Wow. Simple yet elegant. Great use of very simple colors, yet with two-tone shading for everything like the trees, the horse, the rocks, etc. I also love how the layers of mountains are different colors depending on their position in the distance.



It's a simple picture, but it conveys a lot all at once. The menacing castle and volcano convey a sense of foreboding, but Link on his horse just looking out into the distance conveys a bigger sense of adventure. "I wonder what's out there." "I have to get there." The focus on making the background simple almost seems to say that what exactly is out there is less important than the fact that a lot of things are out there.



I am really looking forward to this game.



I wish this pic were in a higher resolution though. I have a 2560x1440 monitor, and would love to have this as one of my wallpapers! (I have my wallpapers set in a rotating cycle - most are photos of backgrounds such as lakes of forests, but some are adventurous cartoon drawings)