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The art style looks like Akihiro Yamada, who drew the Lodoss War: Lady of Pharis manga. However, I can't find confirmation of this using google, so I'm probably wrong. Still, if you like that art style, you might want to look into this guy.

>>1897817
>>1897853
It's Katsuya Terada: https://www.google.com/search?q=Katsuya+Terada&es_sm=119&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=z_oAVO3mL5OAygS_6oH4AQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1922&bih=982

Awesome artist.

It's Link's Awakening, m8. Also the only source of other artwork I've seen of it was from Zelda Dungeon, and probably any wiki site might have them. Just looking at the art style makes me nostalgic for the early 90's all over again.

Also the website said Katsuya Terada did the Zelda artwork, but then again it's only one source that confirms that.

>>1897817
I don't know if they were an adaptation of japanese material, but Nintendo Power used those illustrations in some guides for various Zelda games (from the original to Link's Awakening). The artist is Katsuya Terada. He's mostly a pin-up illustrator now, but he's also known for his designs for the Blood: The Last Vampire anime, and a pretty gross manga adaptation of Journey to the West.

You probably can get decent scans here and there in wikis and Zelda fansites, dunno if somebody has ever tried to collect them all together.

Here's some more, from Zelda 1

>>1897817
>>1897903

From Zelda 2. Look at that thing. LOOK AT IT.

>>1897817
>>1897903
>>1897909

From ALttP.

>>1897817
>>1897903
>>1897909
>>1897914

>>1897876

And indeed, from Link's Awakening. Actually, I think these were actually official Nintendo's Player Guides.

>>1897817
>>1897903

The LA pieces are probably the best, though.

>>1897817
>>1897903
>>1897921

>>1897920
All I read was that they were going to be in the Player's Guide, but weren't for one reason or another. Again, it was really vague on the info.

http://www.zeldadungeon.net/2011/10/artwork-inspired-by-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening/

>>1897924
>>1897925
Hive mind right here, you and I.

>>1897817
>>1897903

Trivia! Terada also did the box art for the SFC version of Prince of Persia, and fuck does it look awesome.

I love Katsuya Terada's art.

>>1897876
That's Awakening, but at least a lot of his Zelda art is of Zelda 2, like this one.

>>1897938
This fucking boss...

>>1897942
Just kneel on the left, man. Nobody will know.

>>1897942

>>1897920

It's from the Nintendo Power LA guide, it also contained art work from Zelda 1, 2, ALTTP by Terada.

>heavily inspired by Moebius

Why doesn't anyone do art like this anymore?

>>1897903
Here's my favorite Gannon of his.

>no HD scans ITT

>>1897968
Take into account the quality of the scanners of that time.

>>1898020
Terada is beautiful in all sizes, OP

>>1898031
meant to say it to>>1897968

>>1898031
>>1898020

>no nigga has made better scans

>>1898020
>Take into account the quality of the scanners of that time.

Scanners could do HD. They just would have been scaled down for websites.

>>1897909
Link is going to turn around and stab the shit out of that thing. He's ready.

>You will never live in an alternate-history 1980s in which Katsuya Terada defines the look of a classic game series
Feels fucking awful, man.

>>1897914
"Jesus Christ, woman, I'm just trying to get some fucking sleep!"

>>1897914
>>1901287

>"If I close my eyes, she will go away"

BTW, Terada is NOT the main concept artist of the Zelda series. These images are comissions for Nintendo.

They ARE NOT concept art used to develop the game while in production.

I only say that because many sites that actually put an a name to the art claim that these images are the official concept art.

>>1897929
I always thought the vizier looked like Agahnim. Ha!

>>1897951
Bethesda also had a very good Moebius inspired artist
RIP

>>1897949
"Don't tell your Mom and Dad."