To keep up with our Gen 1 week, leading up to the XY release, here is my pick of some amazing artwork based on the first 151 Pokémon! I have tried to go for some great images which have an artistic twist, with more varied, bold styles.
Remember to add your very own art (and check out other peoples) in Smeargle’s Canvas and the Mount Moon Thread.
Here we see Bulbasaur mid-battle, leaping towards his opponent about to Vine Whip them into the ground! The bright lighting and smooth colours give this a very modern, fresh and almost plastic model look. His big eyes and chubby legs keep that innocent nature alive as he jumps out of the scenery.
Bulbasaur Used Vine Whip by Twarda8
Charmander has always come across as an inquisitive little Pokémon to me. The muted colours and soft lighting suit this cute picture well. I love his grabby paw/hand trying to get that leaf which is just escaping his grasp, blowing away in the breeze.
Pokemon Charmander by Mark331
This unusual watercolour of Squirtle really caught my eye. The movement of the different shades of blue represents the water beautifully and it seems like he has just dived in. It is a very simple painting detail wise, but I think it works perfectly for this underwater scene.
Squirtle by blix-it
I find this image just adorable *squeal*! Pikachu’s cute, round face peering out from the undergrowth surrounded by glowing plants is truly enchanting. The tiny, sharp detail in the flowers and leaves contrasts Pikachu’s simple, bold monotone yellow face and really pulls the image together.
Pikachu by Sekkosiki
This is a gorgeous autumnal watercolour painting of Eevee having a little snack. The slightly more realistic style of this painting makes Eevee look more wild than cute. I can just imagine sneaking up for a closer look, but then she scampers away with an apple in her mouth for later.
Eevee by Diaris
I am completely in love with this beautifully rendered 3D image of Snorlax. The slight soft blur and flat colours match Snorlax’s calm, lazy personality perfectly, and the pink and fluffy background make it look like he is falling into the land of dreams!
Snorlax by Shengdaflashpro
I hope you’ve enjoyed these images, and once again I have chosen a few extra pieces I couldn’t resist and added them into a gallery below!
I really the golbat and nidoking ones
Have to admit, I’m a huge fan of that Golbat art. I’m a sucker for bat Pokémon, and it brings Golbat out in a whole new way.
You must be in love with Noivern 😀
That I am! Loved it as soon as it was revealed 🙂
Same here, I’m definitely going to be using it on my team!
Watch out for my Flabébé.
And mine! >:D
Watch out for my backup Venusaur. Checkmate.
Watch out for my backup Fennekin Final EVO >:D
Watch out for my primary Frogadier EVO. CHECK-SET-MATCH
Don’t forget my Helioptile final evo >:D :p
Don’t forget about…my…wow, they didn’t reveal a Ground-type yet. Then how about my Amaura final evo! 😀
I send out PYROAR
Frogadier? Is that the official name of Froakie’s final form or just a made up name for it?
that is the official name for it Quilladin is chespin’s evo and
Braixen is fennekin’s evo
Okay I love the way the artist has added ‘teeth’ to Bulbasaur’s Vine Whip
And that Charmander is so friggin cute
Aw, eevee looks like a squirrel!
I love popart Wigglytuff.
My favorite art from Generation One will always be the Base Set TCG cards. When the first games came out, all we had were pixelated versions of the Pokémon. I remember buying pack after pack just to see the art and what each Pokémon looked like. I still have all my cards today 🙂
Wow! This was some of the best Pokemon artwork I’ve seen in a while!
Why does that Mewtwo art look familiar? 😉
Where is simkenno when you need him? 😀
What does simkenno have to do with this? XD
That Mewtwo is simkenno’s avatar.
…I know. That was the point I made at first, but I…oh never mind! XP
I love that watercolor Squirtle…
<3 Bulbasaur, Eevee, and Snorlax art ^^
and Jiiglypuff :p
Is that Haunter a tattoo?…?
Since Mega Mewtwo X was revealed I wonder if the “another eeveelution” rumour is true too?
DRAGON TYPE PLEASE! 😀
I think I remember reading something about a Poison-type Eeveelution called “Toxeon” or something
‘Toxeon’ is what everyone seems to want to see. Now that it’s been confirmed that Sylveon (fairies whatever) will be weak to poison, I’d love to see it unveiled. Oh and 27 days to go? HYPER.
yes they will be weak to posion
I know 😀 This makes me happy. It also makes my Arbok that I shipped over from Fire Red (all the way through Gen IV & V) at Level 100 all the more relevant again. Poison needed new life.
i know they have been pretty weak since gen 2
I agree, but we’re still waiting for the eeveelution of the other type from gen 2, the Steel-type eeveelution. My thinking is that they’re trying to make one eeveelution of every type and when Dark and Fairy-types were introduced, they decided to get those ones outta the way first.
So your Arbok is from Gen 3 right? When it arrived in whatever Gen 4 and 5 games you were playing, could it learn the moves from those generations that an Arbok could normally learn?
Indeed it could/can 🙂
I’m trying to figure out how Marill’s and Jigglypuff’s retconning into Fairy-types will affect their evolved forms. Will Azumarill and Wigglytuff be retconned into dual Water/Fairy and Normal/Fairy-types too? And what about Azurill and Igglybuff?
I don’t see any way Azumarill and Wigglytuff wouldn’t be fairy now as well. That would be like the introduction of the Steel type, and they showed Magnemite being part steel, but Magneton is pure electric instead. The prevolutions, there is a chance they may not have it, or maybe in Azurill’s case outright change the normal to fairy, because it was going to lose it anyways.
the whole line’s will be retconned as:
Azurill: Normal/Fairy
Marill: Water/Fairy
Azumarill: Water/Fairy
Igglybuff / Jigglypuff / Wigglytuff: Normal/Fairy
Now Regarding Gardevoir being Psychic/Fairy, I believe Ralts and Kirlia will remain solely Psychic. And then you have the option of evolving Kirlia the Psychic Pokemon into either a dual Psychic/Fairy (Gardevoir) or a dual Psychic/Fighting (Gallade).
I actually made a list of fairies that I thought would be retconned that I will repost
Do you have any evidence to support this or is this just your personal opinion?
I posted these before but reposted them for you again to give you idea on the fairies that I believe will become retconned and how it will affect their evolutionary lines.
I can imagine eviolite Chansey becoming Uber now since it is immune to dragon type attacks. Most of these retcon’s will be needed especially since the metagame is updating so much with pokemon being able to wake up out of paralysis now depending on your bond with it, electric pokes can’t be paralyzed, grass are immune to powder/spore moves, ghosts not being affected by “fleeing” type moves, and fairies receiving 0 damage from dragons:
LIST OF RECLASSIFIED/RETCONNED FAIRIES
Cleffa / Clefairy / Clefable | Normal/Fairy
Igglybuff / Jigglypuff / Wigglytuff | Normal/Fairy
Skitty / Delcatty | Normal/Fairy
Buneary / Lopunny | Normal/Fairy
Minccino / Cinccino | Normal/Fairy
Happiny / Chansey / Blissey | Normal/Fairy
Audino | Normal/Fairy
Dunsparce | Normal/Fairy
Snubbull / Granbull | Normal/Fairy
Spinda | Normal/Fairy
Azurill | Normal/Fairy
Togepi | Normal/Fairy
Togetic / Togekiss | Flying/Fairy
Plusle | Electric/Fairy
Minun | Electric/Fairy
Pachirisu | Electric/Fairy
Volbeat | Bug/Fairy
Illumise | Bug/Fairy
Bellossom | Grass/Fairy
Cherubi / Cherrim | Grass/Fairy
Cottonee / Whimsicott | Grass/Fairy
Petilil / Lilligant | Grass/Fairy
Maractus | Grass/Fairy
Darkrai | Dark/Fairy
Cresselia | Psychic/Fairy
Uxie | Psychic/Fairy
Mesprit | Psychic/Fairy
Azelf | Psychic/Fairy
Mew | Psychic/Fairy
Gardevoir | Psychic/Fairy
Chingling / Chimecho | Psychic/Fairy
Munna / Musharna | Psychic/Fairy
Gothita / Gothorita / Gothitelle | Psychic/Fairy
Misdreavus / Mismagius | Ghost/Fairy
Vanillite / Vanillish / Vanilluxe | Ice/Fairy
Glalie | Ice/Fairy
Mawile | Steel/Fairy
Sudowoodo | Rock/Fairy
Milotic | Water/Fairy
Finneon / Lumineon | Water/Fairy
Alomomola | Water/Fairy
Politoed | Water/Fairy
Marill / Azumarill | Water/Fairy
*extra notes*
-Arceus | Fairy (holding Star Plate/Moon Plate)
-Meloetta | Fairy/Fighting & Fairy/Psychic forms (I feel like its normal typing was a placeholder and that fairy type was being worked on and didn’t make 5th gen in time)
-Swablu / Altaria | I feel like their line may be the most drastic change. I feel like they will get Fairy/Flying or Fairy/Dragon. Swablu is already a dual Normal type which could change, and they just don’t scream dragonish to me. Their too fluffy like swirlix, but beautiful like sylveon. They also have healing moves/abilities.
-Johto starters are known for being “pure”, but Meganium is the perfect candidate for Grass/Fairy because it revives dead plants with its breath. If it doesn’t get reclassified I can imagine its Mega Evolution becoming Grass/Fairy
-I can also imagine Shaymin’s Land forme being Grass/Fairy while its Sky Forme remains Grass/Flying
-The fact that Suicune purifies water around the world, has a healing ability in the form of Water Absorb, and has wing like things protruding from its back makes me think its a Water/Fairy candidate, but I doubt they will do that and leave Raikou/Entei mono typed.
I also believe Moon Stone and Shiny Stone’s will be seen as the official fairy evolution methods. Lots of fairy pokemon already evolve this way.
Yeah, I remember hearing something about Clefairy and Togetic, at least being retconned into Fairy-types. I can sort of imagine Celebi being retconned into a Grass/Fairy-type or at least gaining a Mega Evolution that’s Grass/Fairy.
Fairies should be rare creatures like Dragons and Ghosts. So I expect them to be iin top 3 rarest type.
Which one? There have been lots of eeveelution rumors. There wasn’t one attached to the Pokebeach Leaks, though. Was there another specific rumor that called this second Mewtwo being X and an eeveelution too?
well the pokebeach rumor which posted about the mewtwo X first make no mention of another eeveelution
When I saw the Charmander fan art…
My favorites are the Haunter tat and the awesome Nidoking!
That Arcanine, Mewtwo, Pidgey, and Jigglypuff! <3
(A bit Off-topic) Nintendo added a countdown for the X and Y launch day! 😀
http://www.nintendo.com/?country=US&lang=en
From when I post this the games will launch in
26 days:08 hours:37 minutes:016 seconds
Al aboard the hype train!
Hypehypehype I’m hype. Art Appreciation getting me hype. omg so hype
I find it funny that just a this morning I installed a countdown app just for X and Y, and now Nintendo makes this? What are the odds?
Arcanine looks like a beast!
huh?
Arcanine IS beast!!!! xD
He’s kind of smiling.
Who’s PUMPED for X/Y!
Memememememe!
I think the better question is who isn’t PUMPED for X/Y!
Genwunners, that’s who. XD
speaking of which have not seen them around lately may be they where scared off
I guess even they think X/Y look AMAZING!
must be
If you’re not hyped for these games, you’re doing it wrong. XD
I AM PUMPED!!! “Eyes glow red and foam drips from mouth as I scream demonically as I break nearby furniture”
I shoulds be excited since Oct 12th is MY BIRTHDAY!!!!
I kinda wish there was a world map (official) to show how close and where the regions are.
You can check the one on serebii
Ooh. I didn’t know there was one there.
I love that picture of Eevee! With my favorite season coming up, this goes perfectly with the feeling of fall. The faded warm colors match so well with Eevee, and this picture is just so darn cute! I want this picture on my wall! >:)
Mr. Mime’s is Awesome haha
when does the smash episode air?
Yesterday
really poo
because of time zone differences it airs here on Saturday (around 5:30 for me)
tomorrow is my birthday, so it would be nice if the upcoming pokemon announcement would give me something nice to wake up to on my birthday 😀 tho it probably will just be the “gottacatchemall!” website…
Happy early birthday! 😀 I’m 96% sure it’s GottaCatchEmAll.com but we don’t know what that is. It could be something awesome!
what if it is like an online merchandise store for pokemon?!
I would have no problem with that
Will PJ be covering the live announcement tomorrow?
For some reason, I think the Bulbasaur’s nose is too pig-like. The Bulbasaur evolutionary line don’t have a prominent noses do they?
Where is everyone? The site feels so.. empty. 😐
ikr?
I’m always here, Dicie.
i always here watching O.O forever!
I have a set of eyes and a brain dedicated to PokeJungle.
i have that plus a hand dedicated to PokeJungle (need to be able to type and click a mouse)
Since I am a Xatu I don’t have hands. I type by thought.
touche
Do the starters still only have one official art?
i believe so
Is there gonna be a post on the anime? I think it will be Ash with Fletchling, Froakie, and Chespin, Serena with Fennekin and Vivillon, Clemont with Dedenne and Bonnie with both Meowstics except they are not in their pokeball just follow around (Bonnie having Pokémon with her part not likely but nice thought) =]
i don’t think bonnie will have any pokemon kinda like max
Yeah I know I put that at the end. They probably will have a nice spot in a movie though similar to plusle and minun in that 1 movie
now we already know clemont has a dedenne but does that make him the more likely electric gym leader or the surprise fairy gym leader
Def electric.. Kinda want him to have only or mainly electric types but it would be cool if he starts off openly a gym leader then leaves it and decides to catch all types of Pokémon, for more diverse cast teams
Maybe Dedenne will get an evolution, and that’s why it will be debuting in the anime so soon?
I think it is because it will have a staring role in the anime sense Clemont seems like a true trainer himself and Dedenne likely his main Poke. Its his Pikachu basically. I would be So Upset if it was similar to Cilan’s Pansage.. rarely ever seen or used ( -_-)
and when it is out it loses like 6 out of 10 battles
XD Poor Pansage
ikr poor little monkey
yea i wonder why he will travel with ash. whats his reason
Month half over everybody! =D
The time will start going slower and slower as the countdown reaches its end. But I hope not!
Debbie Downer.. ( -_-)
But it won’t! Time is always the same, think about that!
but can’t you bend time
I’m no Dialga! 😛
I know Dialga, he owes me one! :I
time all ways flys by for me in september so much going on for me
Wait, does that Meowth have saberteeth?
I really like the Rhydon and Pikachu art
thats not a rhydon that’s a nidoking
So it is. I still like it though
Oh I skipped slowpoke nice and pink one at the bottom left.. dang forgot its name but these 2 along with mr.mime and Pikachu are my faves
Wigglytuff. 😉
In the future I want our character in the Pokémon games to have a voice.. not an actual voice we hear but we can say more stuff.. like you know how the professor ask you will you take the Pokedex and you can say yes or no.. well I want most Every time we talk to a character we can have true conversations like this.. It would be really cool if our answers could sway the path of the game
that would be nice to have a fable style pokemon game
I though it was a Nidoqueen
the ears are to big to be a nidoqueen
No it is queen.. King is purple
Shiny King isn’t
But it’s blue and the tail, look at the tail
it could be a shiny nidoking and look it as those plate things on it’s arm that nidoqueen does not plus look at the horn it’s to long to be a nido king and the kicker the title of the picture says it’s a nidoking
check out this art animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eghk9bVNN9M
School tomorrow 🙁
However, the possible GottaCatchEmAll website might be out? Or a totally new X/Y concept/pokemon/feature…
#TuneInSeptember16th
I’m so ready for the info tomorrow… I’ve been curious to know what that website is.
Glad the website is back up. Oct. 12 can’t get here fast enough. At least I have things to keep me occupied till then. Does anybody have any friend codes? I just bought a 3DS last week and would like to battle some you guys/gals upon release
So, is there a video of some sort coming up in 15 minutes?
I would think so. A link maybe?
https://pokemon.promo.eprize.com/hunt/:b=chrome/
This isn’t really art related, but I predict that with all that foggy kind of space on the Kalos map it might be a connection to Hoenn. Instead of making remakes, they will let us go to Hoenn after the elite 4 and the champion says to meet stephen at some place and he takes you to hoenn and gives you a Hoenn starter and you kind of start over in a way with the gyms and all. Oh! and it would be rrreeeeaaalllyyy cool if someone gave you an outfit of the Hoenn Protagonists. Ok I’m Done, but I can dream. I WANT this in the games. now. please. even if you have to make a third game called pokemon Z. just do it. please.
Seriously doubt it.. but that would be Awesome!