{"id":5573,"date":"2011-02-15T10:51:14","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T18:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2012-08-24T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-24T18:12:32","slug":"art-the-legend-of-zelda-has-never-looked-so-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/art\/art-the-legend-of-zelda-has-never-looked-so-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Art | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m willing to bet there are more than a few Zelda fans among my readers. It&#8217;s one of Videogames&#8217; most storied franchises and means as much to the childhoods of many as J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s <strong>The Hobbit<\/strong> or Ursula K. Le Guin&#8217;s <strong>A Wizard of Earthsea<\/strong>. Recently, on a forum I frequent, the members there started compiling some of the wonderful art produced for the series, officially or fan-made, and it made me bloody nostalgic.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve gathered together some of my favourite images from that thread, all illustrated by fans of the series:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/link_by_viviphyd-d38lucc.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/link_by_viviphyd-d38lucc-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Zelda_and_Link_by_yagatama.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Zelda_and_Link_by_yagatama-500x232.jpg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"232\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/d2wjokg.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/d2wjokg-500x700.jpg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/custom_1250554763810_Zelda.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/custom_1250554763810_Zelda.jpeg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"636\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/T8ZJx.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/T8ZJx.jpeg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"423\" height=\"600\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/AssPC.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/AssPC-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>And some great thinking-outside-the-box portraits of the ubiquitous hero of the series:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/link_equipped.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/link_equipped-500x629.jpg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"629\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/nvVzi.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/nvVzi-500x500.jpg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tumblr_lc76zzq79k1qzykafo1_500.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/tumblr_lc76zzq79k1qzykafo1_500.jpeg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"467\" height=\"700\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>And, then&#8230; there&#8217;s this:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1263241733591.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/1263241733591.jpeg\" alt=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" title=\"THE LEGEND OF ZELDA has never looked so good!\" width=\"429\" height=\"500\" class=\"center\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Truly the stuff of nightmares.<\/p>\n<p>Many more images can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.neogaf.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=421528\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m willing to bet there are more than a few Zelda fans among my readers. It&#8217;s one of Videogames&#8217; most storied franchises and means as much to the childhoods of many as J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s The Hobbit or Ursula K. Le Guin&#8217;s A Wizard of Earthsea. 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