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[Sharon Daniel]

About my shot, in my computer class we had to make a calendar with a theme to it, so I used Zelda Classic and made one for every month. This one was for December. The reason the trees are colored is because it was supposed to look kind of holiday-ish. January and February were normal winter shots though. So... that should explain it.

Wow, that's actually a really neat idea. I've never found a way to incorporate ZC in my school work. Kudos for the idea.

[Limzo]

Sharon, please help me choose a Church where I can marry your screenshot.

[Nathaniel]

Without looking at other people's posts (thus completely raw from my mind), I chose Linkus Mastii. That is some fantastic looking architecture, down to every nook and cranny! You get an A for effort.

Link75's screen, while it has a lot of detail and color, it doesn't feel completely right to me. Perhaps it is too colorful for a winter type of setting.

Revfan9's forest looks pretty smooth and forestlike. However, the mix of small trees don't seem to blend all too well with the large background trees in my opinion. Nice job on the placement of the shadows, lawn, and all the other details though.

Sharon's screenshot is most functional looking shot of the four. I really like the tileset and the choice of palette, along with the other details. It is tough to compete with the superior graphics quality that Linkus Mastii has, though. This is easily my second favorite.

[Red Phazon]

Wow, that's actually a really neat idea. I've never found a way to incorporate ZC in my school work. Kudos for the idea.

Thanks.

I'm always trying to find ways to combine school work with my hobbies. It makes it less boring, which makes it easier for me to do!

[Radien]

So the way it looks, the featured screenshot that is going to go on the front page of the site is an exciting shot of... an empty hallway. Yes folks, PureZC is producing truly intriguing screenshots these days.

[Revfan9]

Sad, but true. I miss the old SotW...

To fix this, I shall create the ultimate screenshot, entirely custom tiles, graphics that look better than real-life, where Link is against the final Foe, where the entire world is embracing him to empower him to victory....

Or not... :[

[Sharon Daniel]

Or not... :[

How about... actually doing it? Make something mind-blowing. Don't think that because it's good, it's out of your league. Just put forth some effort.

[Limzo]

How about... actually doing it? Make something mind-blowing. Don't think that because it's good, it's out of your league. Just put forth some effort.

That's easy for you to say . Most of us here can barely draw a tree in ZC.

[Revfan9]

Seen the LoP tileset? My point exactly.

[Limzo]

My custom tiles consist of rounded corners and the most unrealistic graphics you can't even say they are cartoony.

[Radien]

That's easy for you to say . Most of us here can barely draw a tree in ZC.

Trees can actually be very hard, y'know. Even bushes are easier. You're probably better off starting with something simpler... perhaps something manmade, like a building, or dungeon wall interiors.

Also, you don't get good by sitting around. Try looking back and tracking Linkus' progress over the past year or so. He's been slowly improving this whole time, but it's because he keeps drawing. He didn't start off that way, and I'm sure he'll be even better in another few months.

Of course, if you spend ALL your time practicing your drawing, you lose time to make good quests... it's a bit of a trade-off, really.

[Limzo]

Trees can actually be very hard, y'know. Even bushes are easier. You're probably better off starting with something easier... perhaps something manmade, like a building, or dungeon wall interiors.

Also, you don't get good by sitting around. Try looking back and tracking Linkus' progress over the past year or so. He's been slowly improving this whole time, but it's because he keeps drawing. He didn't start off that way, and I'm sure he'll be even better in another few months.

Of course, if you spend ALL your time practicing your drawing, you lose time to make good quests... it's a bit of a trade-off, really.

Heh, I've been making some custom dungeon wall interiors for a while now. I completely forgot about them and then remembered yesterday.

[Sharon Daniel]

Of course, if you spend ALL your time practicing your drawing, you lose time to make good quests... it's a bit of a trade-off, really.

Heh, that's me. I don't even know how many tilesets I've started. This current project looks like it may actually go somewhere though...
Although I'm still burning up time making custom item sprites, I'm using mostly rips and edits for the overworld and dungeons. So this tileset is growing slightly more quickly than some of the other ones I've started using only custom tiles.

[Zemious]

Link75's reminds me of a donut shop...
All that white being the white powder and the strange colored tree's being some sort of donut.
Looks nice though.

[NoeL]

Well, I nulled, unfortunatly. Couldn't decide between Linkus' awesome yet boring shot and Sharon's not-quite-as-awesome yet interesting shot. (the other two lost out for having no action and nothing new, though I'd like to say to Revfan well done for submitting something that doesn't look like poo poo )

I really agree with Radien here. Even if you're just showing off tiles, at least put them in some sort of context... and the 7 shade/colour palette is a bit overwhelming. You should consider rounding those columns so they're cylindrical, I think it'd look better than the rounded square shape you have now.