Leave It In The Sun, a Wind Waker Fan Comic

This comic was made in 2021 for @zelink-fanzine. I spent a lot of time in 2020 playing wind waker and listening to the beach boys and i wanted to make something that captured the feeling. I really love Tetra and I really don't love how she gets sidelined in the third act of the game so I wanted to take it in a route that felt more like Tetra. I spent a long time on this comic and the composition and textures and listened to a lot of music. Specifically the dress pose on page 2 and the spiral mural on page 3 were the hardest parts of the comic by far. I wouldn't have been able to make this comic without the friends I talked to on the discord phone while making it. Pretty much every part of this comic I can look at something and remember the conversation I had while drawing that specific thing. I really felt an impulse to "Prove Myself" with this one, and I'm really glad I did! it had a really warm reception and made me feel like I Did It, if you know what i mean.

The name "Leave it in the Sun" is a reference to a Jeff Rosenstock song of the same name. The whole album "NO DREAM" was a really big part of giving me the energy to finish this comic but this song was specifically the big one to me. It may not have been intentionally written to be a love song but i just find the lyrics soo romantic and triumphant. Since this whole comic was about reinterpreting meaning from old texts I felt like it was the only thing I could name this comic! The main part was like

If you knew that I think about you every single day

would it make you feel like I'm too much for you?

Or would you kinda wanna say

"You don't have to feel that way

I've been trying not to think about you too."

To any who are interested here's a big youtube playlist of the music i listened to while making this. honestly was pretty useful! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwEKjLDquWHV9QsmbiK9qN_Rtf9C7Fc8j

Special thanks to Ria, Marty, Gabes, Lilly, Fizz, Becksa, Kram, Step, Maddy, Iz, and the zelink zine people. Everyone else helped a lot but without Ria I wouldnta got past the first thumbnail sketch..shoutout ria

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So... (deep breath*) ¡¡¡We have Skyward Sword HD!!! So have this fluffy Zelink moment because we will be seeing these Love-birds again!!!

This is a piece I did for the digital zine Fated: Through Time by @zelink-fanzine! I really hope you like it!

Btw.. those joy-Con controllers... WOW!

My piece for @zelink-fanzine Zelink : Through Time Community Zine!

I wrote a Spirit Tracks Zelink fic for @zelink-fanzine​​'s digital zine! You can read it at the links below. The title is from this song because it always gets stuck in my head whenever I hear the word "train". 😭

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Zelda worries for Link as he starts spending less time with her.

Written for @zelink-fanzine 's community zine and for the 35th anniversary! ♡

This is our surprise gift to you! Our wonderful musicians put together a lo-fi album as part of our celebration for the series' anniversary. Happy listening! 🎧

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The third check-in has come and gone! The zine is so close to being completed.

Here is a sample from one of our fic writers @embyrinitalics 💚

35周年おめでとうございます！✨ Happy 35th anniversary to my favourite game franchise! A whole legend... The Legend of Zelda!!!

I wanted to give it another try and see which one should be chosen to go to the digital zine Fated: Through Time by @zelink-fanzine!

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The first check-in will be happening February 19-21. We will be sharing some works in progress then, so stay tuned! 💚

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It's exciting to see so much talent all in one place 🌟

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