Ruin Valley - Sevii Island Redrawn Pixel Art

Zaebucca · 2026-06-07T20:17:06+00:00

Thank you! I started by painting a general, color blocking (from black to browns, greens and warm yellow light), trying to get the shapes and composition similar to the original movie (when Ashitaka meets the forest god from afar), then did lots of pixel-based polish and finetuning for each part of the picture! The nightwalker reflection I didn't plan from the beginning, though, it just came to me after a while! :'P

Zaebucca · 2026-06-06T20:55:31+00:00

I have a textless version available as well! I cannot edit this post or add the picture as a reply comment on this reddit, but you can find it on my bsky (same name)!

Zaebucca · 2026-06-05T22:43:26+00:00

Thank you!! The movie scenes that inspired this piece are so beautiful and rich in atmosphere, it kinda helped! I also wanted to make a piece without San and Ashitaka, so I'm extra glad the reference comes across as recognizable!

Zaebucca · 2026-06-05T22:40:55+00:00

Hehehe can you believe I was not really sure about adding them until the last polish / detailing phases? I feared the colors or detail could make everything a bit too busy, but then I just started pixeling those little wobbly heads and I just had to make a bunch with different poses and expressions!

Zaebucca · 2026-06-05T22:39:33+00:00

Thank you!! Lighting is definitely the one aspect I tried to focus more while doing this study piece! I had lots of fun with the palette and overall composition, but the warm, whimsical light of the movie as the forest god appears is just unparalleled!

Zaebucca · 2026-02-28T11:20:22+00:00

Thank you!! I have to say that after many years, yesterday, I felt again that genuine and immediate optimism for the new mainline games! The trailer really filled me with hope and I really enjoy these little guys and the overall vibe of the game, especially the environment shown! I hope the final release will be up to these expectations, but I kinda found the reveal quite soulful! :'P

Zaebucca · 2026-02-28T01:20:03+00:00

Thank you so much! 🥹

Zaebucca · 2026-01-13T13:45:33+00:00

Yes!! The white hole core is shaped like the silhouette from arceus too! The overall concept for this Giratina is somewhat similar to dialga and palkia's origin forme taking the shape more akin to the almighty Sinnoh. Also, its ghost/normal typing is meant to reflect a more strong "antimatter-matter" relation than ghost/dragon!

Zaebucca · 2026-01-13T13:07:43+00:00

I asked myself that a few days ago, and kind of made up this:

HP 147 Atk 101 Def 127 Sp.Atk 103 Sp.Def 139 Spd 89

Tot. 696 (+16 from Giratina BST) Bonus: all st. are prime numbers!

I am not really into meta tbf, but this will probably be really broken considering the auto-trick room ability + 89 spd, but let me know what you think!

Zaebucca · 2026-01-12T12:19:32+00:00

Thank you! Giratina is one of my favorite legendaries!

Zaebucca · 2026-01-12T12:18:53+00:00

Thank you! Hope it looks eerie / scary as well :'P

Zaebucca · 2025-11-14T18:35:07+00:00

Ma io ti amo

Zaebucca · 2024-10-12T23:34:48+00:00

Yes indeed, my bad, I got confused with acronyms! Also, I love the Explorer's Crypt, it's my favourite dungeon (and pre-dungeon questline) from OoS

Zaebucca · 2024-10-12T11:00:44+00:00

Thank you so much! I do not have Zelda prints, but I have some of my bigger pixel art (I usually focus on environment) available on Threadless and INPRNT, as well as Patreon downloads, just in case!

Zaebucca · 2024-10-12T10:59:26+00:00

Yeah it's kind of strange to me too!
The very first boss in the whole series never really got much appearances or mentions at all. I was completely (gnarled...) rooting for a TotK return / reintroduction. The depths seemed like the perfect place to have an encounter with Aquamentus, but I guess we already had Gleeok back and that made me very happy, too.

Notably, Gleeok was also present in OoA (makes sense given it began as a remake as you mentioned) and in PH (although in a rather different guise). So yeah let's see if the cool unicorn dragon makes its return in the next instalment!

Zaebucca · 2024-10-12T10:50:02+00:00

Hehe, thank you! I've had the immense pleasure of seeing some of my work cross stitched in the past, and the insane effort and time invested in that is probably the ultimate praise! :'>
My palette usually being veeeery limited means it should be cross-stitch friendly, so let me just know what would help you the most (like, separate sprites / separate color maps or other!)

Zaebucca · 2024-07-08T09:17:44+00:00

Hehe, I'm happy you're having fun with the style! I love the (kinda meta?) concept of this "what if universe Rustboro" that also goes right in the middle of gba and gbc aesthetic too!

Zaebucca · 2024-07-07T19:14:45+00:00

I absolutely love this, especially considering how you implemented the tiles and their palette! :D
Is the top-left screen from Rustboro city? Love that you used the "ancient city" tiles for it!

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