#gotta figure out gastly and haunter next

[artbyzephra]

Gengar has always been one of my favorite Pokemon, but they've always eluded me when trying to draw them. Figured I'd spend some time figuring out their stylization, may still finalize it from here but figured I could share.

Hoping to post more sketches again soon.

[melemeleguardian]

Writober2k19 - Day 5

If I were smart I would do something different but...

It was a night patrol day for Tapu Koko, it something he liked to do just to keep watch on the entire Island just to make sure nothing strange was going on. You why you normal go on patrol really. And today was his biweekly sweep of the entire region, not just Melemele Island. It was going to be a long night, but he needs to keep his eyes peeled.

But first, he had to take “it” to an Incineroar, Keahi (@incinemania​) he belive his name was (he had a hard time telling them apart). What was “it” by the way? An Autograph Hat. Don’t question it he was a fanboy. 

Koko had agreed to meet him on Ten Carat Hill, at night because he wasn’t busy at this time. Flying over Iki town the Tapu noticed some Drifloon and Drifblim hovering overhead. They better not be going after Hau. Thankfully it seems like they were just meeting a Misdreavus and Mismagius. Still, he was going to keep an eye on them when he got back.

Anyways, flying over to Ten Carat Hill. Past where some Sabyle were chasing down a Carbink. The diety met with Keahi and gave him the hat, made some small talk and left. Gotta do the rest of his patrols after all.

Let’s see next was Kukui’s house. So after flying down there, he spotted some Inkay, Malamar, Zorua, and Zoroark hanging around. Nothing out of the ordinary so he moved on to Malie City.

Unlike everywhere else, the cities on Alola were always bustling even late at night, although it wasn’t that late really. To keep an eye on things, the diety change into his human form to observe things. Other than the Alolan Ratata and Raticate trying to steal some food until an Umbreon came and chased them off, nothing of interest was happening.

Hmm, you know what he should probably grab some Tapu Cocoa. So he headed to the Pokemon Center Cafe to get some. As he was ordering he saw people watching a live stream. The diety was a bit confused since nothing seems to be happening, but he did see a Poltegeist, an Impidimp, a Morpeko, and the Galar forms of Zigzagoon, Linoone, and Obstagoon. Strange. Anyways after giving his trash to the Alolan Grimer and Muk, he flew to his next Patrol Destination Akala Island.

Koko arrived at Akala Island at the beach near the Hano Grand Resort. He saw some Sandygast and a Palossand trying to fend off a Dhelmise from getting on to the beach. Strange. Well, first off, let’s check out the Lush Jungle for obvious reasons. Hmmm, a Blacephlon was walking out of the Jungle, well that made sense since Xurk seemed to be close with the other Ultra beast with the exception of the obvious two.

Well, anyways nothing was going on so now it was time to check on Lele. Hmm, looks like some Litwick, Lampent, and a Chandelure were visiting the Phantump and Trevenant Memorial Hill and were doing some sort of dance. Maybe they were doing something for Halloween?

Oh, he also saw his friend “Dark Dark” the Darkrai (@darkvcid) looking as anxious as always. He was talking to a Sprititomb, probably to vent all his anxieties too. Probably best to leave him alone.

Arriving at the Ruins of Life, it seems that the Tyranitar that Olivia and Lele have been nursing back to health was recovering nicely, but other than that, nothing of interest was happening. Which was good considering Lele.

Flying over the rest of the Island, other than wondering why the Alolan Marrowak were not dancing with the dance troupe, nothing interesting was really happening on the rest of the Island. Which honestly was a good thing, peaceful days were becoming increasingly rare.

Oh right, Scarlet’s ship (@swordsandfeathers)was dock at KoniKoni city he probably should say hi to her while he’s in the area. Although once he arrived he saw her underlings Murkan the Absol and Sangir the Houdoom, were talking to a Poochyana, Mightyana and a Houndour. Hmm, it looks like a serious conversation. Better wait until later.

Wow, Heahea City was quite lively this evening. It must be because of the Halloween spirit. He saw that an actor guild, which included a Nuzleaf and a Shiftry were doing a little play for all to see. He also saw that the Haunted house was training the Shedinja and Drapion, as well as the Honedge, Doublade, and Aegislash to play there part. And of course, Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist were here for some Halloween fun. He even saw his friend Grey the Decidueye (@spiritedoperetta) partaking in the festivities. He wanted to say hi, but he lost him in the crowd. Oh well next is Ula’Ula and that’s was going to take a while.

Flying past the school of Frillish and Jellicent, Koko arrived at the Thrifty Megamart. Peering in he could see the usual suspects: Gastly, Haunter, Gengar, Shuppet, Banette and of course, Mimikyu. Nothing out of the ordinary, which was good, don’t want Acerola’s hard work to go to waste.

Sigh, guess he better go to Po Town to see what Team Skull was up too. He really didn’t want to go. He’d rather watch the Pangoro and the Bisharp fight he saw on the way and cheer along with the rest of the Pawniard, but duty was a duty.

Thankfully it did seem like he had to keep watch over Po town for long. Looks like Team Skull’s latest scheme using Stunky and Stuntank backfired on them. Haha serves them right!

Maybe he should go stop by Nanu’s although when he got there he found that he was out for the moment oh well. Might as well give some of the Alolan Meowth and Persian a pat on the head... As well as the Purrloin and Liepard?! Where did they come from? Well, that was Nanu’s problem, so he better not mess with it.

Next, he should head to the observatory. No Team Skull members in sight. Just some Rotom having fun after there shift had ended with a Golett and a Golurk. Apparently, they were putting on a light show for themselves or something.

After that Koko headed to the Pokemon League. There wasn’t a League battle happening right now but some Sneasel, Weavile, and a Froslass. Was watching a rerun with a Greninja

Lastly, he needed to go to the Haina desert. There were some Scraggy and Scrafty beating up some Team Skull members. Nice. Huh, oh look it was Greed the Cofagrigus (@ghostlysands) and his cohort of Yamasks talking with Cacturne. Those aren't something you see on this Island but neither were Cofagrigus. Must be an old friend visiting.

Oh, there was Bulu. A family of Sandile, Krokorok, and Krookodile were trying to get his attention but to no avail. Oh, Bulu. As much as Koko wanted to stay and help(?) he needed to head to Poni Island.

Flying past the Carvanha and the Sharpedo that were swimming in the opposite direction he landed on Poni Island. There he was surprised to see Lysandre (Yveltal @lyvandre) here for some reason along with his swarm of Murkrow and Honchkrow following him around as usual. Oh, perhaps he was going to see the Oricorio dance? No, he walked past them. Oh well, no time to figure out what he was doing now. Gotta check on the Ruins of Hope.

After making a pitstop to help a baby Vullaby get back to her Mommy Mandibuzz, Koko arrived at the Ruins of Hope. There he found that Tapu Fini’s shrine Dusknoirs were busy training some Dusclops and Duskull. After giving them a little pep talk the Tapu headed for the last stop of the night, the Altar of the Moone.

There he was going to meet up with Nyx the Lunala (@starlitbeast) to say hello. Although when he got there he was surprised she already had the Marshadow (@legendsbehold) visiting her as well.

After a small chat, Koko found out that she saw some Pokemon that weren’t native to the Alola region at the north end of the Island. Well, that wasn’t good. Saying his goodbyes to the two the diety set off to investigate.

After telling a Crawdaunt that the area was dangerous, the diety saw that the Pokemon that Nyx saw were a Deino, Zweilous, and Hydreigon. Three Pokemon that should not be there. But when the Tapu approached them to ask them why they were here they were suddenly teleported away and lots of cold water was teleported on him.

Koko was so confused about what had happed until he heard laughter behind him. Turning around he saw Giratina and Hoopa laughing at him. The nerve of those two. Koko charged in for an attack, but they teleported away before he made contact. Cowards! If you're going to prank someone, stay for the consequences like a man!

Well, time to go back he guessed. Hmmm was that Guzzlord (@ultraruined)? What was he doing here? Oh wait he lived here didn’t he? Well, he doesn’t seem to be doing anything wrong, but the diety decided to spy on him for a while before heading back.

Overall just an average night in the life of Tapu Koko.