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Another drawing with Japanese writing practice! This time Orange is on call with Red and Yellow after getting his Pokédex!

He's 10 in this drawing, about to turn 11, and he's just gotten his Pokédex and his Chimchar from Professor Rowan as a gift after helping him out with the Pokémon at his lab for a few months since he can talk to Pokémon. He's all excited so of course he's calling Red and Yellow on his phone to tell them about it (the big screen in the drawing is just to show what's on Orange's phone screen since it's, well, a phone and has a small screen, plus the drawing is from the back view of Orange so you can't actually see what's in his hands). He has his phone that he's calling them on in one hand and his Pokédex that he's showing them in the other hand (I drew what it looks like too, it's a red one, in my fanfic universe Platinum's will be pink in order to differentiate the two). He's saying, "Yellow nee-chan! Red nii-chan! Ore wa zukan shoyuusha da!" (Yellow nee-chan! Red nii-chan! I'm a Pokédex holder!) Yellow and Red are both surprised and are responding with "EEEEEEHHHH?!" (their shocked faces were really fun to draw), because they actually didn't want Orange to become a Dexholder because of all the stuff that being a Dexholder entails (fighting evil teams, saving the world, chance of death, etc), and Orange already has a lot of trauma from the Viridian Forest attack alone. So Red and Yellow are worried for him now that he's a Dexholder too (they're not going to show it in front of him in order to not make him anxious but once they get off the phone with him they are DEFINITELY gonna talk about it with each other).

Anyway, the hiragana and katakana was easy enough to write, but the KANJI was NOT..."zukan shoyuusha" was EASILY one of the most challenging things I've ever written before (especially the second kanji in "zukan"...that had SO MANY steps), and it had to be in kanji since that's how it's written in the manga and NicoSpe song lyrics. It took a long time to write that, and it doesn't look the best, but I did try. Japanese is fun to write in and also really hard at the same time. 😅

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Quick drawing of Orange with some Japanese writing practice! (aka that moment when you realize the character you created is technically Japanese in ethnicity 😅)

I have a book that teaches how to write hiragana and katakana so I figured, why not draw Orange introducing himself in Japanese in order to practice a little (he's TECHNICALLY Japanese anyway since he's from Kanto, a Japan-based region, so that's another reason I did this)! He's saying "Ore, Tokiwa no Mori no Orenji!" (I'm Orange from Viridian Forest!) And Thunderheart on his shoulder is obviously saying "Pika Pika!" For the kanji "Mori" (Forest) I looked up the stroke order online since my book only has hiragana and katakana, but I was able to find how to write "Mori" easily enough online. I don't think it's terrible for my first attempt at this stuff. "Ore" is written in katakana instead of kanji because that's how I see it most often written in PokéSpe (I found a site with the raw scans and it's very interesting to see the original version of the manga), it's also almost always written that way in the lyrics of NicoSpe songs. This was fun to do, writing in Japanese is very different from writing in English, so it was a fun challenge, I liked it!

I still struggle with drawing PokéSpe-style Pikachu so Thunderheart was difficult to draw (especially since her full body isn't visible because she's on Orange's shoulder) but I tried. 😅

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Figured I'd change my pfp to ACTUALLY be Pika since that's what I go by online...I changed it on all my platforms too so if you see "PikaTrainer99" (either with two 9's or three) with this pfp on other websites, it's most likely me.

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Ash's Infernape appreciation post!

Its growth from an abused and traumatized Chimchar...

To a strong Monferno that's determined to win against Paul...

To an even stronger Infernape who finally is able to heal from its trauma and control Blaze to defeat Paul's team in the Sinnoh League is just...it's EASILY my favorite story arc of any Pokémon in the anime EVER, and the fact that it's my FAVORITE Pokémon of all-time with this great story arc (that's also relatable as someone who's got a lot of trauma myself) just makes it even better in my opinion!

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Icons for Orange's ask blog are complete, now questions should be answered faster, unless the need to draw more arises. So ask away!

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I haven't drawn in a while now so here's a bit of a Throwback Thursday post 😅

I drew this back in 2023, it's 3 year old Orange saving Pichu Thunderheart from a falling tree in Viridian Forest the morning after a big storm. This scene is actually how the two of them first meet, Orange saves her from getting crushed by the tree and they become fast friends. He's supposed to be diving to grab her and then dodge rolling out of the way of the tree in this drawing, but I'm not good at action poses so that's why it looks weird. He's covered in scrapes, scratches and band-aids because he's clumsy and energetic, so that results in him getting minor injuries often (kid literally parkours around the forest all the time, he's gonna get hurt sometimes, especially if he's parkouring through the trees).

This was before I started digitizing my art, so that's why it's not digitized or colored. I wanna redraw this one one of these days...but I need to get better at action poses first. Also I just realized I forgot to draw the stripes on the sides of Orange's shorts...oops. 😅

I hope it's not too hard to see the image, the quality of the photo isn't the best so I don't know if you all can see it clearly or not but I hope you like it if you can. I'm having art block these days so I haven't actually drawn anything since that Station of Awakening I made on June 1st...that's why I decided to post this old drawing as a sort of Throwback Thursday thing since it's Thursday today and I remembered I never posted this one. Hopefully my art block will go away soon and I'll be able to get back to drawing, I hate having art block, it's so annoying, especially when I have it during a massive heatwave like we're having now where I live...it just makes being stuck inside even more boring when I just can't get anything from pencil to paper no matter how hard I try. 😑

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Ash is adorable in Pokémon Masters EX 🥺

Look at him! He’s so excited to be there!

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Very true...can't even tell you how many times I've imagined things for my stories late at night while trying to sleep 😅

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Got myself a new crown after losing my old one!

The pendant is actually bigger on this one than it was on my old one, so that's cool! Might need to get a new chain for it in the future but for now it's perfectly fine. I don't usually like wearing things around my neck (sensory issues) but this is the one exception, I wore my old one constantly, now it's time to wear this new one constantly. Now if only I knew where I last put my KH3 Sora hoodie...😅

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Listening to "Together We'll Make A Promise" from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea...and thinking about an old friend of mine who I haven't seen or even talked to in about ten years or so due to completely losing contact with her thanks to events out of both of our control. She was my only friend at school and even though school was a living nightmare for me with all the bullies and everything, seeing her everyday made getting up and going to school possible for me (seriously without her I have no idea how I would've done it). She was a year above me though and on top of that, during her senior year her whole network at home got hacked so her family cut communications with everyone since they were hacked. This made it impossible for us to chat online and play online games together like we would always do after school, so the only time I had left with her was at school during that year. Then when she graduated I broke down big time. I spent the whole summer despairing over it, because how could I possibly make it through senior year without my friend there with me...? I didn't think I could do it alone. I couldn't even chat with her online anymore because of what happened. I had absolutely no way to contact her. I felt so alone and scared going into class on the first day of senior year without her there. Despite struggling with those tough emotions though, I did manage to push through the year on my own and graduate, but she was always on my mind. I couldn't stop wondering how she was doing, everyday. And even now I still think about her often and remember the good times we had together. I couldn't forget about her even if I wanted to (and I never would want to), and this song is making me really take a trip down memory lane right now.

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I wish my allergies would hurry up and go away so I can finally start working on my Gitchee Gitchee Goo song cover to celebrate Phineas and Ferb's return...I've been planning on making this cover for a while now, and now the show is back, but noooooo, I have to suffer during spring and a good part of summer because of how STUPID HIGH THE POLLEN COUNT ALWAYS IS WHERE I LIVE. 😑 Seriously it's insane. I do get days where my allergies aren't as bad though, but it's always only one day of feeling less bad and then I go right back to suffering. And on those less bad days it never actually goes away, it just feels a little bit better, so I can't really do much on those days either even though I really want to. But it's either do nothing while the allergies are here but preserve my voice, or make the cover anyway but kill my voice COMPLETELY for DAYS (not just my singing voice, but my speaking voice too), and I REALLY don't want the latter to happen so...yeah. Plus if I record a cover while I have allergies it won't sound good, so that's another reason not to do it till my allergies go away. I hate allergies. I want them to go away and never come back but I know they'll just keep coming back every year without fail...and keep me from doing stuff like this. 😮‍💨

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Most relatable AniPoké character, easily! The fact that he's (unintentionally) SO autistic-coded gives him bonus points for that. He felt like someone I could be friends with if he were real. I miss him...my son. 🥺

It was because of Goh that I started reaching out and making online friends. I wanted to find other Goh fans among the sea of haters. I figured, "If Goh can make friends better now, then I can find another Goh fan to be friends with!" (Yep that's right, Vulpix, if you're reading this, Goh starting to make friends was what inspired me to reach out to you for the first time.) And I'm so glad I did that, because becoming more social online (now I have a bunch of online friends, I even have friends who aren't even in the Pokémon fandom but they like other stuff I like) has been really good for me, even though I'm not on everyday because that would drain the ol' social battery. It's always nice chatting with my friends on Discord, nerding out and obsessing over our shared interests. So thanks Goh, for inspiring me to reach out and make my first online friend, and thanks OP, for bringing back the memories of watching Goh grow and develop over the course of Journeys.

He is my son and I love him so much he's too adorable. ❤️❤️❤️

Since it's also #LetsGohDay today - Goh appreciation post ❤

Exactly one year ago first episode of Pokemon Journeys was aired in Japan in which we got to meet second main protagonist of the series - Goh.

Never in a million years...i never really thought that he could become my favorite character of all time. But he did, and i'm so happy about it.

I'm happy that anipoke decided to give us a character that many of us can relate to. We've always got characters that could make friends so quickly and now we got Goh that is kind of struggling with it, thinks that one argument can ruin your friendship with someone. So relatable. Thank you pokeani.

I've got to tell you, i'll never understand why this precious little soul get that much hate.

I know his goal is not what everyone like, but it's something different, something we've never seen before.

Actually i've never found Goh's "catching sprees" annoying, and i always quite liked it. It's his goal after all, and we should get use to it. I know that he catches some Pokemon too easily, but actually i think not every Pokemon needs to be battled, and yeah you can hate me for saying it, but that's my opinion.

And AAAAAAH I'M SO PROUD OF MY BABY, he's come so far. He's more openly towards people (thank you Ash, ily). He understands his Pokemon better now, he's more intrested into battling, and he's gotten better in battling. I love his development. Yes... his development...i know that's another thing that some people don't like because "it's too fast". No, i don't agree with that. I think his development is handled pretty well. And remember he's done so many researches as a kid so he has a big knowledge about Pokemon, not to mention that he has Ash now as a mentor (thank you again Ash, ily) so his development is well deserved. Argue with the wall if you don't agree with me.

Speaking of Ash...we gotta love Satogou. Their friendship, their chemistry is making this series even better. Actually i don't remember Ash being that much huggy with someone else before. I really don't remember. He really loves hugging Goh even when it's not necessary 🥺 I love them. We all do. Friends, bromance, boyfriends, whatever you think they are let's appreciate them ❤

And instead of hating Goh let's appreciate him because he really is one of the best characters in Pokemon anime.

Goh my baby, i'm looking forward to see more of your development, catch as many Pokemon as you wish because i don't mind that, and i believe in you, you can catch Mew 💖

Now some photos (mostly gifs) of Goh 👇💓

plus Satogou ❤💙

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Something funny regarding Orange and Thunderheart I've been thinking about lately...

I've been having thoughts about, well, just the way Orange is and how he reacts to things and stuff...how Pokémon-like he is even though he's human and he knows it. Well...my mind has wandered too much thinking about this and now I'm imagining Thunderheart just suddenly starting to see (not all the time of course, but definitely often, especially when he reacts to things) Pikachu ears and a Pikachu tail on Orange that aren't actually there, but she sees them anyway, like, she's so in tune with him she knows exactly how he will react and certain reactions and behaviors of his make her just hallucinate the ears and tail, moving with his reactions and everything. It's such a realistic thing to her that just makes so much sense in her head, to the point she actually has to shake herself out of the hallucination sometimes. Sometimes she could literally start seeing the ears and tail on him and it could last the entire day if she doesn't shake it off. And Orange is always confused about her behavior when she hallucinates, because she doesn't know how to explain to him, not in a way he'd understand at least. She knows how confused he'd be by it, and honestly...part of her kinda likes seeing the ears and tail on him, she thinks it fits, so she doesn't actually want it to stop. So she just keeps quiet about it, because she knows if she were to tell Orange, he'd be really confused and embarrassed by the idea, and immediately start trying to find a cure for hallucinations to make all of it stop. Because he's human, and that's something he's always known, despite being more comfortable and friendly with Pokémon. He doesn't mind being COMPARED to them, he understands why that happens, he's aware of his Pokémon-like qualities...but he does still want to be seen for what he is: a human.

Aaaannnddd...now I really wanna draw multiple instances of this...set up with two identical Orange drawings next to each other, one with the ears and tail, one without. The one without ears and tail would have the caption "What everyone else sees" and the one with ears and tail would have the caption "What Thunderheart sees". It's a fun idea to think about, but I won't draw it now, it's kinda late. Maybe I'll draw it tomorrow or sometime this week or something. 😅

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Listening to PokéSpe parody songs on Niconico again because I'm NicoSpe trash...

Aaannnnnddd...that's it. I officially have Japanese voice headcanons for the Sinnoh Trio now. It's yuera. The way yuera voices the three of them is perfect in my opinion, they all sound like kids (as kid characters SHOULD, I don't know why kid characters sound like grown-ups a lot of the time, it's so jarring to me), and their personalities also really shine through. I already loved yuera's Sinnoh Trio stuff but listening to it again...yeah, definitely my Japanese voice headcanons for them now. Seriously, if you're into NicoSpe and want some good quality Sinnoh Trio content, check out yuera on Niconico.

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Here's Orange's Station of Awakening, finally done!

It's not perfect by any means, but I tried my best. The colors are orange, red, and yellow because those are Orange's favorite colors since they remind him of his bond with Red and Yellow. The locations are Viridian Forest (yes I know it’s just three trees and it looks bad, but I’m not good at drawing trees, especially not bunched together), to represent his true home, and Mt Coronet to represent Sinnoh, his current home. There's Poké Balls in the outer circles because Orange loves Pokémon so much. Orange is holding the Keyblade I designed for him a few days ago, which I also posted about if you haven't seen that yet, it tells all about the Keyblade and what each design aspect represents and all that stuff. As for his pose, I went with Sora's pose as a reference, it's not perfect, but I tried to replicate it best I could.

The characters in the circles up top are Thunderheart (for obvious reasons), Yellow (because they have not just a strong sibling-like bond, but they're also literally eternally connected through the power of Viridian Forest, there’s a thing in my fanfic universe called the Viridian Bond which Orange shares with both Yellow and Thunderheart since they were all born there), and Diamond and Pearl (his first human friends). I didn't have room to put Red or Platinum unfortunately because Stations of Awakening have four characters per Station. I chose to omit them because while Orange has a strong bond with both of them, he's known Yellow longer than Red and Diamond and Pearl longer than Platinum, so I thought this decision would make most sense for his Station of Awakening. Lastly, the bright glow effect over everything is to show the Light in Orange's heart, he has a lot of Light, so his Station has a very bright glow to it (that doesn't mean he doesn't also have Darkness, because he does, his Light is just much more prevalent than his Darkness which is why it's what's represented on his Station. His Darkness though is best shown when his trauma takes over and causes him to lash out in a blind rage at the enemy...Charon being a prime example of this, though usually when this happens he is horrified upon learning what he did and regrets everything, because he's dead set on following what Yellow taught him: to use his powers for the good of both people and Pokémon. He CONSTANTLY says that his powers are supposed to HELP others, not HURT them, as he knows exactly the kind of calamity they can cause if used for evil thanks to Yellow telling him about Lance and what he tried to do).

I have to thank my amazing friend @darlingeryx for helping me learn how to do some things for this piece...including how to achieve perfect circles, as well as how to create a really strong glow effect, without their help, I wouldn't have been able to do this, because I am hopeless when it comes to using ibis Paint X. That's why all of my art is so basic in terms of lineart and coloring...I can't do much else with the app. I said to Eryx, "I can't ibis Paint X" when we were discussing how to do these things as a sort of joke, as well as a Sora quote (he said "I can't computer" in KH3), but I really am bad at this app, so I was also being serious. So thank you Eryx, for all your help, your tutorials really saved me a lot of stress. I'm so lucky to have such an amazing friend like you. ❤️

This took me all day to digitize, I think I'll die if I ever attempt something with this much detail again...😅

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Okay so...I came up with a fun "what-if" scenario for Orange...what if Orange had a Keyblade (Kingdom Hearts weapon)?

As a massive KH fan, this idea just came into my head the other day as a fun "what-if" scenario, along with an idea for a Station of Awakening for Orange, which I hope to get around to drawing soon (it'll be way more time-consuming and difficult than this though). Now, I am not the best at drawing lightning bolts, but it made the most sense for a Keyblade for Orange so I had to draw a bunch of them. So, this is the Keyblade design I came up with, and I had a lot of fun with it! I tried using the airbrush to give it a bit of a sheen, but I'm no expert at using ibis Paint X. I really struggled to draw the chain links as well, those are the bane of my existence every time I have to draw them, but every Keyblade needs a keychain so I had to attempt it, and it's not the worst I've done at least.

I know this is absolutely CLUTTERED with writing that you probably can't read, so I'll write it out here too:

The Keyblade is called High-Voltage Bonds. Its alignment is Light, and its affinity is Light and Thunder. In terms of stats, melee combat and magic are equally balanced, allowing for a variety of attacks to be performed, though defensive capabilities are a bit lacking. Light attacks and Thunder attacks are the most powerful due to the Keyblade having an affinity for them both. It is a hyper-offensive Keyblade, it imbues Orange with incredible speed and agility, especially when using Light attacks.

This Keyblade is very special as it was created purely from Orange's bonds with his friends, human and Pokémon alike (where the Light affinity comes from), though Thunderheart's influence (where the Thunder affinity and most of the design aspects come from) is the strongest by far for obvious reasons. Even the colors of the light it casts are the same as the colors of those most important to Orange (so, bright yellow, golden yellow, red, blue, silver-ish, and light orange), as well as regular orange (his own color, obviously), and also white.

As for the design, the orange and golden yellow lightning bolts around the handle represent Orange and Thunderheart's bond, the blade being a long golden yellow lightning bolt represents Thunderheart, the various colored lightning bolts represent each of Orange's most important people (bright yellow for Yellow, red for Red, dark blue for Diamond, lighter orange for Pearl, and silver-ish for Platinum). The design of the keychain which is also used on the blade, surrounded by the colored lightning bolts, represents Orange's bond with and love for his Pokémon friends (Poké Ball inside a heart) and Thunderheart, his first and best friend (the golden yellow lightning bolt going through it). The chain links are orange in color because it represents the bonds Orange has with his Pokémon. The handle is red for no particular reason, I just wanted a little more red on it. 😅

Hopefully I'll get around to at least starting the Station of Awakening this weekend or something, it's gonna be thunderstorming here this weekend so I'll be stuck inside anyway.

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Here you go, Vulpix! 🌸 🌸 🌸

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