Zelda Fanart Spotlight- Treasure Hunting

Welcome to another edition of Zelda Fanart Spotlight. Today we are looking at Treasure Hunting by Swedish artist Axel, an inspiring digital painting depicting the Hero of Winds and the King of Red Lions from The Wind Waker fishing for treasure. While the composition is simple, the artist does such an amazing job rendering the calm ocean waves that it looks like it came straight from the game. Axel creates a real sense of unity with the excellent color choices; from the vast blue ocean that seems to melt into the soft fluffy white clouds on the horizon to the small details like the glow of the water reflecting onto Link’s face and the bottom of the boat.

The shading has a softness to it, similar to the few screenshots we’ve seen from the remake of the Wind Waker coming out this fall. Axel still manages to emulate some of the very defined textures found in the original version of the game by using the same color with dynamic values, best illustrated on the wood grain on the King of Red Lions.

Check out the rest of Axel’s art by visiting his DeviantART gallery, and as always tell us what you think about today’s Fanart Spotlight below!