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[TheFourRiders]

Does anybody know where I can find a symetrical front view of Link (from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)? I am trying to model Links head, but I need another image. All I have right now is the game cover (at least, I think it's the game cover); the one with Link's head and the wolf's head. Any link, or advice, to find this a front image would be greatly appreciated! :yes


TheFourRiders

[Jak_Carver]

thats gonna be too hard to find, so dont be surprised if u cant find it. My suggestion is to draw it your self and scan it in; in this situation it doesnt appear that theres anything else you can do, unless you get lucky of course and find one. Good luck.

[TheFourRiders]

Thank you!

[laxman]

like jak said, chances are you won't find exactly what you are looking for, so thats when you get creative. Google stuff like

Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess screenshots
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess concept art
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess fan art
...

and so on. I found lots of stuff using only the first one. Save anything that looks decent, then open up photoshop and do your best. You could print it out and trace over one of the better ones (if you can't draw like me) or just play around with the images in photoshop until you have something you can work with.

BTW, if you get half the body how you want, duplicate it in Ps and then hit ctrl-T, move the 'pivot point' to the part in the middle of the body, and drag the vertical scale handle so you essentially mirror the image.

[TheFourRiders]

Thanks. I don't mean to sound rude (if I do), but I already googled it. And I found some images that would almost do, but they don't have the same expression as the other picture, the picture is to blocky, and stuff like that. Although, I guess I could trace it ( I do have experiance doing that; I used to trace lots of pictures (mostly game characters)). Anyway, what do you think is the best photoshop program? I have seen/heard of many.

[laxman]

What do you mean photoshop program? I meant that you could just open up photoshop and trace the pictures using the pen tool or a tablet if you have one, or you could print it then trace it then scan it in again. Its also good practice to try making things without exact references. The references aren't useful for very long anyways, and you really get better it you just look at pictures and then model something.

[TheFourRiders]

Sorry... my mind is slightly blank today. I was thinking about other programs I have used in the past to edit pictures (I have used Macromedia Flash 8 Pro, Paint, Jasc Paintshop pro... programs like that (though I never used them proffesionaly). Sorry about that!

[danlefeb]

For drawing, I'd recommend either ArtRage. They have a free version that works very well, but its only about $20 for the full version so if you find that you use it a lot its worth the upgrade.

[sym0n]

I second the recommendation for ArtRage. I actually prefer it over more powerful studio-type applications such as Painter.



For drawing, I'd recommend either ArtRage. They have a free version that works very well, but its only about $20 for the full version so if you find that you use it a lot its worth the upgrade.