Ukiyo Link

Jed Henry paints Nintendo heroes in Ukiyo-e style. Here's Link about to find out that arrows are futile against enenra. [via Gamovr]

• [SoItBegins]

  He looks fearsome!

• [registradus]

  jarring.

• [Jim Thomason]

  No…Link is fighting Gannon, the big bad guy from the Zelda universe. Some sort of a pig demon thing. And he is, in fact, defeated by shooting him with a silver arrow, at least in the original NES game.

  Sorry if that’s a spoiler for anyone on how to win, but I’d hope 25 years was enough spoiler time. ;-)

• [Jed Henry]

  Hey, Guys!  This is Jed Henry – the guy who made the pictures.  Please feel free to friend me on Facebook,  or follow my tumblr.

  http://jedhenry.tumblr.com/

  Also, I started a new Facebook group:  Ukiyo Nintendo.  Please feel free to join!

  http://www.facebook.com/groups/382868541763611/

  • [PhosPhorious]

    These are really very impressive.  Will you do Mario?

• [Rich Keller]

  I like these and I can’t wait to see more of them.  Just last week I was thinking of doing some ukiyo-e inspired mash-up stuff of my own. Does Jed do  these with ink and/or paint or are they digital?

• [Jed Henry]

  Hey, Rich!  I do the ink work with a brush pen.  Then I scan it and finish it in digital

  • [Rich Keller]

    Thanks, Jed. I thought that your lines looked really crisp and might be “analog.” I’m going to have to pick up some more brushpens.  It’s fun how you incorporated the Triforce as a textile motif

• [A C]

  This is 10,000,000,000 kinds of awesome. I studied Ukiyo-e in college for my degree, love them deeply, and love Zelda even more deeply. This is the beauty of the modern age incarnate. I MUST HAVE A POSTER OF THIS!