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Skyward sword is so silly guys😋

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Tony Hawk is to skateboard as Link is to sword

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I don't think I drew anything Zelda since I was 12 or something but anyway here is some totk ;v;

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Hello hello! I made a set of Fi redesigns for my rewrite (archive here) to go with the Ghirahim ones! Full lineup, design commentary, as well as some story info are all under the cut!

Full lineup^^^

Design commentary ^^^ in the form of annotations lol. I also did some minor sword redesings, with the main changes being to form #3. Basically, the canon transition from the goddess hilt to the winged hilt is super abrupt to me, so I tried to make it a little more gradual and to let the wings peek through prematurely

The breakdown of where her "conduits" are (further explanation as to what they are can be found in the ghirahim redesign post). They're concentrated around her legs because I place the conduits based off of their attack patterns, and Fi's are very kick-heavy. I don't have her doing any actual gameplay fighting in the rewrite, but I imagine that the cutscene in canon where Link blocks Ghirahim at the first Gate of Time will be replaced with one where Fi fights him off to give Link some time to talk to Zelda. (Also because the part where Zelda throws the harp across the chasm is really weird and I want it to be a proper handoff lol)

In the rewrite, you find Fi sealed underneath the Goddess Statue in a stasis crystal, with the Goddess Sword in front. When you draw the sword, the crystal shatters and Fi gives her introduction. (She has been summoning you via chimes, not apparitions, in my version). Because the original hero's sword (ghirahim) defected, Hylia had to create a new sword to seal him away with. Fi, who was a sheikah when human, volunteered to undergo the forging process. However, the forges with the three flames was destroyed before the process could be completed, so Hylia sent her in a stasis crystal up to skyloft with instructions on how to guide the hero through completing the sword. More details about the flame quests can be found here.

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he come to town

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This took me five and a half hours 😪

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do you have any directors commentary on the recent two updates? 👉👈 the color palette is absolutely lovely! and and and WOLF!! :DD

OH BOY DO I

In the original draft of this chapter, Wolf stays a, uh, wolf until like the 4th update. Instead of actually managing to get his teeth on the master sword, Loft threw him off immediately. The Deku still said the line about all three of them being heroes and Slate is like. “Including the fucking dog????!” I thought it was very funny but a) it made some scenes later down the line a huge pain and b) I was tired of drawing wolves ALDKDKD

You may have noticed Wolf’s scowling in the bg of almost every panel. That’s kind of just his face, but also right now my guy is nursing the world’s biggest migraine from popping the shadow crystal out of his skull. He can stay wolfmode for a while, but it’s still technically a curse. It’s not consequence free, and there’s an upper limit for how long he can spend in that form. Anyway, cut him some slack if he’s a little prickly for a bit.

There were a lot of comments about Loft being strong enough to toss a wolf over his head lol. My hc is that he’s one of, if not the strongest Link sans any magic items like power bracelets or gauntlets. He’s actually not even as strong now as he was during his quest. Wolf maybe has him beat now, but he can still get tossed lolol

It might seem like Slate’s really taken everything that happened at the end of ch1 in stride, but don’t worry. He’s simmering. Loft is grateful for the opportunity to get distracted by something else. Maybe that’s why he was so willing to approach the wild animal he’s never seen before lol

This maybe goes without saying based on the events of the last two updates, but Slate never had wolf link with him during the events of botw. He doesn’t recognize Wolf.

I’m really glad ppl seem to be liking the colors bc I struggled with them so hard on both updates 🫠literally days of me turning to my roommate and going “I think I’ve never made anything worse” and them going “it looks good stop being dramatic” WKDJDK I have this thing where if I had an idea in my head for what an update should look like, and what I produce doesn’t meet it somehow, I start seeing in fucking. shrimp colors. Posting always gives me a confidence boost back lol.

these pages were cursed in general bc like. this doesn’t usually happen but I think I redrew every panel in this update at least 5 times each. that’s part of why it ended up being late SKDJF

I REALLY like the idea of being in the presence of the Triforce and having access to its power being this eldritch, divinely horrifying experience. The sort of thing that is impossible to explain to anyone and also haunts you forever. Loft spends a lot of time actively trying not to think about the Triforce. Just, like, remember that about him.

Like how tears in reality are shown through holes in the literal comic panels, I tried to show the concept of reality bending in the form of a panel stretching and twisting like a ribbon ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ I hope that came across. Triforce lore varies a bit from game to game, but I’ve come up with my own internal logic for bonus links that combines all the ideas I like lolol. We’ll learn more about it in due time!

I also really like this parallel :D I intentionally set up the panels so past and present loft would line up like this. i love getting to draw flashback links it’s so fun to think of ways to convey what they used to be like, and how their quests might have gone for them. Past Loft’s not having a great time by the time he reaches this point lol

I think that’s all I’ve got for now. Thanks for asking :D

#bonus links

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times misplaced his keys somewhere

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#aww buddy #poor boy #i love every expression you draw so so much

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#the perfect expression

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Tales from Lon Lon part 2 (part 1)

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<33

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ghibli but make it linked universe part 2

lmao doesn’t this fit tho

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little doodles of the hw links

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Do you think Ravio puts this in Legend's house and Legend hates it and tries to get rid of it, but Ravio replaces it every time? Because I do.

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For @ezdotjpg and @bonus-links I hope you will like it !

Sketch line lightning

#bonus links #bonus mage #!!! #the colors are so fun!

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For art requests: perhaps sky and his loftwing?

they're resting :]

#awww #oh to have a pet big enough to be used as a pillow