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Denouement of War — CONTRIBUTOR SPOTLIGHT

It's time for our very last—but certainly not the least—spotlight! AuFigir1 joins us as a Merch Artist to provide stunning digital wallpaper for your enjoyment!

Find her on social media as: Instagram: aufigir1 Tumblr: @aufi-creative-mind

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Updates about what I have been up to.

Things that are in progress!

Currently, my main focus is on completing the LU Spirits series (Formerly known as Farore's Spirits). It is my most ambitious personal project - 9 (12) part series - that I am undertaking by myself. I hope to finally fulfill a 5 year long promise to myself to give this series the artistic glow up that it deserves.

I am also part of the upcoming Denouncement of War: A Hyrule Warriors zine. So do check this out if you are a fan of the OG Hyrule Warrior games!

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Things that I want to work on.

I plan to shift more focus towards my BotW-TotK Family and Legacy series. I have a lot of stories that I want to show to you all about Link's family and their individual character stories, Pre-Calamity, Post-Calamity and even present day BotW-TotK events. That includes fan fiction stories, including one I have started - Getting to Know You. You can read the first two chapters on A03 and HERE on this blog.

Chapter 3 is slowly being written out with a potential Chapter 4 planned as well.

I also have three folders worth of other Zelda concepts and stories that I want to show as well. Such as the pre-TotK Zelink sketches that I had impulsively made in the lead up to TotK's release last year. I might release them as soft sketches rather than fully rendered pages.

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Things that are put on hiatus...

I have been asked by several people about my LU: Sword's Reveal comic pages and whether I am continuing it. And unfortunately, I will have to put it on hiatus until further notice.

This is because I started that comic long before TotK's release. Specifically when Nintendo made that delay announcement with that teaser of the decayed Master Sword. And the hype that created. So I was originally running on that hype energy of the unknown then. And the other reason was that....I lost the original script for the comic. And what notes I was able to retrieve no longer reflects on what I now know from completing TotK and what have in mind for the story.

So I'm not abandoning the LU Sword's Reveal comic! But it will be some time until I am able to come back to it and rework on the script and the draft pages.

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Things that I am thinking of doing...

For those who may not know, I work as a liasion officer in medical accommodation for families with sick children. And as such, it does take up a lot of my time and energy - physically and especially emotionally - that I am unable to dedicate as much time to making art as I wanted.

I have been considering opening a Ko-Fi or even a Patreon account, but still unsure on how to go about it. I would love to hear your suggestions or feedback on this one!

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So if you've been able to reach this far into this update. Thank you so much for taking your time and wishing you all the good vibes!

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[Legend of Zelda] Tears of the Kingdom - Happy (belated) 1st Anniversary!

A day or so late but here we are! This is a sequel to my 2023 BotW Anniversary artwork.

Can't believe that it has a whole year since TotK's release. Fun fact about me, I took a day (and later on, a week) off from work just for TotK's release because of how hyperfixated I was with intense TotK hype at the time. I ended up going feral for a good month and by the time I completed the main story, I acculumated 300+ hours on my first playthough.

I have a lot of thoughts and critiques about Tears of the Kingdom but that's for a separate post. I have a lot of WIPs and ideas for TotK content to make so please keep an eye for them!

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[Legend of Zelda]: Tears of the Kingdom - MODERN AU

The TotK Cast as winter tourists in Kyoto! This is an updated version of an earlier artwork I made for a blog post I wrote for the Zelda Creators website! It relates to my holiday experience in Kyoto earlier this year and seeing the inspirations for both BotW / TotK while wandering around the city.

You can find the blog post here: [link]. It includes photos I took from my holiday there.

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BONUS: original version.

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[LinkedUniverse AU] F̶̝̼̪̆̿a̸̧̛̪̫͉̔̈͘r̵̫͌̓̈͠ô̵͍̟r̴̨͉̮͆e̷̡̞̙̯̔ SPIRITS Series - final sketch preview

Here's all nine of the featured Heroes. It took me a while to get to this point but made it nonetheless. Also the series' now renamed to just [SPIRITS Series]....for lore reasons I have in mind.

It will take me a while to complete all nine parts so please bear with me for taking so long. I hope to complete this series within this year!

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A little preview on what I've been working on as of lately.

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[Legend of Zelda] Kintsugi Fi - Ethereal night

The return of tall sword mum!

Thank you to everyone who sent their birthday wishes to me back in 26 March! I started drawing her on my bday and was able to complete it by Easter Sunday!

Happy Easter to you all and hope that you're doing amazing!

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Hi. Just letting everyone know. It's my birthday today.

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⚔️ DENOUEMENT OF WAR — CONTRIBUTOR LINEUP ⚔️

Meet our warriors!

We are thrilled to finally reveal contributor lineup for Denouement of War: Hyrule Warriors Zine! A grand total of 37 page artists, 10 writers, and 5 digital merch artists that will be working hard and giving their best for Hyrule Warriors 10th Anniversary!

Please give them a warm welcome!

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Tumblr is doing some stupid AI shit so go to blog settings > Visibility > Prevent third-party sharing.

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Hello! I took part in the Zelda Creators Discord Banner for February. I had fun making these two characters, and I hope you will enjoy them.

First up, Impa:

I loved making her into a buffy lady. The muscles were the fun part to color.

Last, but not least, Sheik:

This gender non-conforming ninja, did not want to cooperate with me. As y'all can see I did a new costume design for them. And I can conform from others on the server, Sheik serves ✨️Gender✨️

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[ZELDA CREATORS] Look at all of these Cuccos. ft. Kaepora and Goosedorf.

I can finally show all what I was up to for most of January since returning from Japan. All month, it is just me drawing BIRBS for the Zelda Creators' February Banner. The setting theme was OoT Kakariko Village.

Originally, Kaepora Gaebora was my only contribution to the Banner. But then, I got a little silly and then started drawing Cuccos...and more Cuccos...until Goosedorf appeared because why not!

Please enjoy these birbs!

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[Legend of Zelda]: 38 years and ongoing.

Happy 38th Anniversary to the game that started the legend - the original Legend of Zelda on the Famicom, released on 21 Feb 1986 [Japan release].

This started as a "quick sketch" to commemorate the release. But I got carried away with the finer details. Especially on the Famicom and NES consoles. I'm really happy with how they turned out.

Link's outfit is a updated version of my 80's fashion design from my old [Fashion Line Up] series for LinkedUniverse AU.

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Aaahh. The noodles!! They cuddle!! ;w;

A Chirstmas gift for @aufigirl

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[Genshin Impact]: Kaedahara Kazuha - Sunset.

A thank you gift to my friend, Ammy.

For being an awesome friend, the meet-up we had in Japan and for the LECHONK doll! :D

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2023 Art Summary

Happy New Year's Eve to all of my friends and mutuals!

2023 has been a year of....a lot of ups and downs. I went feral mode as soon as I got my hand on Tears of the Kingdom on its May release and that lasted until October-ish. Which in turn, slowed my art progression. But I did made progression nonetheless, particularly with backgrounds and joining into collaborations. Especially with the Zelda Creators and amongst friends.

For my 2024 resolutions. My first priority is completing the RE-redrawing series of the [F̵a̸ ̷r̶ore'̵s̵ ̷S̸p̸i̴ r its]. Along with the few WIPs that I started in 2023. I also wanted to work more on my BotW-TotK Family and Legacy series. Now that the Era of the Wild saga has been concluded by the Zelda dev team. But too many unanswered questions and lore that I want to explore on.

Until then, I wish you all a Happy New Years and for 2024 to bring peace and kindness, cuz you all deserve it.

BONUS - additional artworks that I'm very proud of.

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LU [Farore's S̷p̸i̴r̵i̷t̷s̵] series, third times the charm - WIP 2 previews

Happy Christmas everyone! If you haven't read my previous post, I am currently on holidays in Japan with family.

Farore's Spirits series is slowly being redrawn and reworked. Warriors and Sky's sketches have been resketched. Twilight's about 50% resketch...with Time and Wild's the only ones find to be reworked.

F̶a̸r̴o̷r̷e̷'̷s̴ ̴Spirits series will be the first project for me to complete in 2024.

Until then, wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!