It’s Zara again! another commission for hork-bajir4ever from FA!
This time of Zara in his home jungle, swinging through the trees. Is that bow for self-defense, or for Yeerk hunting? Who knows! It was fun to design. The bow is probably made from a favorite tree, the quiver made from bark, with a handwoven webbing and an animal tusk closure. The marks are probably scratches unique to Zara (not language, but another Hork Bajir from his tribe would recognize it as his). The webbing holding it in place is based on a real handwoven guitar strap I found while researching handwoven items. Do Hork Bajir do their own weaving, do you wonder? Trim claws, nimble fingers, and plant fibers to make string, maybe a Seer?
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So since I've taken a bit of a hiatus from playing Skyward Sword I've done some doodles! (All the images with words are written out in the image description)
....while I haven't played the ubisoft avatar game myself, or more accurately, I have obsessively played the x360 one, I doubt it could be better than the Ancient Forest of Monster Hunter World.
I have. Never seen a jungle location be this layered, vertical and complex, while also remaining extremely readable. Like, there'a and easy route around the map and insides of a giant tree in the center of it, to act as a crossing or shortcut. However, the actual map is... so much more detailed than just this.
There are vine swing-jumping sections which open up new pathways for you, there are less noticeable vines to climb, which reveal new arboreal pathways ahead. There is an entire 'jungle-catwalk' section right near the dragon nest at the top of the giant tree. You cannot navigate these additional paths with map, it is much more simple and natural just to remember them and trust your memory on this.
It's just I have spawned in a rainy weather for the first time, and started exploring these vines, and this has been THE Avatar experience. Honestly no other game has ever made a more natural and interesting forest to explore than this one.
I genuinely did not anticipate this level of detail, beauty and meticulous attention to everything from a game about exterminating dinodragons. I picked it up for the Monster Hunter part of it the title, but let me tell you the World part is the actual gem of the game for me, I am in love with this.