So what have I been up to the past few days? I'll show you.
Everyone remembers the Watergate Dungeon from ALttP, right? Does anyone remember the only translucent water in the entire game?
I found this yesterday while browsing random maps and screenshots for inspiration. I was really blown away by the simplistic method they used to achieve the water. It's just hatched. Every other pixel is transparent.
So I got to thinking on places in Ocarina of Time that would really require transparent water. I'm thinking Zora's domain, the fishing area, Water Temple, Lake Hylia. Places like that.
Is there any way I could get someone with the ALttP rom to rip me some screens from the watergate temple? Basically what I need is 3 or 4 screens in the exact same position where I can see how the water animates, and rip it.
Here is what I hope to achieve if I ever make it far enough to begin a game:
That's just a rough idea. As you can see, some Zora's are floating, and some are down at the bottom. They could pop up if you swim into their vicinity.
And now, for some eye candy.
This is an initial, rough idea of Jabu Jabu. I just wanted to see what scale I wanted to make him and if I could match the angle well.
I passed him along to my good friend of the past 7 years, Mr. Jordan Chewning. And that's when magic happened.
This is where we are currently. Every bit of work done so far is by his hand. We plan to collaborate together on many things that we have planned.
This was a quick modification I made to see how we'd approach him opening him mouth. The results had me laughing until my sides hurt.
It's so cute and stupid looking, I may keep it.
Bring your own bombs. This is gonna be beastly.
inb4 "ITS TWOO BIIGG!!1"
That's what
she said.
She was wrong. And saving the best for last. Brace yourselves.
A collaboration between DJvenom and myself. Basically the entire thing was made by him, with a few suggestions from me, and a bit of editting on the robe/cape dealy and some a teeny bit of shading. DJvenom is my current hero. I dare anyone to outdo this piece.
And here's an idea he and I talked about. Basically having a caustics overlay in Zora's domain. To give it it's own feel and look, to differentiate it from the rest of the the locations. This is just a image I found on google, tiled and overlayed to see what it would look like.
I'm thinking what I wanna do is size it down by about half, and edit it into an overlay with like 3 colors. Your blue hue, the white lines and some shade to blend the blue to the white. Also.. it will need to be animated. D: