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"I've been waiting for you Link."

This thing drove me absolutely and totally insane. And I practically killed my back by sitting in front of the computer for so long (for those that don't know, I have a twisted spine... so yeah. And yes, I cope with it just fine).

Anyway... this idea started right after I had finished my last Legend of Zelda piece of "A Heroic Beauty" (featuring Epona and the blue glowing annoyance.. aka Navi), and it took me two full days (including staying up until 5am working on it in the process before actually sleeping), and I could not just satisfy myself with doing a manip of JUST Princess Zelda... I had to keep going, creating the Master Sword in the stone before even touching a background... which became a challenge in itself.

The background was inspired by an April Fool's prank that was played on LoZ fans worldwide by IGN via a "Movie Trailer" (which you can view here: [link] ). Watch the video, and the scene where you first see Princess Zelda, THAT'S what inspired the background. So this is my version.

And for the record, I created every bit of armor and jewellery on the Princess, and created the hilt for the Master Sword from scratch. She is also inspired by the Twilight Princess version of Zelda, with some creative liberties regarding her hair and sleeves. I didn't want it to be a total recreation of the princess from that game installment, I wanted to have some of my own imagination involved too. And FYI, the title is "Princess of Time", because I've heard that Zelda is the "Sage of Time" along with the Princess of Hyrule... and Link is the Hero of Time, so it made sense to me.

So that being said... Can I go die now?

Program used: Adobe Photoshop
Time: 2 days
Artwork © *FlightDesigns
Princess Zelda, Master Sword, and Legend of Zelda © Nintendo

You may not download or redistribute this for any reasons whatsoever.

STOCKS USED
The stocks I used for this piece are all listed under the respective detail shots for the components that I used them in. To see exactly what I used, please view the detail shots. I have done it this way to save space here.

Description
"I've been waiting for you Link."

This thing drove me absolutely and totally insane. And I practically killed my back by sitting in front of the computer for so long (for those that don't know, I have a twisted spine... so yeah. And yes, I cope with it just fine).

Anyway... this idea started right after I had finished my last Legend of Zelda piece of "A Heroic Beauty" (featuring Epona and the blue glowing annoyance.. aka Navi), and it took me two full days (including staying up until 5am working on it in the process before actually sleeping), and I could not just satisfy myself with doing a manip of JUST Princess Zelda... I had to keep going, creating the Master Sword in the stone before even touching a background... which became a challenge in itself.

The background was inspired by an April Fool's prank that was played on LoZ fans worldwide by IGN via a "Movie Trailer" (which you can view here: [link] ). Watch the video, and the scene where you first see Princess Zelda, THAT'S what inspired the background. So this is my version.

And for the record, I created every bit of armor and jewellery on the Princess, and created the hilt for the Master Sword from scratch. She is also inspired by the Twilight Princess version of Zelda, with some creative liberties regarding her hair and sleeves. I didn't want it to be a total recreation of the princess from that game installment, I wanted to have some of my own imagination involved too. And FYI, the title is "Princess of Time", because I've heard that Zelda is the "Sage of Time" along with the Princess of Hyrule... and Link is the Hero of Time, so it made sense to me.

So that being said... Can I go die now?

Program used: Adobe Photoshop
Time: 2 days
Artwork © *FlightDesigns
Princess Zelda, Master Sword, and Legend of Zelda © Nintendo

You may not download or redistribute this for any reasons whatsoever.

STOCKS USED
The stocks I used for this piece are all listed under the respective detail shots for the components that I used them in. To see exactly what I used, please view the detail shots. I have done it this way to save space here.