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This comic gives me serious "LoZ Manga" vibes in the best ways. I grew up reading the manga and playing the games, so this is high praise from me.

The LoZ mangas are what made 10yo me decide that creating comics was my only goal in life XD. High praise indeed! Thank you!!

#asks #ask mapo #i need a different asks tag #i have more life goals now #but little me was Determined

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Idk why but for somereason I had the urge to send this message. But I really love this story! Leaf is adorable and your art style is so.... yummy. It is so smooth and the colors are always perfect. This is so random and our of the blue- I never send asks, but idk. I just really felt like sending this I guess.

Thank you so much (๑>◡<๑) Sorry for how long it took to answer. This has been in my inbox for a long time, but I think about it frequently.

#asks #thank you!! #this gave me the strength to keep working on the comic

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:0 hello new readers! It looks like some of the directional links between the updates are broken again. I don’t have time to go through and fix all of them right now. So here! vvv

✨  https://thelostkilns-comic.tumblr.com/archive  ✨

^^^ the link to the archive to make your reading a little bit easier.

#delete later

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Prompt 13 - Goron City

Goron City at the foot of Death Mountain :D

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#the lost kilns comic #loz fancomic #loz au comic #FINALLY AT GORON CITY!!! #INTRODUCING MY GORON SON #gorons are my fav zelda race tbh #second only to koroks #i suffered for putting a big BG on almost every page #last update was in march T^T it is slow going

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the next update is taking too long to line... so here, have a closeup of the lad with a flower crown from the last update!

#this one got more than 10 notes? #which is weird for my other blog #anyway its him! #that butterfly was not on purpose tbh #its not wrong tho? #happy pride 🌈

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This comic is absolutely beautiful, I can't wait for the next installment.

Though you should take your time, and take care of yourself while doing so <3

(Also the way you draw Leaf! I- WHOAH he's so cute!! I would definitely ask to hug him if I were to ever see him -v- )

Thank you so much! Progress on the update of the comic is slow, but its getting there!

#ask mapo #the lost kilns comic #thank you for the ask! #I don't know exactly what I did #but its nice to know folks think he looks good XD #especially since I struggle every time I draw him ajdsf

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At what point in the time line is this story?

This story isn’t connected to the main LoZ timeline. You all are free to place where you think it fits best!

#ask mapo #the lost kilns comic #maybe the fallen timeline? #hyrule is pretty broken in this story #but all the other civilizations are thriving #it definitely would have to come after OOT #:0 maybe a long time after Twilight Princess?

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absolutely love this comic, it's like a real Zelda game (the dungeon, amazing)

Thank you so much!

Making the dungeons feel like a zelda game was one of my main goals! It had to loosely follow the classic “solve puzzles > mini boss > get item > boss door > boss fight” pattern. But it also had to fit within my 10 page limit, so I a page or two of rough ideas didn’t make it in.

#ask mapo #the lost kilns comic #asks #thank you for the ask! #i love designing environments #i wanted to make a dungeon map like the games #but i was too busy at the time #:0!!! maybe after the series is done #I’ll make dungeon maps for a possible physical release #aaaaaaa

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I would totally take Leaf and Mapo to the brach <3

I bet Mapo is an amazing floater!

Oh yeah! Mapo is super good at floating XD

#he is just a little wooden guy #amazing at floating #10/10 very good #the lost kilns comic #ask mapo #ty for the excuse to draw this XD it was fun

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hello! I just wanted to say that your art is so nice and i love love love your backgrounds, they're amazing! also, if Mapo and Leaf had a free day to do anything they wanted, what would it be?

"We used to travel a lot when Leaf was little! One time we stopped by this HUGE lake, and it was so big that we couldn't see the other side, and we played on the beach for hours! It was so much fun!" - Mapo

"We want to go back someday." - Leaf

Thank you so much!! The backgrounds are one my favourite parts of creating this comic! ~tEF

#(｡･ω･｡)ﾉ♡ #the lost kilns comic #ask mapo #sorry for how rough the sign is #I just went with the finger spelling version #I think I'm missing a letter.... *squints* I think its the A? #or the E #idk I'm so exhausted this week lol #thanks for the lovely ask!!

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About the Comic

(Update Oct 2023 - Officially on Hiatus)

The Lost Kilns Comic is a Legend of Zelda AU fancomic. It was started on October 3rd, 2020, as part of a month long art prompt challenge hosted by @/linktober. The Linktober Quest 2020 prompt list to be exact. It was a spur of the moment decision to tell the story as a comic. The plan was to draw 1 or 2 pages for each of the 31 prompts. That uh... didn’t last for long. The projected length of the comic now sits at 300 pages long.

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓐𝓭𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓰𝓲𝓷𝓼 [this will take you to the first page!]

04/04/2022 - I have added some directional links to each post! Navigation between each of the prompts/updates should be easier now! They seem to break a bit on desktop, but mobile works ok!

𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤?

Ko-fi~ [here is the link] Its basically like a little tip jar! I don’t drink coffee, but I am always excited to get a Hot Choccy!

Patreon! [here is the link] I occasionally post sketches/concept art, page roughs/thumbnails, early updates, and bonus content!

The Artist - @theelvishfiddler (my artblog) I am just one person creating this comic in my free time. It takes a while to do the pages in full colour and currently you can expect the new pages every 2nd month.

Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoy the story!

#a pinned post #the pinniest of pinned posts #i thought i would make the landing page more professional or smthn #also asks are temporarily open again! #i don't like to @ people but do check out linktober!! #its a fun challenge filled with so much beautiful art!

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Prompt 12 - Deku Tree Gives Directions

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#the lost kilns comic #loz fancomic #linktober2020 #ITS THE DEKU TREE!!! #this took forever because I struggle to draw Leaf's face #and there were WAY too many children to draw #I put way too much effort into these pages and accidentally burn myself out #btw i have a patreon if you want to support this comic #and a kofi #just search up The Elvish Fiddler #aaaaa but who is excited for Death Mountain??? #i am!!! #i love gorons so much they are so good

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Happy Family Day!!

#the lost kilns comic #the lost kilns bonus content #posted this to the wrong blog oops #haha long time no post :') #oops

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P. 11.5 Bonus Pages - The Path to Forest Haven

#the lost kilns comic #the lost kilns bonus content #bonus pages #its been a very busy couple of weeks #I've been struggling with the next pages #so I made these instead #they are very messy

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Hi!!! I love your au so far!! The art and the characters are amazing and I’m very excited to keep reading. Is there info that readers should know before hand or is everything explained through the newly released comics? (I was going to ask if leaf is a reincarnation of link) if this is a story that is explained as it goes I can wait :) I just want to make sure I haven’t missed info on a different blog. Have a great day!!!!!!

I tend to explain things as I release the chapters, so tumblr has all the info there is so far! However, if anyone is curious about anything feel free to ask! I will answer what I can, but I won't give away anything that might spoil the story later.

And thank you for reading!! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story!!

#ask mapo

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Prompt 11/31 - Empty Master Sword Pedestal

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Meet Fado! (they/them)

#the lost kilns comic #the lost woods trio are reunited at last!! #the moment I've been waiting for since october!! #these pages took forever im sorry ajfdhj #the transition from photoshop to clip studio paint was not smooth #and as you can see the quality shifts and jumps a bit #but thats ok #pages 4 and 5 are my favourite #im so proud of them #ok so some context? #Mapo hasn't seen his best friends in about 16 years #Skeo is upset because she couldn't save her friend when the monsters attacked the temple #Fado's last memory before getting sealed away #was being attacked by the Master and not knowing if Skeo made it out safely #Leaf is still a new adventurer and doesn't know what he is doing ajhf d

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I love the way you draw leaf, you can tell so much love was put into his design! Super excited for what you do next c:

aaaaa thank you!

#I'm glad you like his design!!! #I really wanted to include all of the archery gear #also a cape because its a good shortcut when doing panels XD #I also just really wanted the protagonist to have brown hair and freckles #ask mapo