Smitie's Fanart

[Smitie]

I started making zelda artwork 3 or 4 months ago and since this is the place for fanwork, I would like to share it with you. I usually draw the pictures by hand, scan them and then color it with GIMP or just color them with pencils. It may not look as awesome as other digital artwork, but as long as I enjoy making it, it is fine by me. I'm not very good with light and shadow effects so I often leave them away. It makes the images a bit flat, but as long as it I have fun making the image without shadows it is good enough for me :P

I'll post links because the pictures can be quite large. The art goes from newest to oldest and I'll update it as soon as I have new stuff (which can take a month or two :P)

The Dongorongo battle (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/scannen0001.jpg)
Komali's Quest (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/Komalisquest.png) (Thanks petman for the title)
Seahat Attack (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/kingofredlionslinkseahat5.png)
Valoo (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/Valoo.png)
Gleeok (PH) (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/Gleeok-1.png)
Korok Concert (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/korokconcert.png)
Lizalfos (OoT) (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/TekeningLizalfos.jpg) NOTE- I made this one 4 years ago in paint

Feel free to comment, I can always use advice :)

[Shnappy]

These are amazing, especially Seahat Attack and Valoo. As for constructive criticism, the edges could be a bit smoother, if you know what I mean. But I shouldn't be one to criticize, because I couldn't even come close do doing artwork like this. Great work, Smitie, keep on making more.

[Silver]

Seahat Attack: Very amazing work in there and it does remind me of Wind Waker! :)

Valoo: Very detailed, I loved it and it looks exactly like the official work of Wind Waker!

Gleeok: I am speechless. This artwork is FANTASTIC! I loved Phantom Hourglass, more importantly this boss! :D

As for the Korok Concert and the Lizalfos: Very detailed in design. And as for the Lizalfos it has major design detail, it looks great even if it was made 4 years ago.


For the criticism:

The edges could be a bit smoother, if you know what I mean.

I agree with him, and as for Valoo his feet look a little strange and Seahat Attack has some wavy lines going on. But other than that awesome work Smitie, keep on working at it!;)

[MrMosley]

I really liked the Seahat Attack and Valoo ones. For the Gleeok and Korok Concert ones, they were great as well. The only bad thing is that I would like to see more. Possible, adding Link battling Gleeok, and some sort of background or setting for the Korok one. But still, they are awesome. The last one was, you know, basic. However, using paint, it rocks. Its actually really good considering.

Nice work Smitie!

[Smitie]

Thanks for all the comments, I really appreciate any kind of critisism to improve my work. And you are all right, I should have made some background in the korok concert and gleeok, but I never tried it (and I was a bit lazy). Maybe I'll add some background/action in the future. I'm currently working on something new, so stay tuned :)

[linkman8]

Wow, Smitie, you're really great at fanart! Like the others I think Valoo and the Seahat Attack stood out the most. And don't sweat it too much on the backgrounds, when I draw anything, backgrounds are the least of my concerns most of the time. :D

[octorok74]

I really like the fire effect in the Gleeok picture. It looks so real. The Korok picture is excellent. Maker is so cute when he is playing his violin.

[Smitie]

I finally have a new piece. I tried to get not too many wavy lines (i use the paintbrush to color a white background, so if I forget a pixle or two the line looks wavy) and I tried to create a light effect of the lava. I'm not sure if it worked out well, but I like it ^^.

I added the new picture in the list. I would really appreciate some comments on the background and light/shading effects, since I find those the most difficult.

[Shadsie]

Komali...

You have a nice thing going on with the lava glow there, but there needs to be a little bit more - epecially on Komali's white areas. White is a superb reflector of light, so a colored glow, as from lava, would show up more on it. It would make the image look less flat.

Likewise, a little curved spark of glow on his beak would make his beak look more natural. Maybe even a little glow-light on the indvidual twists of his rope would help, too.

[Petman1325]

You've done a great job on all of the hard work you've done on those pieces of artwork. Yeah, Komali's Quest looks a whole lot better on the computer, rather than my phone. Yet, great use of shading techniques, and I hope that you create more artwork like this in the future.

As for your other works, the Seahat Attack was quite colorful, but the shading needed a bit of improvement (King of Red Lions has no shading, while Link has shading, and the Seahat has shading opposite of what it should be). Valoo looks good enough to be concidered you ripping it from the game and slapping your name on it. I've seen and rated the other works, but, they're all great works as well. Keep up the good work, Smitie. :)

By the way, Shadsie, I don't get what white glow would do when the lighting is orange, not white...>.>

[Shadsie]

By the way, Shadsie, I don't get what white glow would do when the lighting is orange, not white...>.>

I didn't mean white glow, I meant orange lava-glow ON the white parts.

[Link_man]

Nice, I love drawing too and I also love viewing other peoples art work. This is an old drawing I drew a year ago. Since then I have gotten a lot better. http://www.dragoart.com/popup/358/p.htm

[Skull_Kid]

I really loved the Korok Concert one...
The Valoo and Gleeok were also cool

[Smitie]

After a long period of total deadness, I made a new artwork piece. I used the classic color pencils to draw and color it :). I made this to test out coloring with pencil, but the scanner doesn't see all the colors in the background so that is a bit paler than I would like.

Because the picture is very large, I'll just post the link. I know the title is stupid, but I couldn't think of a more awesome title.

The Dongorongo battle (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/scannen0001.jpg)

[linkman8]

すごい！
Wow, like I said before, you're pretty good at fanart. There's no way that I could draw one of those beasts.

[Atsuma]

Good drawing, Smitie. I just wish my scanner would be able to cooperate and scan my drawings perfectly, gosh I would have my own fan art thingy. :P Too bad, anyway, you keep drawing, ok? That drawing looks nice.

[Ooccoo Watcher]

Looks really nice. It looks a little flat though and the edges could use a bit of cleaning up.

[TreeHuggerPanda]

Holy Hyrule goddess!

That's amazing! I guess I have to learn a lot from computer art... I suck at computer graphics...

[WWfangirl]

These are amazing! I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[Dracomajora]

My friends say I am an amazing drawer for my age but I suck on computer art.Great job!

[Smitie]

I was bored yesterday so I decided to draw something. It is a Gleeok from LoZ in a PH style. The legs look a bit weird, but overall I think it looks like a perfect boss for a PH/ST like zelda game :P. The image is large, so I had no other choice than to make a link. Enjoy :)

Gleeok (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/scannen0001-1.jpg)

[Atsuma]

Gleeok, I remember that I claimed this monster in the claim game. The drawing looks great, Smitie, I really like it. You did a good job with it.

[Smitie]

Being a fan of the cd-i zelda games, I decided to draw something that gives the cd-i Link and Zelda the credibility they deserve. So no youtube poop or weird faces (well...I hope the faces are not weird). I used standard color pencils and a normal pen to trace the lines. It is far from perfect, but I really like it :).

The Perfect Team (http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/Theperfectteam.png)

I couldn't resist to color it in GIMP, since my scanner makes the pencil colored version way too dull. So here it is in all its full color artness :P


http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/TheperfectteamDigital-1.png

[Atsuma]

Haha, looks nice, Smitie. Well done. ^^

[Pendio]

They are amazing!!
I like the one of Komali the most though.... :D
One might think that is when he is on his way up the volcano on Dragon Roost to get his scale from Valoo.

[Smitie]

It has been since forever since I uploaded something here. Well, I have been busy with my study and my lack of art talent didn't really inspire me to make something. Anyways, I found some chibi like artwork from phoenix wright characters and it inspired me to make something new again.

I already transformed a phoenix wright into a link holding a DS a long time ago
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/linkds.png

And then I saw an Edgeworth picture and it just screamed Ghirahim to me. Like Ghirahim, Edgeworth is fabulous and he knows it xD. I really liked the look on the face. I wouldn't be surprised if Ghirahim would look to Link like that talking about his fabulousness. So I opened up Gimp and started drawing and changing things to transform it to Ghirahim. It is still in the works (some black lines I added are still too small, I didn't add that much detail and the anatomy is probably way off), but I wanted to share it with you to get some opinions.
The original artwork didn't have shadows, so I'm trying to avoid it on the zelda characters as well (I can't draw shadows :S)

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t189/smitie1405/Girahimchibi.png

So let me hear your opinions :)

(the original artwork I used (http://www.court-records.net/arts/PWchibis.jpg))

[Raindrop14]

These look super amazing!:clap: Keep it up!;)