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Long ago I started learning to draw so that I could please myself with tons of anime, game and film fanart. And I still love my first "fandoms" dearly: "Jurassic Park", "Star Wars", "Pokemon" and "Sailor Moon" - as much as art dedicated to them. So, paying tribute to my childhood passion, I pictured Sailor Pluto, my favorite character in the series. A lot of us, those who are partial to "Sailor Moon", had been waiting for the sixth season but instead of that we got "Sailor Moon Crystal". I didn't like the remake much so I feel like giving myself to nostalgia for the old anime for a while. This is a "fakeshot". When I draw I find it interesting to achieve the effect as if the frame has been cut out of a real animated film.

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Orkast, a big fin Fakemon. An illustration for a fake Pokedex located on Russian Pokemon League website.   The Fakemon is designed by katybad and IngalTi. Type: Water/Dark. Ability: Rough Skin and Water Veil.

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Aders, a crest snake Fakemon. There is a female version on the left and a male version on the right. An illustration for a fake Pokedex located on Russian Pokemon League website.  The Fakemon is designed by JAGNOZZ. Type: Poison Ability: Anger Point/Guts

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Moorapoda and Flutapoda (Fakemon). Ocarina Pokemon.

Type: Bug/Water

Ability:  Dry skin/Rock head

Hidden ability: Liquid voice

An illustration for a fake Pokedex located on Russian Pokemon League website. Flutapoda on the fakemon Wiki: pokeliga.com/pokewiki.php#%D0%…

Both Fakemon are designed by IngalTi.

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Azarni (Fakemon). 

A water snake Fakemon. There is a female version on the left and a male version on the right. An illustration for a fake Pokedex located on Russian Pokemon League website. The Fakemon is designed by Jirachi999 and IngalTi. Type: Water/Grass Ability: Hydration

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A little cute niffler holding a sparkling lucky coin. Ready to help get some treasure... and immediately grab it with its paws, of course. The charms are two-sided, about 1.5 inch (3.8 cm) long. Digitally printed onto 3mm acrylic.

These charms can be purchased in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SerpentGardenStudio?ref=pr_shop_more

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Meanwhile in Hogwarts...

Rumors are in the air that Hogwarts is being invaded by thieves. Be cautious and hide your valuables carefully. Gryffindor and Slytherin students should keep especially alert.

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The three wise porgs. A collab with Maximilien Serpent …Actually, they just saw what Chewbacca ate for dinner. 1.8 inch (4.5 cm) tall, 3.5 inch (9 cm) from front to back. Air dry clay (velvet clay), acrylic paint.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/603252577/three-wise-porgs-star-wars-porg-figure

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These two little nifflers have run away from Hogwarts. I guess, poor Gryffindor and Hufflepuff students are counting their money at the moment.

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Trick or Treat? On the magical Halloween night nifflers of a unique species come out of their dens. You'd better get some nice chocolate coins in sparkling wrappers for them, otherwise you never know what jokes they will play on you. Happy Halloween! I was inspired to sculpt these creatures by Evgeny Hontor and his amazing works.

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Diana from the Sailor Moon anime. She has just received the key to the Gates of Time. A small gift for a talented artist Ailinn Lein.

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Kaonashi (Faceless or No-Face) from the Spirited Away movie is waiting for Halloween.  It was fun to make him. For more photos you can check my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bag32J1j8MP/?taken-by=maximilien_serpent

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Halloween is coming and ghosts are becoming more and more active in their hunt. This Shuppet is one of them, hiding in the dark of the night and waiting for a lonely trainer to play some trick with him. The Pokémon and the pumpkin it is sitting on are made of Chinese air dry clay. The pumpkins in the back are just a decoration.

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Ekans the Pokemon, who dwells in a magical forest. Both the snake and the stump are made of Chinese air dry clay. Works by  @evgenyhontor, @ailinnlein  and @lovelywonder4 greatly inspire me. I have also watched video lessons by @lovelywonder4 on Youtube, and this helped me overcome the fear of using air dry clay — earlier I was afraid it would be too difficult after working with polymer clay. At the moment I make attempts to sculpt some Pokemon and animals and in the future I plan to try making figurines of human characters in anime style.

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For a long time I had a desire to try myself as a designer for some small stuff such as acrylic charms or postcards, as I myself gladly collect such things with prints from artists I love. It seems to me that digital art becomes "alive" when printed. At the moment I have a small number of charms already printed: with nifflers (I love these naughty creatures just too much!) and Alolan Vulpixes. Each of them goes together with a postcard as a gift. New designs are most probably going to appear in the near future. These charms can be purchased in my Etsy shop I opened today: https://www.etsy.com/shop/SerpentGardenStudio

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I'm not yet sure if I will participate in Inktober till the end but at the moment joining a challenge seems to be quite a nice idea. Swift. All the injustice of this big and scary world from the viewpoint of a little niffler. That feeling when you carry home your sparkling treasure you found all by yourself, and there come these two-legged giants with their enormous hands and try to take it away from you. Run, niffler, run...