HYRULE HISTORIA

Yesterday, I acquired what very well could be the crowning jewel of my nerdery collection: Dark Horse’s HYRULE HISTORIA, a.k.a. 271 pages of breathtaking The Legend of Zelda goodness.  I received the book as a surprise gift from my amazing boyfriend—thanks, babe! ♥

 

The book is not only flat-out gorgeous, but also HUGE!  My boyfriend only paid roughly $20 (off of Amazon) for it, so I wasn’t expecting it to be so big!  It was certainly a pleasant surprise.  It’s a good-quality book with thick pages and a durable hardcover.

 

 

 

 

As the title suggests, the book chronicles the History of Hyrule throughout the Zelda series by beginning with Skyward Sword in a section titled “The Legend Begins”, and ending with “Creative Footprints”, a section that documents 25 years of artwork, with beautiful, full-color pages all along the way.  The book also features an intro and a conclusion by Shigeru Miyamoto and Eiji Aonuma, respectively, and a 32-page manga that tells the story of the goddess Hylia, the first Hero of Time, and the origins of Hyrule, and was lovingly drawn by the amazing duo Akira Himekawa.  I would have paid $20 for this manga alone!

 

For those of you who don't have the book (yet?), here are some scans (courtesy of Glitterberri), to give you a little preview:
 

 

 

AND, if you really want to go all out, there is also a Special Edition, of which there are only 4000 copies in existence. You can read about that here.

 

What a treasure.  No Zelda fan should be without this book.  Reading it made my heart ache with joy.  The Legend of Zelda has been such a huge part of my life, and my childhood memories of playing the games with my dad (and the rest of my family, too) are some of my most cherished.  I can’t wait to pass on things like this to my own children.  And I eagerly await what Nintendo has in store for us with this beloved series.

 

One thing is for certain…I will forever be a Zeldarian!  HYRULE HISTORIA now has a special place on my shelf and in my heart.

 

 

(P.S. The Makar plush was lovingly handmade by me. ^-^)



 

Artist Feature: Philip King

Hello again, everyone!  TWO blog posts within a month?  Is this some sort of miracle?  Hahaha. I really am trying to post more often.

Anyway, a-ha-hem.  Serious mode initiated.

Recently, I purchased two commissions from a friend of mine who just last year started college.  I must say, he did a fantastic job.  I commissioned him to draw two pieces, the first being of Derek and Risten from my book, The Otherkind, and the other of Arias, another character from the same book.

Take a look!

Aren’t they amazing? ♥ Phil is a very talented and intuitive artist, so I decided to allow him some artistic liberty with both pieces, and I was very impressed with his stylistic approach to the three characters. 

 

As for prices, he is more than reasonable. I only paid $30 for BOTH commissions, and I am quite satisfied with the results. Please consider supporting him by purchasing a commission (or two, or three, or four…)! If you are interested, e-mail him at pe.king93@gmail.com with your details.

 

So just a short post today, but I’ll be back soon.  One of my next posts will discuss my writing projects for this year. I have several new ideas for short stories and novels that I can't wait to share with you all.

 

Ciao~!

My online store...coming soon!

I am excited to announce that my very own online store is currently in the works! The name? Ah yes, the name. Hmm. I'm trying to decide between two:

The Market Town Gallery, or...

The Curiosity Shop?

Anyway, it'll end up one of the two. Feel free to comment!

The store is scheduled to open at Etsy on Saturday, April 7th, at approximately 12 noon. In about two weeks I will post photos here on my blog featuring my debut item.  I'm so excited to share my creations with everyone.

I've wanted to have my own store for a while now, but with my busy life I just haven't had any time to put something together in an orderly fashion. But with me going to college in the fall, some extra funding would really help out with things.

My shop will feature The Legend of Zelda-themed jewelry and novelties, as well as other cool things inspired by geekery, Anime/manga, and fantasy. Other items, like artwork and stationery, will be up for sale occasionally.

I hope you are excited about this as I am! Keep checking back for updates. :-)

Hmm, boredom. (Oh, and OTHERKIND coverart...)

I usually like to post every week, but I haven't found anything interesting to blog about as of recent. Or maybe I'm just too lazy to put something together. That's a complete possibility too.

I've been reading a lot, writing a lot. Driving myself insane trying to finish writing my first book. Oh, that reminds me, I put this together last week:

Ta-da! It's some random coverart for my book. Made it myself, using Photoshop CS3. I gotta admit, it looks pretty spiffy. Thank you to JELLYKA NEREVAN for the awesome fonts. :) I have every single "Jellyka" font and I love 'em. You can visit her at http://www.cuttyfruty.com/ She has some pretty cool stuff.

I think I'll post about music later this week, I'm itchin to babble about some recent pop singers that I've fallen in love with (more with the singer and not the music though, har har). AND, I'll have the review for my Book of the Month: July next week.

Ciao!