Monday, November 11, 2013

An artistic mash-up I'd never considered before now: Kirby x Zelda

Before today, I could've envisioned a couple of game series being successfully combined artistically with Kirby--Mario and Pokémon among them--but The Legend of Zelda? Not even a consideration for me--until I came across the example below, of course.

The Zelda elements all can be found within the giant Kirby, by the way. Some are images while others are text.



This painting--made using posca, which is supposed to be some sort of water-based marker--is yet another product of artist and blogger Oskunk, by the way. To see more samples of his work, check out custom-art.blogspot.com.

4 comments:

  1. michaelstearns8:52 AM

    What a strange thing! I notice some Kirby words mixed in there too. Is the idea that he set out to draw Kirby but ended up drawing Zelda? Or is it the other way around?

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  2. thegaygamer.com10:30 AM

    Oh, I didn't realize some Kirby words were mixed in there, too. How weird--and interesting!


    As for the intentions of the artist: sadly, I have no idea, Michael. Everything he's said about this piece on his blog relate to its size, the materials that were used to create it, etc.

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  3. Justin Difazzio10:28 AM

    So neat!

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  4. thegaygamer.com11:18 AM

    Glad to hear you liked it, too, Justin! I really like this guy's stuff--although I guess that's probably obvious based on how often I write about it here :)

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