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psst... i don't even like whales

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FIRST. HES REAL. AHHHH.

I know im a bit late to the party, but omg im so happy first is going to eventually be apart of the chain i literally love first so much his story has always fascinated me ever since i first read hyrule historia and auugggggghhhhhh

everyone watch out, i found out how to add stippling. i am going to overuse it so much

i just realized i haven’t drawn anything lu in while, nor have i drawn faces which is an interesting correlation.

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I started playing Twilight Princess recently and that game is so peak

it reminds me so much of ocarina of time, (which makes sense bc it’s like technically it’s sequel—three-quel? if that’s the word for it, i dunno.) and i’m playing the wii version, so it also reminds me of skyward sword bc of the motion controls. muscle memory from both of those games has both saved me, and slightly inconvenienced me.

i’ve been trying to work on drawing backgrounds, bc ya girl is not good at those, and i think i did alright!

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alr guys, i have something to confess

so yall know how my acc is literally called WindWakingWhale, aka Wind Waker? and like, how i absolutely love Wind to bits?

gang.

I HADN’T EVEN PLAYED WIND WAKER UNTIL LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO.

im such a poser :(

ANYWAYS, LETS TALK ABOUT THE ART NOW

sooo the lu discord weekly prompt was weather last week, and since i started playing Wind Waker, i decided to draw my boy Wind!

i’m so giddy about how this came out. this is the first time i’ve drawn without line art and it actually looks good. also the first time ive drawing rain and water in general. very good learning experience all around.

While drawing, I got so many ideas as to why Wind is hanging over the edge. obviously my first idea was like he was playing with the water, and then i thought maybe he accidentally dropped one of his joy pendants and was trying to grab it fast enough, then i thought maybe he’s trying to like pet a fish or something i dunno. it’s ambiguous, im leaving it up to yall.

anyways, this was a long yap. Have a good rest of yall day, everyone!

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So i drew this a couple of weeks ago for one of the weekly prompts in the LU discord. The prompt was Time, sooooo i did a redraw of the first LoZ art i did!

guys guess how long ago the first pic was. it was three years ago. actually no it was two. i genuinely don’t know what i was doing back then.

i remember finishing Skyward Sword and abso-freaking-lutely loving the Demise fight. Hence why i drew it the first time. I think I was trying to do a different art style, because i was still trying to find out what style i was most comfortable drawing in. i give myself a lot of grief over it, but i still love the original art, and im still proud of it, but for a different reason now!

i ain’t gonna try and say that the recent, 2026 version, is wayyyyyyyy better though. I’m so proud of it, i genuinely don’t know what happened that made me cook so hard. bc, let’s be honest gang, i cooked. Jokes and boasting aside, im honestly obsessed with seeing how much i learned over the years. i really locked in during 2024 and ‘25, all really thanks to LU and LoZ giving me something to be passionate about.

alr, this was long soooo have a good day, folks!

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Y’all know that one tiktok trend where it’s like “I’m starting to forget your face”

yeah guess where i got the inspiration for this from.

happy easter, y’all

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Not Linked Universe, but i figured i would post this here!

I got the opportunity to paint something, so i chose the most beautiful master sword location in the series!

i don’t paint a lot, probably like once a year for special occasions, so i’m super proud of how this came out!

i had a lot of fun screwing around with the paints, AND i got good practice on drawing the master sword.

i see a lot of mistakes, but now i know what to look out for when painting!

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Happy 40th birthday to my absolute favorite, beautiful, intrinsic, moving, wonderful, amazing, breathtaking, gorgeous, life changing, lore-filled, beautiful (x2), series, The Legend of Zelda.

i am 99% sure that if it weren’t for this game i wouldn’t be the person i am today.

to celebrate, i decided to draw one of the illustrations from the og legend of zelda. i never draw landscapes, so this was a fun challenge for me!

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soooooo four was the winner of the last poll!! (both the “pick a link” polls i’ve done he was the one with the most votes. i think the community has a favourite.)

last time i drew four was five months ago (a wip i scrapped bc it looked ✨atrocious✨) so this was much needed

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ALRIGHT PEOPLE OF TUMBLR PICK A LINK

Sky

Four

Time

Legend

Hyrule

Twilight

Wind

Warriors

Wild

Voting ended onSep 18, 2025

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Hibiscuses...

-i haven't drawn any lu in SO LONG

-i still have no idea how to draw legend's silly cap -i thought about link's awakening the other day and i felt the need to draw something legend and marin related -i actually planned on drawing her in the background but i got lazy so i drew some hibiscuses instead lol

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this is somewhat old but i figured i’d post it anyway

i’ve been lowk addicted to deltarune recently, so i decided to let my hyperfixations collide! this was also my first actual attempt at animation and BOY did it take me a long time to make

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LAST DAY OF FFJ BABBBBYYYY

this is based off of FlamingIdiot’s Green Peppers ahem… I DIED READING THIS. I AM DEAD. THIS POST WAS MADE BY A GHOST. (bars🔥)

i love that little gremlin four

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FAN JOY JULY BABY LETS GOOOOO!!!

this is based off of hoe_for_link’s lmaoooooooo i love how i can name this whatever i fucking want (i just want to say that the name of the fic and the authors name are both legendary)

OMG THE CRACK GOES HARD IN THIS ONE FOUR IS SUCH A MENACE WILD IS SO TIRED LEGEND IS TERRIFIED EVERYONE IS CONFUSED COFFEE IS BANNED

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this is for fandomsandshit based off their fic timeless

I LOVE THIS FIC SO MUCH. I absolutely love how the light dragon has just been there the whole time! (Sky refers to her as his friend aghhhh!) the writing in this fic is absolutely incredible, the premise of it is incredible, everything is incredible.

[woahtherebuckerino]

AAAAH OMG THIS IS AMAZING!! i’m so glad you love timeless so much, it’s one of my fav fics i’ve written ever and this is absolutely phenomenal. i love how you’ve placed it in the game with eldin in the background and the orange sword. also the wind effect is so cool too, like how sky’s cape is billowing in line with both his hat and glowing trail from zelda’s antlers?? incredible. ALSO also zelda looks stunning here you’ve drawn her so well!! imprinting this image directly into my brain as we speak.

thank you so so much for drawing such a lovely piece. am holding this very close to my heart. you’re a wonderful artist and i feel honoured that you’d draw timeless. sending all the love your way <333333

if you’re alright with it, can i link this art into the fic itself (with credit of course, and also once i figure out how to link it in the first place…)?

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OH IM SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT!! Of course you can link it!

Thank you so much for all the love!! <3

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this is for fandomsandshit based off their fic timeless

I LOVE THIS FIC SO MUCH. I absolutely love how the light dragon has just been there the whole time! (Sky refers to her as his friend aghhhh!) the writing in this fic is absolutely incredible, the premise of it is incredible, everything is incredible.

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“FAN JOY JULY!! FAN JOY JULY!!” we chant in unison

This is based off of @toyouhellohowareyou ‘s Four and After

If you haven’t read it, or its predecessors, the series is called Alterity and you should go READ IT ALL NOW!!! (i’m totally normal about this fic. defffffinitely)

You can always trust the Heroes of Hyrule™ to get the job done! Even if it means they have to be the villain…

(THIS FIC IS SO SILLY AND SO HEARTACHEY TOP TIER READ)

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GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS. ITS FAN JOY JULY TIME BABY! WOOOOOOO

i may be a little excited

okokokok so this is based off of FlamingIdiot’s Breath of the Sky WHICH IS SUCH A GREAT FIC READ IT it’s one of the first fics i’ve read, and when i read the part this is based off of (which is in chapter 9) i immediately thought “i need to draw this” so, one year later, HERE WE ARE