The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts
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Director | Shion Saitou (Art Director) | |
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Artist | Nintendo | |
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Language | Japanese | |
Length | 424 pages | |
Size | 9" × 12" | |
Color | Red (English Standard Edition) | |
ISBN | Standard Edition (ISBN-13) | |
$39.99
August 26, Art & Artifacts, known as The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Graphics in Japan, is the second official book about The Legend of Zelda series, which contains over four-hundred pages of artwork from The Legend of Zelda series, including previews of the then-upcoming Breath of the Wild.[1] A collector's edition was released when the book saw its worldwide release, which featured a design inspired by the Master Sword, and came with golden-edged pages.
Masterpiece Gallery
The first section of the book contains hundreds of pieces of official artwork, from The Legend of Zelda all the way to Tri Force Heroes. The artwork includes many pieces only seen before in instruction manuals, and is the first time many of these pieces are seen in high resolution. Additionally, in cases where game artwork was remade for certain occasions, for example with the HD remakes of The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess, comparisons between the old and new pieces are showcased. Also included are some pieces of concept artwork, akin to that seen in Hyrule Historia.
Character Illustrations
This section of the book focuses on smaller pieces of official artwork, such as that of different characters which appear in the series, in addition to artwork of the enemies and items, of all games up to Tri Force Heroes. Again, never-before-seen pieces of concept artwork appear, and comparisons between old and new artwork are present.
Temple of Time
The final sections of this book contains miscellaneous illustrations from the previous 30 years of The Legend of Zelda, including pixel art from the early The Legend of Zelda games, special anniversary illustrations, as well as some artwork for Breath of the Wild.
To close out the book, an interview with the artists of the series is included, which goes in to the artists' inspirations, their favorite works, and more.
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