I’m not an artist: Five items from Ocarina of Time you could find in an endless forest village

Five items from Ocarina of Time that could be found in a village in the endless forest. 

Deku Stick: Improvised weapons and temporary torches, Link uses these sticks in the same way many children do. Unlike Link, most children are not on an adventure with the fate of intertwined worlds hanging in the balance. In drawing the deku sticks, one was bare while the other had deku nuts still attached. I imagined the stick with nuts sounding like a rattle when swung. 

Children practice the basics of all sorts of skills by playing with sticks. Fishing, drumming, fencing, and even wand skills are all first learned by playing. This connection between children and their sticks is reinforced by the ritual of dowsing that all children in the village undertake as they come of age. Adolescents entering adulthood are tasked with venturing into the forest near the village alone and return with the stick that calls to them. The adolescent, returning with a stick, returns as an adult in the village. The nature of the stick is interpreted by the elders to determine what vocation is best suited for the newly christened adult. Most people in the village keep their dowsing sticks as mementos of the ritual that determined their place in the world. 

Cards: Link's Awakening Complete Set

Here is my take on every item in Link's Awakening. You can go here for a pdf containing all the cards in a printable format.

I like to look back at my progress when I reach these milestones. It is clear to me that every drawing is not created equal. I am really happy with some of these; the organ, secret medicine, and slime key jump out as my top three. I am less happy with others; the coral triangle, second magnifying glass, and marimba are some of my least favorite from this set. Overall I am satisfied with the set. When I get down about some lackluster work I try to remember that this blog isn't about producing high art, it is about practicing my drawing and being creatively fulfilled, and I am happy to have published four complete sets. 

As I write this Ocarina of Time is completely drawn and ready for posting and I am wrapping up work on the items from Majora's Mask. I've got plenty more posts to go before I can say I have drawn and posted ever item in the Zelda franchise. 

Thank you for sticking around. You can check out the other completed sets here. Next week we will be starting our trek through the items of Ocarina of Time.

Please don't profit off my work without my consent, but feel free to use these personally as you see fit. 

Make sure to be excellent to everyone. 

-Ceph

I'm not an artist: She-Ra fan art

Have a free bonus sword!

I took the chance to procrastinate important tasks by watching the new She-Ra and drawing her amazing sword. 

I grew up watching the reruns of 80's He-Man and She-Ra and I am enjoying the new She-Ra series immensely. 

-Ceph

I'm not an artist: The last four items from Link's Awakening that you could also find in a faerie court.

Four items from Link’s Awakening you could find in a fey court.

Full Moon Cello: This is the first dungeon instrument that Link recovers on Koholint Island. I kept my interpretation close to the official game art because the concept is so wonderful. 

The Cello de Lun is said to have the most beautiful song in all of the Four Courts of Tempus. The instrument’s strings are gossamer strands of moonlight and as such can only be played at night under the open sky. Boastful members of the Tempus Faerie claim to have heard the immaculate song of the Cello de Lun, but rumors say that only the luthier that crafted the instrument has ever heard it played. There is little hope to ever hear the cello played as it sits in the vast treasure vaults beneath the grand city of Everday, the seat of the Estival Court, where the sun never sets. 

I'm not an artist: Five items from Link's Awakening you could find in a New Year’s Celebrations.

Five items from Link's Awakening you could find in a New Year’s Celebrations.

Yoshi Doll: Link must win the Yoshi doll in a claw game. This nod to the Mario franchise is the first item in the trading sequence. 

The Caverns of Ygg are home to a number of settlements that have prospered among the subterranean mushroom forests and lightless rivers. Life underground is fraught with many perils. To prepare children and new arrivals for the particular issues that face cavern dwellers, puppet shows are performed in theaters, churches, common halls, and even the streets. Classic examples of plays include The Raptors of Ygg, a play that details the hunting methods of the dangerous reptilian predator, The Poisoned Spring, a play concerning how to determine water quality, and The Dust of Madness, a cautionary tale concerning the spores of the fungal forests.