endIndex: Banzuela, who illustrated new covers of Noli and Fili for Anvil Publishing, talks about how he manages the amount of painstaking detail he pours into each work. In photo: detail of his The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask piece. Photo courtesy of RAF BANZUELA
The longer you stare at a poster illustrated by Raf Banzuela, the more you’re rewarded with details ripped straight from video gaming’s best moments. One of his recent pieces is a tribute to “The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask,” which comprises the game’s many characters and gameplay elements into a haunting diorama of the Nintendo classic. For Banzuela, a lot of the storytelling in his work comes from these carefully researched details.