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Cuttle appeared!

Welcome back to more Golden Sun monster redraw! Today’s monster, the Cuttle!

These guys, or more specifically a variant called the Aqua Jelly, are notable for invading Piers’ ship. They reduce into a puddle of water when defeated, and have a miraculous ability to fuse with others of its kind to form the Aqua Hydra.

Something interesting about it’s design is, I never knew it had teeth! If you look very closely in it’s damage pose, the white and yellow pixels under it’s cap actually resembles a jaw. I personally thought it may have been eyes until I took a closer look.

Enjoy, and remember to check your ship for these pests before you set sail!

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Lizard Man appeared!

Back with more ✨Golden Sun monster redraw✨

Today’s monster is the Lizard Man! This axe wielding armored lizard is notable for being the first monster you fight in Mercury Lighthouse. The craftsmanship of it’s armor and weapon seem to be pretty high quality, I personally like to believe they hail from a well established lizard kingdom lead by the Lizard King you fight in Crossbone Isle.

This design was actually a bit of a challenge due to it’s weapon and armor quality. Getting the shine and details right were a bit tough going off the sprite, but I think it came out pretty okay!

Hope you enjoy this green scaled fellow!

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And now, a special behind the scenes look at 💥golden sun monster redraw💥

Check out my process with this fun little timelapse video!

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I like the guardian theory! I don’t know if it’s Mandela effect but I think I do remember an NPC mentioning the drought. It’s actually a bit tragic when you think of it that way, poor monsters just want to help, yet are blind to the damage they do.

Hydros Statue appeared!

Welcome back to another ✨Golden Sun monster redraw✨

This is a special one to celebrate 10 monsters, the ferocious, the water blessing, Hydros Statue!

This boss monster is notable for it’s unique ability to infinitely spit water. Once considered Altin’s guardian statues, they come alive after Psynergy stones shower the town following Mt. Aleph’s eruption and proceed to flood the place entirely.

This monster, and Altin in general, were very memorable to me growing up. The concept of a monster that could infinitely spit water and a town completely underwater because of it was so unique to me. There are so many questions too, who created these statues, what drives them to want to flood a town? Their motives were truly beyond our understanding and that’s what I think makes them so cool!

Hope you enjoyed the season one finale of Golden Sun monster redraw! What monsters will come next? Stay tuned!

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Hydros Statue appeared!

Welcome back to another ✨Golden Sun monster redraw✨

This is a special one to celebrate 10 monsters, the ferocious, the water blessing, Hydros Statue!

This boss monster is notable for it’s unique ability to infinitely spit water. Once considered Altin’s guardian statues, they come alive after Psynergy stones shower the town following Mt. Aleph’s eruption and proceed to flood the place entirely.

This monster, and Altin in general, were very memorable to me growing up. The concept of a monster that could infinitely spit water and a town completely underwater because of it was so unique to me. There are so many questions too, who created these statues, what drives them to want to flood a town? Their motives were truly beyond our understanding and that’s what I think makes them so cool!

Hope you enjoyed the season one finale of Golden Sun monster redraw! What monsters will come next? Stay tuned!

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Wood Walker appeared!

Welcome back to another 🌱GOLDEN SUN MONSTER REDRAW🌱

Today’s monster is everyone’s favorite walking stump, the Wood Walker!

As you can see, the wood walks. It actually does more than that though, it also has the ability to summon thorned plants - yeouch! Something interesting about this particular monster is, it’s the only one in the game that doesn’t have a palette swap variant! Well, at least one you can fight normally, the code and sprites for them do exist.

A few things I love about the design of these guys: their huge wooden maw that gives them a resting smile face, it’s glowing yellow eyes, it’s giant arms, and of course it’s stubby little stump legs!

Hope you enjoyed this redraw and stay tuned for more 🌱GOLDEN SUN MONSTER REDRAWS🌱

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Ghost appeared!

Welcome back to another ☀️golden sun monster redraw☀️

Today’s monster is the Ghost! These fellas like to hover ever so slightly off the ground, shoot spooky ghost skulls at you, and occasionally partake in medicinal herbs.

This design in particular was a bit easier to stay true to what the original designers intended since it has some official artwork associated with it! I did opt to use the in-game palette and go for a more neutral expression to replicate that smooth and simple look.

Hope you enjoyed this ☀️golden sun monster redraw☀️

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Vermin, Gressil, and Punch Ant appears… hungry!

Do you like my golden sun monster redraws? Consider tipping me on ko-fi! All proceeds go to feeding these monsters 💕

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Angle Worm appeared!

Finally back with more ✨golden sun monster redraws✨

Today’s monster is the Angle Worm. Which to me looks more like a caterpillar? You don’t get to appreciate how great these guys are usually because so much detail is lost in the sprite. But a giant caterpillar holding four swords is incredible, very happy to have drawn this one!

Really makes you wonder, does the Angle Worm eventually turn into an Angle Butterfly? Where did it get the swords? All very valid questions.

Hope you like it, and look forward to the next

✨golden sun monster redraw✨

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Will Head appeared!

Back again with more ✨random encounter redraws✨ from golden sun! Today’s own is everyone’s favorite disembodied flaming skull, the Will Head! This one was a fun one to paint, super straight forward just a skull and some flames. Hope you find a sense of nostalgia looking at this spooky guy!

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Gressil appeared!

Golden Sun random encounter time! This one is a bit more niche because they only appear in two locations in The Lost Age, but hopefully they still ring a bell! I personally really like the sprites for these guys, it’s one of the more clear designs. Also I don’t know if this is just me but I feel like this fella wouldn’t be out of place in Luigi’s Mansion. It’s like some beta ghost they cut because of the menacing scythes lmao

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Vermin appeared!

Back with more random encounters! This one was a little harder than I was expecting for such a simple monster, it ended up a lot less rat-like than I was expecting but I hope it has that air of familiarity you could expect from one of Golden Sun’s iconic beginner monsters!

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The treasure chest was really a Mimic!

this one is technically not a random encounter, whoops, but it’s still a golden sun monster! I never realized how absolutely wacky the concept of these mimics are, because of all it’s different parts this one was a bit of a challenge.

I hope you’ve been enjoying these, I didn’t initially think I was going to be drawing so many golden sun monsters but I’m definitely planning on drawing more so stay tuned and don’t fall for the mimics!

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Gnome appeared!

I’m glad these drawings are hitting the target audience! It’s been really fun redrawing these little guys, this one in particular was tricky because of it’s more complex design. I had to take some guesses on some design choices but I think I got pretty close!

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Punch Ant appeared!

More golden sun random encounter baddies, I’m having a great time redrawing the original sprites! I think ill probably be doing more of these regularly.

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One more prediction for good measure

 I actually unironically am kinda happy with how this looks even tho its basically a refined scribble

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classic game, such a vibrant rpg dude

Golden Sun: The Lost Age (2002)