Legend of Zelda - Photoshop Speed Art

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Due to many request for Zelda I decided to create a scene from the original game. In this pic you see Link fighting Ganon. I took a couple liberties in this pic. I'm not 100% sure it's possible to have two fireballs in the scene when Ganon reappears, and I left the bottom door open to lighten the room up a little.
This video took approximately 24 hours over the course of 8 days to make.

[@KohlDayvhis]

Is anyone else simply amazed at how he essentially creates the characters in real life at first, it's like he's sculpting using photographs, incredible work!

[@TeaIngyer]

This art style reminds me of a lot of older PC games. It's a style I really miss in modern games, and it's good to see it here.

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yup; I know what you mean!

[@TJTownsend]

Thanks for the kind words everyone! Glad you like it!

[@unison_moody]

Really really great work! Which ps tutorials would you suggest to advance your ps techniques? I actually can do the basic stuff but I don't know how to go on now..

[@sferris33]

Wow. I wish Nintendo would utilize you in remastering their classics (Legend of Zelda, Legend of Zelda II, Metroid and Super Metroid). Has Nintendo responded by either requesting your services or resist and desist order?

[@adamneuman1232]

Can you do more NES games ? Or put more enemies in !

[@Freepdied]

Freaking amazing. In my opinion, your channel has some of the best content on KZbin. You are a huge inspiration!

[@SeventhEthereal]

Your mastery over photoshop's tools is just stunning. Teach me please!! lol

[@raztastic]

Breathtaking! And the music you chose is exquisitely intertwined, you really get excited as the music picks up while watching you perform. If Pythetron is any percentage as beautiful and meticulously crafted as this, count me as a backer. I think your project will be my first endeavor into kickstarter. Can't wait, and I hope I can get a few friends on board!

[@Tazerboy_10]

Yup; The songs were good choices!

[@BazMatazze]

This is insane. Never seen Photoshop used to its fullest like you have. Amazing.

[@TJTownsend]

Thanks to everyone who has donated to my Kickstarter so far! I may not reach my goal, but it's been great to receive the support I have.

[@TheIronGAMINGGFXGaming]

TJ Townsend When you reboot Pytheron for kickstarter, I,ll go on to retro gamer yt channels and recommend Pytheron and tell them to back it.

[@geeboon669]

I love your speed art TJ. You do things in photo shop I never thought was even possible.

[@AudryDaltoé]

I feel so humbled watching this video! Your creativity is so great - Outside the normal! Excellent job!

[@Tool0GT92]

Wow, what a great artist. You keep adding more layers whenever I think you are done.

[@jolttsp]

Awesome work again. Excited for the kickstarter, count me in!

[@Links_Oaisis]

I fell in love with this right away! It's so breathtaking and epic. :D

[@jamie_drummond]

Love the skin on Ganon in this one. Awesome work!

[@BlimpMcGee]

What a come back!!! I had no idea about any kickstarter!

[@LucasBolzanOriginal]

Seriously man, this is outstanding! It may not look like it to you, but this is definetely art!

[@aw3somepants31]

Your work - holy cow! I wish I discovered your channel before your Kickstarter ended! I totally would have contributed! This is amazing and I'm excited for your other art!

[@Cordovan]

Finally a new speedpainting by such a master of the art! Fantastic!

[@Corrieography]

props for all the hard work into your masterpieces.

[@ieuanhunt552]

Whoo another video.I am in awe of your talent as always. P.S oooh baby Rhinos are cute as hell

[@Michichuelo]

F*cking awesome! Like allways! It's nice to see you "coming back". Willing to see more!

[@Roze_aye]

id be very interested in seeing how this man would bring sonic in any classic stage to life like this

[@Conellossus]

Wow, unspeakably amazing. Great work!

[@Artanicman]

Oh my god! This is amazing! I love your work! Good job!

[@StrangeFootage]

Damn, I thought you wouldn't post any new videos! It's so awesome, thank you!

[@disklosr]

Great work! I've always been impressed by talented graphic designers and you're no exception to the rule. I enjoyed watching this.

[@GDPanda69]

Awesome to see you back!

[@ivan13cpo]

magnificent work, stunning detail !

[@dunkan33]

really good job bro. It's like magic

[@onlinesnowbr3001]

Link looks like Bilbo, but the rest is amazing, you are a great artist!

[@armitx9]

Awesome, I missed your videos. Great music choice, btw. I love Blake Robinson's work

[@TJTownsend]

Thanks, I am a huge Blake Robinson fan too. It's nice of him to let me use his music.

[@agustinperezburgos6578]

just discovered this channel, damn awesome. Looks like you could make some cool game mock-ups for some indie game studio.

[@donaldmaciver1792]

I am impressed with the Art Image. Good Job. :)

[@christopherallen6915]

Lol great work! Link looked like Willow!

[@ericsalmazo481]

Your work is always awsome. Congratulations!

[@SebastianTinajero]

That was a lot of fun to watch

[@SunshineSML]

Yes! Great work as always.

[@gabrieladryan5719]

Link Seems Like Bilbo Baggins

[@TJTownsend]

He's 1/3rd Bilbo ;)

[@TiriT87]

Amazing job!!!! :O!!!!! You should keep doing it!!! It's so amazing!!!!!!!!!

[@Neffets]

Another master piece!

[@rickonami]

Awesome work once again..

[@bikko3089]

man...... this is awesome

[@alexsullivan88]

Parabéns irmão, você é um artista!

[@tomandre7285]

So awesome. You're an inspiration to a low-level Photoshopper like me. Have you released the full-length (non time lapse) videos of any of these awesome compositions? I would like to try and follow along and then start on some new compositions of my own!

[@TJTownsend]

i dont really have the resources to record realtime because it would take a lot of space and processing to record so many hours at 1600p. but i hope one day it becomes a possibility.

[@tomandre7285]

Thanks man, appreciate the heads up! Also meant to say, I was really impressed with how you designed the demon, especially the color correction and shading you did on all the various elements to make them fit together. Those are my weakest areas; if you have any tutorials you'd recommend I'm always all ears. For now I'll keep at it and honing those compositing skills :)

[@treywaka2444]

Streaming it over KZbin would be an option

[@AngusBeer]

You've still got it man! :D

[@UnionBytes]

WOW, soo cool! love it!

[@GuileStream]

A great job as usual !

[@GruntZug]

My mind was blown by your use of textures! Absolutely blown! Like how you used rhinos, elephants, hippos and pigs to give gannon his texture. I want to learn how to do that, do you know of any tutorials that could go into detail of how to accomplish that? It looks kind of complicated.

[@CH3R.N0BY1]

you're back!

[@triumphforx532]

This is a beautiful picture!!! SUBBED!

[@luffy11234]

I was just thinking about that doom painting you did a few years back. I assumed you went and got a job, an it sorta seems so with the game your making. Good luck with it.

[@allanrabanalesart8763]

Your work is really excellent 👍

[@envyrem]

Martin Freeman as Link is something I didn't know I needed

[@evocybernation8839]

I'm not a fan of the face, and the upper hand has an extreme drop-off and is not rounded out, but overall! Awe-inspiring job. Imagine if TJ was given a position and he updated the graphics of all the old NES and SNES games? I suggest that Nintendo hire him.

[@BlackWerwulf]

Again a GREAT work :) PS: Please put the before-after-picture (which you put at the start of the video) next time at the end. In this video they spoiled a bit the change, so it takes the wow-effect :)

[@igoralvaro92]

You're awesome! Great job

[@moslemsalafzoon1127]

TJ because of you i started learning photoshop ! i hope to get some tips for bigeners from you please.

[@pastpianist]

So freaking cool. I would love to see a tutorial on how to do this kind of stuff :)

[@capcomGamer100]

i love it so match... Zelda (picture) and you Speed Art xD bw, Zentolik ^^

[@thatsagekidtnatsagekid9917]

I really like the idea that link wears Uggs.

[@WilliamFaria98]

For god's fucking sake, man, you're my new idol!

[@ferjosecontreras8330]

Amazing!

[@AndresRojas-yg4vn]

Felicidades, debió tomarle mucho tiempo hacer esa obra maestra..

[@2meoo]

Awesome :) If you ever feel like putting a small tutorial out then I would be SOOO happy

[@awesomeuser3630]

I am really impressed x)

[@K-Cee75]

Incredible!!! :-) 100000 big thumbs up! :-)

[@sferris33]

Wow. Another example how Nintendos classics could truly be remastered on PC. I doubt the Switch or any potential future hardware by Nintendo could handle such a remaster

[@donaldmaciver1792]

Impressive...I really like it... :)

[@KeitamaruUrushinara]

OH PLEASE! Make more games!

[@SirGustav]

Wonderful

[@alemaypiano]

Please make a mariokart one. Also I would pay for a tutorial this stuff is incredible!!

[@noobaroni]

you're amazing!

[@Jacob-dq8eh]

Honestly, I think Nintendo should make a 2d Zelda game like this. I can't imagine it being easy meticulously crafting each sprite, animation and texture like this, but then again I can't imagine Breath of the Wild being easy to make either.

[@talelkraiem4757]

Heart taking

[@JimmyRupel]

YEY New Vídeo \o/

[@MSlucas4581]

More videos please !!!

[@fernando-sf5tm]

Melhor artista!

[@max.felipe]

Impressionante!

[@Tuckdragon]

wish there was a tutorial explaining the process how you make all this awesome shit

[@williamalzate]

hello from Colombia, you´re a awesome artist, OMG..... ITS BEATIFUL.... PLEASE, DO A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION... I WOULD SEE YOUR ART.... CONGRATULATIONS

[@brutulus91]

holy shit thats epic *-*

[@ItsCliffGaming]

Would it be possible, somehow, to get a 1x-speed version of this? I think you have some amazing would and I would love to see in more detail how you achieve some of your effects.

[@arax20]

If not maybe you can slow it down yourself

[@pedrovisgueira]

I WANT A POSTER OF THIS IN MY ROOM!!!

[@azadibogolubov]

WOW! You should make a remake of the game! :D

[@vadunchee]

Amazing. Just amazing [ Subscriber Gained ]

[@greenhunter1983]

please Demon's Crest or Zombies ate my neighbors. I realy love your art! Congratulations

[@IntoAllGames]

Amazing! As always! But could there be any sort of tutorial, please? :)

[@llamatoddtv]

Oh man, these are so good! Would you consider something from Final Fantasy Tactics? It has a 3D isometric view that I bet would give you a challenge!

[@TJTownsend]

+toddbeaz Thanks! I probably will do FF Tactics. I've had a lot of people request that.

[@danielsantana5126]

You are awsome, man :)

[@splitmindgaming5523]

Your hands down the best. How are you doing your highlights? Is it with a smudge tool? Keep creating videos. I can watch all your work all day

[@TJTownsend]

+Splitmind Gaming Thanks! I use the smudge tool to paint a mask that I then use to create adjustment layers, usually curves layers, so I can fine tune the lighting's color and intensity. I find the smudge tool creates a hand painted look when all you have is a mouse to work with. The curves layer on that mask is essentially the one-stop shop for lighting and shading. Sometimes saturation adjustment, but 95% of the time just curves.

[@chris70018]

W-o-W !

[@coreyl8261]

holy fucking shit this is cool

[@stamoslak]

Amazing work! Can we still donate? You have my help! P.S.: You should make a scene of Final Fantasy 7. Just a suggestion. Good luck from Greece!

[@maximegandolfo2253]

OMG wow.

[@dniachini]

YES!!!!

[@mrrick19379]

Nintendo should hire you.

[@Zanarkendjp]

I can only see link saying, "KIYAH!!"

[@gus750]

Shut up...and take my rupes....C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S

[@eunaoseibrother8902]

Awesome So a have a challege for you Make some game remaster on GIMP Like Earthboun, Chrono Trigger ( a good one) I always question me " isnt hard to make photoshop things on gimp?" Sorry for my bad english And pls reply me

[@eunaoseibrother8902]

Also YOU JOB IS SPETACULAR! Man you are my inspiration

[@kaiyodei]

you can do it in painter too right?