#its going to be a draw a pokemon a day challenge blog basically

[amalgamcorps]

twiddles my fingers do you think this looks good... 2025 year of the taur get hyped

[professor-fanalia]

Call Of The Wild Charity - Event 1 Part 2 - Event 2

Romaine chuckled, as Icarus flew back to her arm for one last sunflower seed before flying off whence, he came, disappearing where a staff member seemed to be waiting for him to take him away. Facing back to the seats, Romaine continued. “Taillows are may be the Flying type that relies on agility and numbers to out mauver enemies or attract mates much like its other smaller flying type friends, but it’s the speed and power that most flying types much prefer. Consider Blaise here as one good example.”

Like a strong gust of wind, a shadow flew over their heads as it showered embers from the gaps in its feathers as it soars through the sky. Circling like a bird of prey, eyeing down at them as it flew around the amphitheatre “Living mostly along mountain ranges, river valleys, coastlines, and increasingly in cities in the Kalos Region. Blaise’s Talonflame brethren are truly speedsters of the sky, reaching speeds of up to 310 miles per hour, its tough wings even don't allow fire to pass through them.” Romaine spoke in awe as she smiled at the large flying type that would be standing at her shoulder height.

“Talonflames are elegant when flying to an extent, due to which how they soar with long wings held at a dihedral, which is an upward angle from horizontal in a fixed-wing aircraft or bird wing from root to tip. And their long two forked tail twisting as it changes direction, but as you can see here Blaise is a rather different. Normally Talonflames have long black tailfeathers marked with three yellow V-shapes, where the tail ends in two points and has another feather sticking out of the base on each side, resembling of the fletching on the end of an arrow and show off their beautiful brightly flame like colours. But as you can see Blaise is grayer in colour, this is because Blaise is a North eastern Variant, despite a change in colour she remains a Flying and Fire Type.”

A black hooded plumage covered Blaise’s head, wings, and most of her chest and back before tapering off into a flame pattern that was blue-black in shade. Her underside and hindquarters were creamy white which was finely barred from the breast to the tail. The tips of her long, tapered pointed wings were black giving off a straight trailing edge in flight. While black spots speckle her underside. Large yellow talons extend from the shaggy feathers on her legs.

She still had a pointed crest atop her head, but it was slightly curled forwards. White-and-blue replaced the black-and-yellow mask-like markings around her eyes. However, her black beak remained hooked with a yellow cere. Unlike the long black tail feathers that were marked with three yellow V-shapes, Blaise’s tail was longer and much more pointed with three white V-shapes. Before her tail ended in two points and had another feather sticking out of the base on each side, resembling of the fletching on the end of an arrow.

“Blaise’s colouration is due to the environment she had to adapt to in colder climates and a change in diet, Blaise’s beautiful colours mostly adapted into melanism which causes Flying types or other Pokémon to have an excess of dark pigmentation and is generally caused by a genetic mutation, but can also be a result of certain diets. Some species have a naturally occurring melanic form or ‘morph’, such as Blaise here.” Romaine explained as she watched Blaise glide.

“Professor Fanalia, care to help me with this next part?”

The red-head professor nodded her head as walked over to stand next to one of the railings among the seats. “Alright! Now, its common knowledge that Pokémon trainers work hard to get that small flying buddies up to speed in strength however; people tend to forget even Pokémon can get sick of doing the same thing over and over again, so its always best to think of new ways to entertain and train your Pokémon friend and to ensure your buddy can bond with other types.” Romaine chuckled as she playfully lifted her hand as if to whisper to the crowd, “This is also a good way to spice up their training with a few games and tricks that they can play with their fellow Pokémon! Like capture the flag, or a ring relay!” Romaine stated with a gesture, “But today we’re going do air Volley, which is Blaise’s favourite game, because it hones her accuracy and dodging.” During most of the event, Romaine explained the rules as she tossed a light volleyball into the audience, where Fanalia proceeded to catch it while gaining Blaise’s attention.

It was basic game where Blaise could choose to be on the catching or dodging team, as the ball was thrown between the members of the Rehabilitation Centre – even Lucario and Gallade took turns in catching it; though it ended in a bit of laughter due to Kryspyn earning a red nose from an unexpected toss from Blaise who cooed in amusement at Kryspyn who merely laughed it off. From then on Romaine said goodbye to Blaise who took her favourite toy with glee, and continued on with the show – introducing many Flying types, from Chatot and Swanna who sung together, an Red Eastern Noctowl who had a very comedic personality, to a battle between a Staraptor and a Honchkrow and a beautiful dance done by Beautifly, Vivillion and Masquerain.  

“Thanks, you guys that dance was beautiful!” Romaine clapped as the flying bug types chirped happily, waving at the audience as they left the amphitheatre. Turning back to the audience Romaine gave a sadden smile, “Unfortunately we are nearly the end of our show, but we will end this with one final bang. As you may know a new region has finally opened its borders, and what better way to welcome the region than to show one of its wonderful Pokémon to the world.” Romaine began.

“It was a long process and with requiring a permit, we were given permission to study the behaviours and Rehabilitate any Pokémon that are in need from the Galar region! We still have so much to learn about our fellow companions, and there are still new Pokémon to meet and befriend! So, for a special day like today we like you to meet a special guest.”

Turning her head to the skies, Romaine grinned. “Everyone, meet Oath from the Galar Region.”

Like a cascading shadow, large avian Pokémon resembling a raven glided down onto the stage with a large flap of its metal wings it landed beside Romaine. Letting out a mighty screech, before settling down calmly as it towered over the green-haired groundskeeper. Its red pupils scanning the audience as he stood on stage. “Oath is a Corviknight, their feathers are tempered with steel. Its mantle, breast, belly, flanks, and scapular feathers are smooth and resemble plate armour. Corviknight's talons, head, and upper beak are similarly armoured.” Romaine gestured to the parts of the Steel and Flying Type, “It is said to be the strongest bird Pokémon in the Galar region, being able to scare off any Pokémon that tries to challenge it. Due to its intelligence and flying skills, Corviknight serves a company called Galar Taxi, where it transports people from one location to another.” Romaine lightly patted Oath’s side who cooed, preening under her touch, “Though one of the fascinating things we discovered about Corviknights, is that they mate for life. A mated pair usually constructs a nest by improving a crevice by dropping sticks into it; it is then built on top of the platform formed.” As she spoke, she pulled out a berry from her pouch and fed it to the large avian.

“So, who would like to come down and meet Oath?” Smiling brightly, as she instructed those who wanted to come and meet Oath to rise from their seats and come up on stage to greet the large Steel and flying Type.

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With greetings and goodbyes to the Corviknight signalling the end of the show. You – @ask-pokemonranger-rai, @prof-bramble, @prof-peach, @themadprxfessor, @professor-hemlock-headcanons, @a-pokemon-daycare, @breederpatmos were all guided to leave the amphitheater, back towards a building just across the Guest House. Made mainly of glass panes, it’s a decent sized building that keeps in a regulated temperature and humidity for the cultivation of delicate or out-of-season plants/herbs/berries. Before Fanalia stopped in front of the Greenhouse, “Before we go inside the greenhouse, I am here to tell you there is a little game you all have to play as you walk through the building. These Booklets that my co-workers are giving you now have zoomed in images with small riddles.” Fanalia explained as each of you were handed a booklet.

“This is a game of Pokémon Bingo, figure out the riddle of who it is with the zoomed in too close photo and proceed to one of the six locations in the Green house.” Fanalia gestured to the building.

“With each Pokémon you discover and meet they will give you stamp that you fill at the back of the booklet. There two Pokémon for the six areas, so twelve stamps in total!” Kryspyn added on grinning happily. “Once you have all twelve stamps, deliver those booklets to Romaine who will be waiting at the door with a special treat.” Kryspyn finished gesturing to Romaine and Florges who nodded their heads.

“So work with your Pokémon companions and let’s draw numbers to see where you will be heading to first!”

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Ready for a Game of Pokemon Bingo? Pick a number from either 1 to 6 and I shall message you a description of the area and who you will encounter! Can you guess with only a clue? 

How would your proceed with this game? Did you pat Oath or watch from Afar? What was you favorite part of the show? What did you Pokemon do?  Re-blog your Responses whether it be written or Drawn - What are your Reactions? What do you do? Thoughts and feelings?

[gracehcreates-bct]

Week 11 - Moving like a turtle

This week we had a second peer review, to update everyone on our progress.

I added what I had done since the last peer review into my presentation, for example “Sketch App Ideas” and “Prototyping”, which are in my last post.

Outcome

To clarify what I was hoping to achieve with my project, I wrote down all of the points in priority order.

Market Research

I am quite late with my market research. I have only recently developed a survey.

So far I have posted a link to it in my local neighbourhood’s group on facebook which has 1.4k members (easiest place to find the parent’s who’d have 5-12 year olds not gonna lie). So far I have received 31 responses.

Summary of results

The first question isn’t as important (and there were 4 responses out of my child-range) however the majority of children were 12, followed by 11, 5 & 6. Therefore there is likely to be quite the difference of results in the other questions.

For the teddy bear hunt question, 13 out of 31 responses included the word “fun”. The responses that stuck with me were “Thought it was really nice to have something to do for the kids during a weird time”, “My 12 year old daughter loved it and it was a great opportunity to get her out for a walk”, “It was a bit of fun on our walks and made the community feel connected”, “ It was fun - we went different routes each day. Some days we sorted by type. We did some graphs and wrote blogs about what we had seen”.

(Above) This was a pretty important question because it tells me whether my project would be needed to help get parents and children out for walks. Below 5 took up over half of the responses, and although I don’t know if this counts for during the lockdown or not its pretty clear to me that my project could be a good way to get parent and child out for walks together more often.

The next question, “What is your favorite activity to do with your child” had some really helpful responses. 9/31 specifically mention “walk”, with 23/31 mentioning an outdoor activity. Interestingly, I noticed 6/31 responses saying they liked to bake or cook with their child.

I was thinking that asking “What is your child’s favorite activity” wouldn’t differ too much from the previous answer, but I was proven wrong. They are all different so I’ll write them down: watching youtube, baking, lego, basketball & phone, reading, beach, tiktok, screens, surfing, football, dancing drawing & hockey, tiktok & baking, climbing trees water & sand, netball, pokemon, rock climbing, football, sport, kicking ball in park, computer games, dolls & treasure hunts on youtube, dance, ball games trampoline & bike rides, skytower, reading bike riding & lego, scooter/bike, ipad, craft, cooking, ipad, watching movies. Since children’s fav activities differ considerably, it would be hard to just pick one for the content of the app. Therefore, it would be optimal to create it so that the community chooses the content for each “treasure” to find.

(Above) I feel like this was kind of a bait question on my behalf because I was hoping most would pick animals since that’s the content I’m testing with. There was the choice between Animals, Nature/Plants, Sports, Stories and Other, with multi-choice so they could select 2. As I expected, animals were in the lead. Followed by Sports and Stories. I was pleasantly surprised to see Sports ranked so high. The “other” was baking, which could also be considered but not as important.

Lastly, I asked if they had any suggestions/feedback.

“What about challenging ones for tweens (12-15)” - That could be a future development. “They love treasure hunts regardless of age” - That is true. “Something kids could do by themselves with minimal parent help would be awesome !” - Sorry miss but the whole point is getting parents to bond with their children, but I did consider making it for just kids. “Such a great way to chat with your child” “Perhaps they solve basic maths problems by age to unlock the next clue” - Yes, since my age range is so large I would have to have age appropriate puzzles. Maths is a good one to get their brain going! “Kids love a good treasure hunt . Keeping it fun is the key and also getting a reward even if it’s just online coins !” - Absolutely, it has to be fun to all parents and children. An idea I had was (instead of coins) having them collect unique teddy bears. “treasure hunts are great!” “How bout some actual treasure” - No. “Make the locations for young kids very close together to keep their interest and involve interesting areas like dingle dell” - This is a great idea. “I think it’s a great idea and if you did different hunts for different age groups . We would definitely do some.” - Related to an earlier suggestion, would definitley have age appropriate activities. “We did the we got this NZ lockdown challenge on the goosechase app and it was awesome” - I will look into this “goosechase”. “Maybe new challenges could come in each week for you to find different things” - Yes! I figured it would be a good idea to have the community choose different activities. “The app sounds like a good idea. I've looked at similar activities and thought it would interest my children. We have very little screen time at home so using an app would be a novelty for them and would help motivate them. They also enjoy getting out and trying new things and learning about places.” - I am not sure whether they are for or against screen time, but I am trying to focus on having somewhat of a balance between the app and the “experience” of walking around. The learning about new places is something I hadn’t considered before.

This week my progress slowed down considerably, but I am mentally drained so I’ll consider it a quick break before I jog back into the project.