The Minish Cap: Gilded Geese

 Gilded Geese

Pegasus Boots: Link receives the pegasus boots from a cobbler whose work is mostly done by diminutive helpers while he sleeps. These boots allow Link to run at incredible speeds, knock into things with incredible force, and eventually make charging sword attacks after learning the incredible technique.

A rare genetic mutation similar to albinism or melanism is aurism. Affected birds have lustrous gold colored feathers and lay similarly golden colored eggs. These rare specimens are eagerly sought after by collectors for their novelty and by con artists for their ability to fool the masses.

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A cobbler being helped by sprites while they sleep is a classic fairy tale reference.

I know these don't depict winged boots, but I wanted to find a way to draw the golden goose for this set. If you need some guidance on how these help in a similar way to the Pegasus Boots, the geese depicted here are giant racing geese that the party can ride like Chocobos.

If you need this goose to really by gold and lay gold eggs, we have you covered with some golden eggs coming up later in the set.

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Be excellent to everyone.

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Four Swords Adventures: Boots of a speedy god

 Boots of a speedy god

Pegasus Boots: These boots allow Links to sprint at great speed. Running that fast allows Link to smash into enemies and objects with tremendous force, jump gaps,  or to shake large obstacles with the collision. As with all the pedestal items, Links must give up their current pedestal item to obtain this new pedestal item and can only use it in the level it was found.

These boots look just like the ones the messenger of the gods wears, except these are old and shabby. How did such famous boots end up collecting dust in your grandparents’ attic? What else could be hidden up here?

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After the news that Zelda will be the playable protagonist in Echoes of Wisdom, I saw a comic online that shows Zelda using Wisdom to solve the classic, something on top of a shelf puzzle, by getting something to stand on instead of Link’s smash into the shelf to knock stuff on top off method. Gave me a good laugh. I don’t know where I saw it or who made it, but if you do let me know.

If anyone in your playgroup has an issue with you having a comic book item in their high fantasy adventure, just say these are the Boots of Speed from WarCraft 3.

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#Drewly: Bloodlust

Bloodlust

Bloodlust: Shamans of the Horde learn how to instill the armies of the horde with supernatural ferocity in the heat of battle.

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Drewly is all about posting art that you have already made. Post as often or as little as you’d like. It is a “challenge” to let you celebrate what you have already done. If you post for Drewly don’t forget the tag #Drewly.

See you tomorrow for more Drewly posts. 

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Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Wind Waker: The first two items from the Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.

The first two items from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.

Telescope: Link is lent this telescope by his younger sister Aryll to use on his birthday. She is sure to remind him that he needs to return it after his birthday. Unfortunately, Aryll is kidnapped before Link can return her prized telescope. For the rest of the game, Link uses the telescope to spot far-off points of interest in his adventures through the Great Sea.

This looking glass allows users to see far-off things in perfect clarity, but so do all telescopes. What makes this one special is its ability to show things as they truly are when viewed through the lens. As this telescope was designed to be used at extreme distances, its true sight is far less useful for spotting anything already close enough to strike.

Sail: Unsurprisingly, the sail is used when sailing to catch the wind and propel Link’s ship and companion, the King of Red Lions. Without the sail, the ship cannot hope to sail the open seas. Without wind, the sail hangs slack and useless. Link must buy the sail from Zunari the merchant of WIndfall island, but players should consider the 80 rupees required to buy the sail an investment in their burgeoning naval careers.

The art of weaving moon cloth was lost when the last of the lunar weavers was consumed by demonic corruption. Those in search of the luminescent cloth must first barter with the demonic weavers for their corrupted cloth and then purify the cloth at one of the few holy places to the moon goddesses that remain untainted. Some of the most hopeful, or naïve, point to the fact that moon cloth can be purged of its corruption as proof that the demonic corruption could be purged from the land and its people. 

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Welcome to the first items from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker. This is my favorite console Zelda game. I won’t say that it is objectively better than other console titles in the Zelda franchise, but it has a very special place in my heart mostly due to its wonderful art direction.

The theme for this set of items is vaguely nautical, so be prepared for items you could find on a ship, in the open seas, or just sort of related to something that is related to something nautical. I play pretty fast and loose with these themes, so know that everything won’t be entirely under the obviously nautical umbrella.

Daylight savings' "spring forward" happened today. I hate daylight savings and I hope I live to see its abandonment by all of the world.

War around the world is a human tragedy. Make the world a better place, however you can.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

Four Swords: Desert fruit from Four Swords.

Desert fruit from Four Swords.

Pegasus Seed: In Four Swords, seeds are consumable power ups that can be found by cutting grass. The pegasus seeds double the speed of any Link that eats the seed for the rest of the level. With the speed boost, Link can avoid enemy attacks and rush to be the first to treasure.

The pitaya is a fruit of the desert and a favorite treat of the giant winged thunder lizards. Heroic stories of old speak of brave heroes taming the wild beasts to serve as powerful companions and mounts. To capture the beast, heroes stalked the fruiting groves of cacti and rushed the lizards only after they had gorged themselves into a stupor pitaya fruit.

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Indigenous peoples' day is tomorrow in the United States. Celebrate all the amazing things the indigenous peoples did prior to, during, and after contact with Europeans. Christopher Columbus was a vicious man whose actions are were abominable and whose legacy is misrepresented in history. In the most literal sense, he couldn’t have discovered America if there were humans there when he arrived. 

 I’ve been struggling to finish drawings lately. I’m still drawing but I’ve been stuck with about 30 drawings left to do in the Wind Waker set for a while now. Lots has happened to help me stay stuck; bought a house, moved, school started back up, Covid is still hanging out, but I want to put out there that I’m still working. 

While I haven’t been able to push through to the end of Wind Waker, I have gotten five good drawings based on a certain open world rpg that is celebrating its tenth anniversary next month. Watch out for those coming soon.

The world is still a crazy and deeply inequitable place. Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

 

Four Swords: Legendary boots of speed from Four Swords.

Legendary boots of speed from Four Swords.

Pegasus Boots: When a Link grabs these boots from one of the item podiums in Four Swords they gain the ability to dash forward at incredible speeds. Unlike many other isometric Zelda games, these Pegasus boots allow for some slight steering once the dash is started instead of just barreling straight along. Like all utility items in Four Swords, these boots are only ever found on item podiums and can only be used during the stage they are found.

For one hundred years, these boots were worn by successive captains of a riverboat that only ever docked once every seven leagues. Over all those years the boots grew accustomed to traveling vast distance between each step on land. Now the boots have an innate magic that rushes the wearer many leagues with each step. 

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I am rounding the corner on big life events which is exciting but having recently moved I haven’t been able to dedicate as much time to drawing as I would like. With that in mind, I hope I can dedicate some consistent time for that soon and really fill my cup back up after all the positive but draining changes.

Hate is bad. Islamaphobia, racism, and any other us vs them thinking at all are all bad. Growing up with the 9/11 attacks at the center of my childhood was a defining experience. That day changed my world forever. It also centered hate as a motivator for so many of the actions that followed. It made hating others cool again which is something I hope no one forgets. Let’s all work together to dismantle all the hate that is so freely flowing and work to uplift all people to be their best selves.

Be excellent to everyone.

-Ceph

 

Not an artist: Five items from Oracle of Seasons needed to save the universe.

Five items from Oracle of Seasons needed to save the universe.

Ember Seed: Mystical seeds fill the place of the useful magical consumable. Each type of seed is unavailable to Link until he harvests them from a mystical tree for the first time. Ember Trees can be found in Horon Village, but only fruit during the Winter. Link cannot harvest the ember seeds until he has the seed satchel.

Ember seeds burst into an intense flame when cracked open. They can be used to light torches, clear brush, harm enemies, and burn the wrappings of mummies to reveal their skeletal forms. 

Each of the stones represents a different fundamental essence. This stone represents the essence of fire, and its true power can only be unleashed by touching it with flame. The powers of all stones must be unleashed together to stop the coming of the great calamity.

I'm not an artist: Five items from Oracle of Ages owned by an herbalist.

Five items from Oracle of Ages owned by an herbalist.

Seed Satchel: A few more versions of the seed satchel from last week.

Mishri’s life as a traveling herbalist is a lonely one. To take the edge off of solitary life in the wilderness, Mishri had two satchels enchanted to contain talkative spirits. Mishri is now odder than ever after long months spent only with their luggage. 

I'm not an artist: Five masks from Majora’s Mask used in the ritual.

Five masks from Majora’s Mask used in the ritual.

Keaton Mask: The mask of a fox spirit that looks suspiciously like Pikachu. Link uses this mask to summon Keaton, a popular fox spirit who asks Link a series of questions. If he answers them all correctly, he is rewarded with a piece of heart. 

The fox spirit represents the people’s need to hunt and kill to survive. In the great hunt, one person is chosen as the hunter and wears the visage of the fox. It is believed that how well they hunt and how well they honor the spirits dictates the prosperity of the people in the coming year.

I'm not an artist: Five dangerous toys from Link's Awakening

Five dangerous children’s toys from Link’s Awakening.

Mermaid Scale: The scale of a mermaid given to Link after he has returned the mermaid’s missing bikini top, or her necklace in the tamer US release. This scale opens a secret passage hidden behind a statue of amournful mermaid. Theoretically, the mermaid is morning the single missing scale that holds it back from being a perfect masterpiece.

Emira and Malik were sad when they had to leave their friends behind when they moved to a new town. Nothing could have prepared them for finding a magical dragon scale hidden inside a hollow wall of their new home. This prismatic dragon scale pulled Emira and Malik into a world inhabited by tyrannical dragons and their groveling servitors. Only the boldest or most guileful dragons are able to maintain control of their fiefdoms for long. The draconic overlords constantly play a brutal game for supremacy of the Dragonlands, where their underlings are the disposable pieces. Quetzal, a devious dragon of minor influence discovered Emira and Malik just after they arrived in the Dragonlands. After learning about Emira and Malik’s pastoral home, Quetzal is more than willing to help the siblings discover a way back, if only so they might come to that world as a conqueror.

I'm not an artist: Five super items from A Link to the Past

Five items from A Link to the Past. Each with an adventure seed from the super powered city of New Metropia.

Blue Mail: The blue mail offers Link increased damage reduction and a cool new pallet swapped sprite. The armor is found in an ice themed dungeon and it really only connects with the dungeon’s theme via the color blue. The symbol on the chest is based on various images from color theory so I’m thinking about colorful as a concept when I see this breastplate.

Rainbow Defender became the first openly homosexual crime fighter in New Metropia almost seventy years ago. The citizens of New Metropia were not always accepting of Rainbow Defender, but they have always defended the rights and liberties of each and every person. Always appearing in their distinctive rainbow colored armor, they are all but invulnerable to harm. Some theorize that the armor has actually been passed down to a new generation allowing the original Defender to retire.

 The Radiant Raiment was bestowed to a particularly devout paladin in service of the Searing Light. This crusader of the light was last seen traveling towards Sengiriztan, a land avoided by all but the bravest or most foolish due to its fearsome reputation for being secretly ruled by a vampiric oligarchy.