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Hello, everyone! I've really been pussyfooting around with posting my own art thread here, but here I am at last.
I am a freelance worker that creates illustrations both traditionally and digitally. You may have seen me post my own artwork on various threads here and there, but I have also made a series of prints on my social media accounts that include EVERY SINGLE Pokémon created except for the ones introduced in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. I'll get to them eventually.
Anyway, here are some samples of my work.
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I mentioned earlier I did a series of prints with every Pokémon. I did this during the 20th anniversary to honor the series I love so much. They may appear a bit cartoony than thier designs would dictate, but that's how I felt I should treat it. I did redraw all the first gen Pokémon due to Pokémon Go, but I sadly lost the original prints. They are grouped by evolution family and the backgrounds are colors that represent thier types. I'll slowly add all the generations, but let's start with the first generation redos (again, I lost the originals. Sorry...)
This last July 4th, Lindsay and I had to say goodbye to our chocolate Labrador, Sadie.
Lindsay has had her since she was 2 years old. And throughout the years she has survived many hardships, including getting hit by a car and surviving with the happiest dog grin I've known. I didn't know her as long as Lindsay did. I met her when she was about 10 or 11 years old, but even then she was so sweet. She wanted to play all the time. You threw a toy for her and there was no stopping her. It's like she'd never get tired. She wasn't that smart when I knew her ( Lindsay says she was super smart before the accident) but dammit, she was the sweetest dog on Earth.
Her last few days were the hardest on me. You can sort of see it in thier eyes that they are in pain and ready to go. We tried medication, but she only got worse. I was hoping that she'd make it okay, but some small part of me knew it was time... It was not easy, but we helped her cross the rainbow bridge today and I only hope it's as beautiful as Lindsay described: full of color she couldn't see in life as a dog. With bacon and toys everywhere.
So here's to Sadie. I may have not known her like Lindsay did, but when I did she made my life a lot better with her mom and little sister.
So, I entered the "Design an Alolan Pokémon" contest and came up with these two: Alolan Phanpy and Alolan Donphan. Based on the rare and mystic white elephants of Siam, they are very bright pink in coloration due to thier diet of berries. They have become Fairy-type on top of thier Ground-type due to thier legend and rarity. I also thought of them competitively and added a bit more Special Defense and added more beneficial abilities. I hope you enjoy.
Now for a treat: it took me a bit, but I got a new drawing program for my tablet and have finished the Gen 7 families, meaning I have drawn EVERY SINGLE POKEMON and thier alternate forms. I hope you enjoy them.
Today is the birthday of one of my greatest artistic influences, Chuck Jones. Chuck was one of the biggest forces during the Golden Age of Animation, working on countless Looney Tunes cartoons. Some of the ones he directed are regarded as the greatest in Looney Tunes history, such as "One Froggy Evening", "Duck Amuck", and "What's Opera, Doc?", as well as the classic TV cartoon, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas". I regard his style as very handsome looking, being both cute but elegant. So, I drew this sketch to honor him today. Happy Birthday, Chuck.
It's also Bill Murray's birthday! I love this guy's movies! My favorites are "Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", "Lost in Translation", and of course, "Ghostbusters". Happy Birthday, Bill!
I was digging through my archives and found this piece I did for an OLD RMT. This was back when Mega Metagross and Arena Trap Dugtrio were OU legal, and Porygon-Z was actually kind of usable. If anyone wants a RMT banner made by me, hit me up here on Smogon!
This is our newest foster dog, Tonks. Long story short, she was badly hurt and originally going to be put down, but she is recovering after so many surgeries and living with us now. She is the sweetest girl. <3
Ok, so I decided to finish the print series and go ahead and draw these two: Meltan and Melmetal. Released for Pokemon: Let's Go, these two are based off of hex nuts and liquid metal. Mercury, I believe is the element used. I don't mind the designs of these two. Melton took a while to grow on me. I still think it looks like a gray Ditto with a nut on it's head, but It's cute. Melmetal is kind if cool looking. It's humanoid but amorphous at the same time. I kind of like that Melmetal's arms have a squash and stretch quality to them. It's like a life form made of whatever's inside a lava lamp.
I really love using Melmetal in Let's Go OU. It's one of, if not the best, offensive Pokemon in the game thanks to its amazing Attack, great HP and Defense, and a rare Steel-typing. It also has a neat move called Double Iron Bash that hits twice and causes flinches. It can abuse this move with Thunder Wave to form a para-flinch strategy, which also helps circumvent its slow Speed. However, Melmetal's slow Speed also means that it always get outspeed by a lot of threats, especially Will-O-Wisp Mew. It also has a low Special Defense, so even Fire Blast from Alolan Muk will do a lot. Melmetal is also easy to wear down because it lacks reliable recovery outside of Rest.
