When most of us pick up a piece of paper or a notebook to doodle on, we can’t go on forever. A sheet of A4 paper has edges, and even digital artists have to decide how much space they need for their artwork. Sometimes I realize too late that if I had just started a little bit more to the right or to the left, things would have looked perfect. It’s frustrating, but I don’t really want to start all over just because I couldn’t see where the center of my drawing should be on the paper.
Wouldn’t it be great if there was unlimited space so everyone could fill the white background with all the ideas and details they wanted? Like a canvas twice your size for example? Or, say, something bigger, like a wall? Or would that be too much?
Having too much space doesn’t seem to be a problem for artist Hannah Baker. She’s a painter who specializes in murals and isn’t afraid to completely transform a room and sometimes even make it seem larger than it is by painting in, what I’d like to call it, a 3D effect. So when Hannah’s little sisters asked her to re-paint their shared bedroom, she happily accepted their request. Since all three sisters are fans of The Legend of Zelda games, they agreed on having the open-world scenery of Breath of the Wild as a theme for their new bedroom.
Their decision couldn’t have been better. The first thing I thought to myself when I played Breath of the Wild was that Hyrule had never looked so beautiful before; there were both tiny and large details wherever you turned to look, and the same goes for Hannah’s work. Just like in the game, you can choose to gaze out to the mountain tops in the horizon, look up and perhaps catch a glimpse of a dragon or maybe spin on your heels and suddenly find a Korok.
Hannah’s work isn’t just a mural; this is something more than that. To me, it is a true manifestation of the love she and her sisters are feeling for Breath of the Wild. You can tell by the way Hannah has brought Hyrule to life with her careful strokes of paint: the shimmering Fairies ready to restore health to anyone who steps through the door, a Stalkoblin waiting to take it away if they take the wrong turn, Koroks hiding in their (what feels like) never-ending game of hide-and-seek. By literally bringing the wild outdoors inside, Hannah has made it possible for her little sisters to keep on dreaming of a post-apocalyptic Hyrule even after putting the game aside.
If this room won’t turn the imagination wild for anyone who steps inside, I don’t know what will! Hannah’s hard work and dedication to ensure that everything is just like in the game is on another level, and I’m sure even Pikango himself would turn green with envy if he could see her talent. If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the video below and I’m sure I’ll have you convinced.
