{"id":125005,"date":"2022-05-20T19:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-131779"},"modified":"2022-05-20T19:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-20T19:30:00","slug":"random-university-student-makes-brilliant-zelda-inspired-animation-gets-an-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/20\/random-university-student-makes-brilliant-zelda-inspired-animation-gets-an-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: University Student Makes Brilliant Zelda-Inspired Animation, Gets An A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c2cc4fdab0758\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c2cc4fdab0758\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c2cc4fdab0758\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"QEb5xkwG7os\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Oooooh, I&#8217;ve always wanted to say this: Nintendo, hire this man!<\/p>\n<p>Jordan LeBlanc (AKA Hxx) is an animation student in his sophomore year (which, for non-Americans, is the second year of university), and made this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">Breath of the Wild<\/a>-themed short as part of a project to create a film over the course of one semester. The film shows a Link-like character and a Zelda-like character fighting over weapons in a library, which is extremely dangerous \u2014 you&#8217;ll hurt the books!<\/p>\n<p>The animation was created in Maya, according to Hxx&#8217;s comments on YouTube and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hxx_3D\">Twitter<\/a>, with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffbrice\">music by Jeff Brice<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artstoff\">character rigs by Christoph Schoch<\/a>. And, of course, Hxx got an A for his work:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-oembed\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/zelda\/comments\/utbmc8\/comment\/i9a9s2i\/?utm_source=reddit&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3 @ 2022-05-20T16:00:28+01:00 --><\/aside>\n<p>Hopefully the outcome of this amazing short film is a high-profile job at a cool games studio, and not a cease and desist from Nintendo!<\/p>\n<p>You can also check out Hxx&#8217;s YouTube channel, which hosts a number of game-related animations throughout the years, to see how much his work has improved \u2014 including this viral Apex Legends fan short from two years ago:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"WcFRsWjIYTA\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Congrats to Hxx on the well-deserved A, and we&#8217;ll be watching your career with interest from now on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Oooooh, I&#8217;ve always wanted to say this: Nintendo, hire this man! 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