Pokemon Trainer Joey, Wind Waker Style

I love the art style used in the video game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.  That game, as well as its sequels Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks had a unique style to them that made the game seem more cartoony and colorful.  When images of Wind Waker were first shown, many fans of the Legend of Zelda series were outraged after seeing the somewhat haunting art direction of Majora's Mask before it.  Over time, however, I have seen more people lauding this game, if not for the gameplay, then for its art direction.  I did not even play Legend of Zelda much until 2007, and I kind of liked this game's colorful, chibi-populated art direction back then.  Then again, I'm usually drawn toward cartoony art styles.

So, here's an image I drew back in the summer of 2011 of myself as a Pokemon trainer, done in Wind Waker-style.  The Pokemon at my side here are Larvitar (the green dinosaur), Infernape (the fiery monkey), and Staraptor (the hawk), all Pokemon I envisioned myself training.  Back in college, I was part of a Pokemon League that gave badges to challengers, and I chose to specialize in Fighting-type Pokemon like Infernape.  I was inspired to choose that type partly because I was excited for the new Fighting-type Pokemon that I heard would appear in Pokemon Black and Pokemon White, which seemed to have a history of being heroic creatures.

Thus, I wanted to tie my Pokemon persona to this group of Fighting Pokemon, resulting in the avatar on the far right, a hero in a red hat and coat wielding a cane like a sword.  These Fighting Pokemon also had a hand in the creation of the background, since each of them also carried a second element.  One represents Wood, another Earth, a third Metal, and their protege stands for Water.

I would like to do more Wind Waker-style art at some point.

Both The Legend of Zelda and Pokemon are games owned by Nintendo.