E3 'Doodle' - Link's Reawakening
Added 2019-06-11 04:44:16 +0000 UTCI spent the better part of Monday creating this -- what ultimately amounts to just 9 seconds of meme. As you may know, I've been doing E3 doodles to put out as the event happens, so I thought this would be a cool "artwork" to add to the series.
This SHOULD be posted tomorrow on Twitter, during Nintendo's E3 Direct.
Concept:
You know that Grand Theft Auto meme, where CJ's all "Ah, shit. Here we go again?" It's that, but with Link, since the Link's Awakening game on Switch is a remaster of an older title!
I had initially planned to create a frame by frame hand-drawn animation, but then I had the idea to use Dreams for another idea. The two ideas become one, and ultimately came out much better than how the hand-drawn animation would have.
Execution:
All of the flora was designed with motion sway, the grass, trees, and flowers. But you can't see it because Link's moving, so I guess it's too subtle. Though it's not a big deal, because the focal point is actually on Link and the mountain in the background.
It was important that this "artpiece" was clearly referencing Link's Awakening, and the sight of Mount Tamaranch is THE most recognizable image of that game -- where the giant egg rests. This way, it's unmistakable. My previous Link's Awakening doodle was just Link on a white background, so it didn't have a lot of context. It'd be easy to not know what it's about.
This scene was fairly complex, so I'll be sure to show you some behind the scenes for it in the next Patron-Only Feed update.
Don't forget to eat & sleep.
