Lucids: Subcon Guild Hall

I do like Pokemon quite a bit, but I really should be making and showing off more of my own ideas as drawings.  This week, I decided to make this picture for two reasons: 1.) to draw more having to do with my Lucids idea, and 2.) to set up some ideas for future projects.  I figured a good way to accomplish this was by drawing a place where many Lucids could meet.

Pokemon: Garchomp vs Weavile

I mentioned before that a month ago, I played Pokemon with some people at PAX East that had organized into the PAX Pokemon League.  I played eight battles against them in all this year, winning six of them.  One of those other two battles never actually ended because we started and played until that Gym Leader had to go meet some of his group.  We agreed to finish that battle later, but sadly, I could not find him again.

As for the other battle, it was a suprisingly harsh loss.  What made it even more embarassing was that this Gym Leader focused on Ice Pokemon, which I consider to be the worst type when it comes to defense.  Part of my loss was due to some bad luck that froze possibly my best Pokemon for smashing Ice-types, leaving him unable to do anything.  However, part of it was that while Ice is an awful defense, it is one of the more powerful and useful offensive types in Pokemon.  This never even really occurred to me when thinking about how a team of Ice-types could work, which is probably why the battle I lost might have actually been my favorite one at PAX.  I hope I get a chance to challenge this guy again next year (and win).

In the meantime, this week's picture, made over the last couple of weeks, was kind of inspired by that story.

Kanto Starters: Wind Waker Style

I have not really drawn much in "Wind Waker-style" lately, so last week I wanted to try something quick in that style.  I decided to try it on the starter Pokemon from the first set of Pokemon games (Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow).  Honestly, I do not have much more to say about this week's piece beyond that.

Joey & Charmander Version 2

Last week, I was talking about a series of pictures I drew for a Pokemon Blue playthrough that I want to do soon.  In case you missed it, here's an image of me (as the Riolu in the red coat) alongside my Charmander in all three stages of its evolution: Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard (front to back).

I made these images back in June last year, but I was not satisfied with how some of these drawings came out.  So a couple of months ago, I decided to redraw some of these pictures and rework the image overall.  How did that work out?