Twilight_guy said:
Meh... I don't really like it. The style just looks like a small child's scribbling to me. That's not to say that it's not good art or that the artist doesn't deserve to be commended (she does) but I just don't like it. Hooray for knowing that the concept of "good" art has nothing to do with the art itself!
OMG!!! someone on the internet understanding that person opinion does not equal fact? Is the internet dying and trying to set things proper?
 

Twilight_guy

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orangeapples said:
Twilight_guy said:
Meh... I don't really like it. The style just looks like a small child's scribbling to me. That's not to say that it's not good art or that the artist doesn't deserve to be commended (she does) but I just don't like it. Hooray for knowing that the concept of "good" art has nothing to do with the art itself!
OMG!!! someone on the internet understanding that person opinion does not equal fact? Is the internet dying and trying to set things proper?
I am Twilight_guy, I speak for the Internet. I have one thing to say:
I'm in ur Escapist, reading ur newz.
MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL!!!!
 

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blalien said:
The Escapist: We get our news two weeks after Kotaku.

http://kotaku.com/5827217/ocarina-of-time-is-a-childrens-story/gallery/1
I was going to post the exact same link when I saw the pictures.
 

Bebus

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These are really good but...

Aren't these basically the same as the 'flashback' scenes from Wind Waker and the Phantom Hourglass?
 

Rusman

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Personally I don't like it, but prop's to the lass she has a nice art style (far better than my own highly generic style) and I hope she keeps with it to create something completely original.
 

Asuka Soryu

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Reminds me of Phantom Hourglass... Ugh, bad memories of going through that dungeon 7 times.

Anyways, this art style doesn't appeal to me, but whatever floats your boat.
 

MetroidNut

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I hate to nitpick, but who am I kidding I love to nitpick. Why's Link right-handed in these? I mean, yes, the Wii controller forced Link to be right-handed in Twilight Princess, but excepting that (and Skyward Sword), being left-handed was Link's endearing little quirk. Sort of sad to see it get neglected, in a strange and quirky way.