#orange of viridian forest

[pikatrainer99]

I had an insomnia night last night...again...so after a couple hours of tossing and turning I said, "To heck with this" and spent the rest of the night (and part of the morning) drawing my first comic in a LONG time (seriously, it's been YEARS)! Hope you like it! (Reads left to right, despite being based on a manga 😅)

To probably no one's surprise, it's an Orange comic...but this time I included Diamond and Pearl too! They kinda needed to be there since the comic is loosely based off of my fanfic about Orange's first day in Sinnoh, but I changed some parts for no particular reason other than I wanted to. I am brand new to drawing Diamond and Pearl, so I used SO MANY references from the manga that they ended up looking like their 12 year old selves from the manga instead of their 9 and 8 year old selves respectively in my fanfic (they also look really weird and disproportionate but again, first time drawing them)...oops. Pretend Pearl in the third panel is standing on a step or something, making him seem way taller than he is (I know he's canonically taller than Dia, but they're meant to be younger here so he shouldn't be that tall yet). 😅

Orange though, I tried to make look like his 8 year old self, which is supposed to have slightly shorter, slightly less messy hair than his 10-12 year old self, and he wears a short sleeve t shirt because this is only his first day in Sinnoh, so that's all he has. He also still has the band-aid over his nose, which I usually end up drawing that thing way too big, but I think this time I did a better job sizing it. He's got blue eyes the whole time because this is an interaction between him and his human friends, Thunderheart is there of course, she's just not seen in this comic and she's not talking to him at that moment so he has no need for his eyes to change color this time around. Orange is also expressive as ever, and once again I had trouble drawing the tears, but my struggles with drawing those are nothing new, I always struggle with that, much to my annoyance. The panel where he's wiping them away gave me PROBLEMS...I will not go into any further details on what happened because I wanted to rage quit so bad and I don't like thinking about times in my life where I've either WANTED to rage quit...or HAVE rage quit. All I'll say is that panel did NOT turn out nearly as good as I imagined the scene playing out in my head.

Speaking of expressions...I know the three panels where it's ONLY one facial expression per panel may seem a little weird but again, I was (and still am) sleep deprived while working on this comic, and drawing facial expressions is something I consider myself to be pretty decent at (and I'm also new to drawing the characters, minus Orange of course, but this was my first time drawing him in a comic), so I made it easier on myself and just gave each character one panel each of JUST a facial expression. There's still dialogue/thought bubbles at least, so you still get that...even if you can't read my terrible handwriting and/or understand Orange's distinct way of speaking, even though it's barely there in this one, literally only in one panel (there's also no backgrounds but that's because I absolutely SUCK at drawing backgrounds, so I just put everything against a pure white space). If you need help reading my writing, let me know and I'll tell you what it says, but I hope you can see it clearly enough, even if you have to zoom in to see it. Also if you're confused by anything in the comic please let me know what confuses you and I'll try to explain.

[askorangeofviridianforest]

Hey Orange! What's your favorite food, if you don't mind me asking...? Personally I like juicy and sweet fruits... And popcorn. What about you and Thunderheart?

Oh, hey! It's been a while since I last got an ask, so this is a nice surprise! My favorite food is Pecha Berries! They're super sweet an' juicy! They're one of the only things I'll actually eat 😅. As for Thunderheart, she really likes Chesto Berries since she's got a Modest nature an' likes dry food...y'know how it is with Pokémon, their nature affects what flavors they like an' don't like. She really likes Pecha Berries for snack time though! She thinks they're perfect for snacks 'cause they're sweet! We snack on 'em together often, I got a picture of us snackin' on 'em right here!

(Yeah, I wrote "Pecha Berries" on it, I just LOVE these things, okay? XD)

Anyway, thanks for the ask! Like I said it's been a WHILE since I last got somethin' to answer...it's been kinda borin' without anythin' to answer, y'know?

[pikatrainer99]

Just a fun silly "what if" scenario for Orange

I've been thinking...since I've been Pokémon-ifying Orange lately, I've started to think, "What type would he be if he were ACTUALLY a Pokémon?" I've come up with two possibilities, so here they are!

Type combo 1: Psychic-Fighting

This is a type combo that is solely based off his physical attributes, as he already has the psychic powers of Viridian Forest, and on top of that, he is very athletic, energetic, and definitely won't hesitate to physically kick your butt if you wrong him or his friends in any way. There's even a point in one of my planned stories where (sneak peek) after his intensive aura training with Riley on Iron Island is done, he's attacked by bad people and Pokémon, AGAIN (he gets attacked kinda often), so his Lucario, Rio, decides to teach him what I like to call "aura-enhanced martial arts" so he has a more disciplined and controlled way of defending himself rather than just going feral on enemies. I've had this story planned since 2021 when I created Orange, and have been working on it recently, and lemme just say, Orange sparring with his Lucario is definitely a fun thing to picture in my head, as is Orange feeling awkward about the fact that the roles are reversed, his Pokémon is training HIM this time around and he doesn't quite know how to feel about that, but he doesn't complain and goes along with Rio's wishes because they've been attacked by bad people and Pokémon far too often for both their liking. I love picturing him with a Deerling-in-the-headlights look on his face when Rio suggests this for the first time, it's so funny to imagine.

Type combo 2: Fire-Electric

This type combo is based off of Orange's general intensity (especially as he grows older), his passionate, goal-oriented personality, and his hyper-offensive battling style. Fire and Electric are also his two favorite types, and two of his most used Pokémon are his Pikachu, Thunderheart, and his Infernape, Chimzilla. They are always on all of his teams, whenever he rotates Pokémon on his team around to fit the situation (he has 12), Thunderheart and Chimzilla are always there no matter what, and if not Thunderheart, then his shiny Luxray, Storm, will fill in for her. So that's the other possibility I came up with for him.

This was just a fun silly little "what if" thing I came up with, it's not to be taken seriously, I'm not designing an original Pokémon design for Orange or anything, I'm not good at designing Pokémon. 😅 I asked my two brothers who are Pokémon fans ('cause the other one is NOT) about which type combo idea they like most, and one said Psychic-Fighting and the other said Fire-Electric, so they both do work for Orange, it just depends on your preference.

[pikatrainer99]

So since it's Cat Day again I digitized my Cat Orange drawing!

Yep, here he is again, but in full color this time! He's super embarrassed (blushing and all) due to this transformation and Thunderheart messing with him to do the "Nya~" pose, just as he was in the pencil sketch version from last year. All his cat parts (ears, paws, tail) are orange in color, including his eyes which are now full-on cat eyes. His tail is tipped white just because white looks good with orange.

I used the blur tool a lot with this one, I first used it to create the blushing effect on his cheeks, then I used it at the base of the ears to blend the orange of his ears with the blond of his hair so it looks like a more natural transformation, and finally I used it around his eyes to (hopefully) portray the glow that cat eyes always seem to have even when in the light (I had a cat growing up and her eyes were always gleaming no matter what, to the point where I started calling her Luxray because of those gleam eyes 😅).

So anyway, since this is a digitized version of an old sketch, I don't have much to say about it this time other than those quick notes above. Digitizing old artwork is always fun for me, because it gives me the chance to actually color it in and make it look better so I can have an improved piece to share with you guys! I hope you like it and I hope to be back with more art soon!

[pikatrainer99]

I just wrote this little scene of Orange playing a prank on Diamond and Pearl and kinda sorta wanted to share it. It's in script format, so it's not a fully written scene, but I hope you like it anyway. (Btw, if you haven't read my posted fanfics on AO3, Orange's dialogue looks the way it does because he speaks very quickly so his dialogue is written with slurred and/or missing words/syllables and improper grammar to reflect that, though there's not much of that in this, just letting you know for the times it does show up. Oh, and Diamond and Pearl also call him "O" as a nickname.)

(This takes place during volume 3: "Magnificent Meditite and Really Riolu 1". The beginning lines up until Orange first speaks, as well as the comedy skit, are from the book itself. Everything else was written by me, including the changes to the skit. Hope you enjoy!)

(The kids reach Veilstone City after the traffic jam of Psyduck on Route 210)

Platinum: "The city isn't that big, but they must have at least ONE decent hotel..."

Pearl: "It's a plan, Lady. We'll rehearse our next skit to cheer ourselves up, while you check us in to a hotel!"

Platinum: "All right."

Diamond: "Later!"

Orange: "Make sure t'be safe!"

(Platinum leaves, and Diamond and Pearl prepare to do a comedy skit, of which Orange is the audience for)

Pearl: "Okay O, ready for this one?"

Orange: "Yep! Whatcha got this time, guys?"

Pearl: "Hehe, glad you asked. Ready Dia?"

Diamond: "Yeah!"

Pearl: "SPEAKING OF POKÉMON!"

Diamond: "Speaking of Pokémon..."

Pearl: "Every journey comes with its share of roadblocks, and that flock of Psyduck was no exception!"

Diamond: "You can say that again! Did you notice they all seemed to have headaches?"

(Orange nods his head silently, still watching)

Pearl: "Huh? Really?"

(Orange goes to open his mouth but keeps quiet, remembering this is just a comedy skit and that the truth is that they all know the Psyduck on Route 210 all have headaches)

Diamond: "Sure, Pokémon can get all kinds of aches. Let's see..."

(Orange wonders to himself what the punchline will be, knowing there's one coming up)

Diamond: "They can get a headache, tummy ache, backache, Raticate..."

Pearl: "IDIOT! THAT LAST ONE IS A POKÉMON!!!"

(Orange laughs at the joke and then winces when Pearl smacks Diamond before moving onto the next part of the skit)

Pearl: "When their heads hurt too much, Psyduck unleash their psychic powers."

(Orange nods silently, as he'd known that fact for ages now)

Diamond: "Really? Psychic powers?"

(Diamond grabs a Poké Ball and Orange tilts his head, confused at what his friend is doing)

Diamond: "Ooh, let me try!"

(Orange immediately realizes what Diamond is going to attempt, and gets a mischievous idea)

Diamond: "Nnngh! Come on, Poké Ball - float!"

(Orange uses his telekinesis to make the Poké Ball stay in the air)

Pearl (not amused): "Dia, what the heck are you - WHOA!"

(Pearl and Diamond both look in shock at the floating Poké Ball)

Diamond: "A-am I really doing it?!"

Pearl: "I don't know WHAT'S going on..."

(Pearl then suddenly notices the orange colored glow surrounding the Poké Ball and realizes what's happening)

Pearl: "Oh...that makes sense now." (Turns to Diamond, who's still in shock) "Wait a minute Dia. See that glow? You're forgetting that there's someone RIGHT HERE with us who ACTUALLY has psychic powers! That orange glow means O's the one doing this, it's a prank...and a good one too!"

(Pearl stifles a laugh as Diamond looks at the Poké Ball and sighs in disappointment)

Diamond: "Aww man, I kinda thought that since you whack me in the head so much, I might've developed psychic powers too..."

Pearl (genuinely upset hearing his best friend say that): "That's just part of the act!" (quieter to himself) "Come on...Don't make me look bad..."

(Orange starts laughing hysterically at his prank, breaking his concentration and dropping the Poké Ball. Thunderheart rolls her eyes with a fond smile at her best buddy's antics)

Orange (while laughing): "Oh man! I really REALLY gotcha there!!!! That was awesome!!! Ya shoulda SEEN your faces!!!"

Pearl (also laughing at Orange's prank): "That was actually a good one, O! A REALLY good one! You even had ME fooled for a minute there!"

(Pearl and Orange high-five while still laughing, Diamond meanwhile is not amused)

Diamond: "Seriously...? Why'd you have to do that, O...? I didn't think you had it in you to pull a prank like that!"

Orange (finally calming down from laughing): "Ya were talkin' 'bout psychic powers, I couldn't resist!"

Diamond: "Yeah but that was kinda mean..."

Orange (immediately feeling bad): "Oops...sorry Dia...I didn't mean t' upset ya..."

Pearl (rolling his eyes): "It's your fault for not noticing the orange glow around the ball, Dia..."

Orange (getting anxious from sensing the tension in the air and also because Platinum hasn't come back yet): "M-maybe we should jus' drop it for now an' go find Lady...see if she needs anythin' since it's been a while an' she ain't back yet..."

Diamond: "Oh yeah, good point! Where is she anyway...?"

Pearl: "I don't know, but if she's taking this long, it can't be good...let's go find her!"

Diamond and Orange: "Right!"

(They all run off to search for Platinum, the comedy skit-turned prank instantly sent to the back of their minds, forgotten, as their focus is now on their search for the young lady)

These kids are chaos but I love them all dearly, and I hope you do too. I just got this idea to write this silly little scene because I've been having a tough time mentally lately so I wanted to write something silly to try and lighten my mood. Orange pranking Diamond and Pearl had been in my head for a while now but I didn't know how to write it till now, and even now it's only a script for a future story. This is the first time I'm sharing my writing openly on here, instead of just linking to my posted stories on AO3 like I usually do, I'm nervous about posting this, but if you guys somehow like it...who knows, I might do more small script scenes like this in the future. Also if you like it and haven't checked out my AO3 yet, please feel free to do so, I'm PikaTrainer99 on there as well, same username, same profile pic, everything, it shouldn't be hard to find me. 😅

[pikatrainer99]

I Pokémon-ified Orange again, this time he's a Chimchar!

This took a couple hours to draw, from beginning of pencil sketch to finished digitized version, but it was fun! Pokémon-ifying Orange is way more fun than I thought it would be, so I'll keep doing it!

This is his 10-12 year old self, when he's grown up a bit more and is living a better life in Sinnoh, hence the chill pose. No shirt this time, only his scarf, because the shirt would touch the fire on his butt, and clothing and fire do not mix. The shirt would get burned to a crisp. So I just gave him his scarf, and shrunk it down to Pokémon size just like how I shrunk his shirt down to Pikachu size in the Pikachu drawing. I also kept his normal eyebrows instead of Chimchar's tiny ones as another 'human-turned-Pokémon' indicator. He's also got his regular bright blue eyes here, no glowing orange this time since he's not in battle or anything. No effects or filters needed this time either. This time he's just chillin'.

His hair gave me PROBLEMS. I struggled with drawing it, first off, because it's really hard to give a Pokémon a full-on HAIRSTYLE. And also, the color...before I digitized this thing I was struggling to decide what to do for the hair color, if I should keep it the same color as the rest of Chimchar's fur or make it blond like Orange's actual hair. Once I got it digitized and was coloring it, I tried both, and found that the blond actually made for a nice contrast to the brown of Chimchar's fur, so I went for that instead of the full brown...because the full brown was too dull and blended in with everything too much for my liking. For his hair antennae/ahoge/whatever you wanna call them, this time I went with wispy designs to resemble smoke (or maybe candle fire?) sorta like the supposed "wispy ember" fur design on a regular Chimchar's head (it doesn't really look much like a wispy ember which is why it's in quotes here 😅). Like the lightning bolt shapes in the Pikachu drawing, I tried to make them fit his typing here too, whether I succeeded or not, well...that's another story.

No pencil sketch this time because Arceus, that thing is an absolute MESS and I don't feel comfortable sharing something THAT messy...too much eraser marks and poorly erased lines everywhere.

Anyway, I chose Chimchar next because 1: Orange has one, you'll see him in one of my older drawings I posted. 2: Of all Orange's Pokémon, I have the most experience drawing Chimchar (besides Pikachu of course). Chimchar's part of my favorite evolution line of all-time (Infernape being my all-time favorite Pokémon EVER), so of course I've drawn it a bunch of times! I hope you guys like the drawing! I'm personally pretty happy with how it came out. I wanna keep drawing my boy as different Pokémon, it's time-consuming as heck to do, but it's so much fun just experimenting with this kinda stuff! Now I just have to choose the next Pokémon to turn him into...dunno how long that'll take but hopefully not too long. 😅

[pikatrainer99]

Okay, so I never got any response on whether or not you guys wanted to see my Pokémon-ified Orange drawings, but I love how this Pikachu one came out and am dying to share it so...here it is! 😅

This took so long to draw you have no idea, plus it was my first time experimenting with filters and effects on my drawing app, Ibis Paint X, to make the electricity effects!

This is Young Orange (specifically his four to six year old self), aka the scrappy lil guy who will fight and defend himself and the Pokémon of the Viridian Forest from literally ANYONE (and was taught how to fight BY the Pokémon themselves which is why in my stories he goes COMPLETELY feral when he fights), so combine that personality with strong electric powers and you've got a Pikachu you DON'T wanna mess with! His electric powers as a Pikachu work the same way as his Viridian Forest powers as a human work, so they get stronger with his emotions and they're amplified tenfold if he's in Viridian Forest itself.

I made his eyes glow because again, using power, but it's electric power this time since he's a Pikachu, and used the blur tool to achieve the glowing eye effect, as well as the glowing cheeks. I made his little hair antennae/ahoge/whatever you wanna call them into lightning bolt shapes this time (instead of the usual sticking straight up as a human) to reflect his electric typing as a Pikachu, and his fur and the top of his hair are BRISTLING with both electricity and hostility since he's ready to fight! I drew the tail facing upwards instead of the normal facing back pose since I felt that the tail facing up gave off more of a battle ready vibe, like he's saying, "Warning, warning, I WILL attack if you come any closer!" Making the bristling fur took forever, and it was so difficult to make it look right, but I'm happy with how it came out. And he's still got his red shirt on and the band-aid over his nose (but it's yellow colored because it's covering yellow fur and band-aids are translucent for the most part, at least the ones I use are) because he's literally just Young Orange Pokémon-ified, so I kept both of those for that reason.

For a mostly experimental piece, it came out pretty decent I think! Here's the pencil sketch as well if you're curious as to what it looked like before the digitizing and effects I added and stuff.

The pencil sketch also took forever to draw, mostly because of the bristling fur, but it made for a great digitized piece, which is exactly what I was going for. The pencil sketches, while I always keep them, are never anything compared to the digitized, colored versions, but I'm posting this one so you can kinda get a feel for the process of this one. I hope you guys enjoy this fun silly concept art of what my boy would look like as a Pikachu! I don't know what Pokémon I'll draw him as next but I know I want it to be one of the many Pokémon he has on his team...and he's got a lot of them to choose from! So I'll mull it over some more and hopefully I'll decide on one soon enough, because Pokémon-ifying Orange is fun, even though I've only done this one so far.

[pikatrainer99]

First drawing of 2025, and it's Teen Orange this time!

(This is actually the first time I've colored a drawing of Teen Orange so now you get to see his new shoe design XD)

This takes place after he comes back home from his second journey (the one he went on alone). His hair grew longer over the course of said journey and he hates it. He wants to do something about it but he hates haircuts, it's a sensory thing for him. Eventually Red and Yellow come to visit him in Sinnoh and Red gets the idea for Orange to style his hair in a similar way to his own, and after a quick bangs trim by Yellow (which he wasn't happy about but he let her do it because she's one of the people he trusts the most), Red helps Orange style his hair like his. He ends up loving his new look and is happy his hair is finally out of his face.

So, this was hard to draw, because this was the first time I drew Orange with his arms crossed, which is a hard pose to draw, and also the thumbs up took a while and looks too big because of how hard it was to draw, and also I constantly curse myself because I made his hairstyle so hard to draw. But I am at least happy with how it came out...for the most part. I'm glad I drew it. It's not what I was originally planning to draw, but this idea just randomly popped into my head and I realized I needed to practice more Teen Orange, so I did, the more practice I get with drawing his teenage design, the better (he's 14 in this drawing btw). I hope you like it despite all the weird proportions and everything. 😅

I'm so glad I'm able to draw again, I've missed drawing and creating things so much, those weeks with COVID were the worst because I couldn't draw or do anything really. I hope to be back with another drawing soon, maybe one of the ones I had originally planned on doing.

[pikatrainer99]

Since it's cold season (end of November is basically the start of winter here where I live), I made a little Gacha Life 2 concept model of Orange all bundled up for the cold Sinnoh winter... he's not too keen on the cold though, as you can see by his pose and expression.

He's shivering, and his face is red, even though he's wearing a super thick winter coat with a soft long sleeve shirt underneath, soft earmuffs, warm winter gloves, super thick sweatpants, warm grippy snow boots, and a thicker, warmer scarf. He always feels the need to wear this outfit during the cold seasons, because they're way more intense in Sinnoh than they were back in Kanto. It takes him YEARS to finally get used to it...at least he knows just how to suit up for it!

[pikatrainer99]

Time for part 3 of The Sillies™️ in a group chat...this time it's Orange's birthday edition!

Arceus I love making these group chat posts XD

It's Orange's birthday today and his friends are busy prepping for his party! Diamond is making his favorite kind of cake, and making a card with Pearl. They're also teaming up to get him a present...it's a Pokémon battle simulator type video game that his Pokémon can actually participate in with him (think like an Xbox Kinect type of game but for Pokémon battling)! This way he can keep his Pokémon in perfect shape for battle and he can also use it to help train new Pokémon if they want to. Platinum gets him a set of TWELVE Master Balls because she KNOWS he'll use them for the greater good and, being part of the wealthiest family in Sinnoh, she used her family connections to the big businesses to get them for him...what a dedicated friend! Orange loves his presents and his cake and he has so much fun celebrating with his friends...when suddenly they're all called back to his house and to his surprise, Red and Yellow are there! Orange is so excited to see them again and when his big brother and big sister figures say that they're staying in Sinnoh for a while to spend time with him, Orange says that it's his best birthday ever!

I hope you all like this group chat post! I had so much fun making it XD

[pikatrainer99]

So, my OC Orange and I share a birthday (because I suck at coming up with character birthdays)…but I’m gonna make it all about him on here on Saturday! You guys can interact with him directly on his ask blog, I’ll do my best to have him respond quickly if you send him any asks or messages. I’ll also be posting another group chat between him and the Sinnoh Trio as well, so if you like those types of posts, look forward to that!

This post is almost completely in title mode in order to advertise Orange’s ask blog XD it hasn’t gotten anything yet except for ONE question and I’d like to make his birthday into a sort of event for the blog.

[pikatrainer99]

Little 4-year-old Orange in attack mode, made by me in Gacha Life 2 (this post gets a bit heavy since it's about the Viridian Forest attack in the FRLG arc from Orange's perspective, so you don't have to read it if you don't want to, you can just look at the picture)

This is Orange during Team Rocket's attack on Viridian Forest in the FRLG arc. The fact that they're destroying his home has enraged him, and he's using his powers to sync with the wild Pokémon in the forest and have them attack Team Rocket while he stays out of sight (remember, he can use telepathy to communicate with the Pokémon by sending messages directly into their minds). Strong emotional distress, as well as being in Viridian Forest, amplifies his psychic abilities by a lot and this situation is no exception. In this state of being he can use full-on telekinesis, which is why his hands are also glowing in this image instead of just his eyes. It's also how he's keeping himself hidden from Team Rocket and manipulating the trees that Team Rocket knock down in order to:

1: Try and save as many Pokémon as possible from losing their lives

And 2: Try and kill the Team Rocket members who dared mess with his home.

That's right, when Orange gets angry at a villain, he's always gonna aim for the kill, to ensure that the villains can't cause anymore chaos and destruction (I like to think he gets that from Yellow, because when she's forced to really fight, she also aims for the kill...seriously, LOOK at the Megavolt attack she uses on Lance and tell me that this little PACIFIST who DOESN'T LIKE FIGHTING wasn't trying to finish him for good...you cannot change my mind). So basically, the villains in my fanfic universe should not anger Orange in any way, shape or form if they value their lives. In fact, if you've read my fanfics on AO3, in one of them, Yellow tells Red that Orange "took out" some of the Rocket grunts before she found him and finished the fight (my fanfic universe has some differences from canon, hence why Team Rocket had grunts still instead of it just being Orm, Carr, and Sird). What she actually meant was "he killed them" but she didn't wanna think about the fact that a four-year-old who shouldn't have been caught up in that attack and forced to fight for his life and their home in the first place, actually ended up with a body count by the end of it all, so she sugarcoated the words a bit.

Anyway, as usual, little Orange is covered in bandages because he's clumsy and that's supposed to be an ace bandage made from the forest Pokémon's String Shot on his arm because he sprained it (similar to how Kitty, Yellow's Caterpie, made Yellow a cast out of string when her arm was broken by Lance's Dragonair's Bubble Beam attack...like sister like brother I guess, even though they're not blood-related). The forest Pokémon do stuff like that for him all the time, they always look out for him and he returns the favor by helping them out with anything they need. They're all great friends and it's cute and wholesome.

I'd been wanting to post more Orange stuff, and that's why I made this Gacha Life 2 concept model. One of these days I will sing as him and post it here...I've been thinking about singing Getta Ban Ban as him because I think it fits him well, now I just have to come up with a Japanese voice for him...I've imagined him speaking in Japanese (with what little Japanese I know) quite a few times now but I'm not sure if I'll be able to pull the voice off, especially while singing. I've sung as both him and Thunderheart in English many times before because making Orange and Thunderheart duets is fun...but the singing voice never sounds the same as the speaking voice I made up for him, so...yeah 😅.

[pikatrainer99]

Uh-oh...Orange is anxious again!

This chibi Orange drawing was inspired by Komi Can't Communicate... particularly Komi's adorable bug-eyed/no mouth expression that she gets when the story is told from her POV. Since Orange goes through many of the same struggles as Komi, and is also always anxious around people, to the point of not being able to speak, only write, unless it's someone he's comfortable with, I figured why not draw him with the same expression as Komi. His whole body is also supposed to be really tense here too, which I didn't do a good job making clear in the drawing... oops 😅.

Hope you all like it nonetheless!

[pikatrainer99]

Got some Orange content for y'all finally after a long while...it's a song!

First off, this is old, I did this over a year ago now. Second, I have had no vocal training so the singing (especially the high notes) isn't perfect by any means. Third, this is a parody of "Light Of Hope" from Sonic Forces so if the melody sounds familiar that's why...it's the same song, I just wrote my own lyrics to it to fit Orange. It covers his whole life story from the Viridian Forest attack in the FRLG arc when he was 4 all the way up to the point of him going on his own training journey and it's sung from his POV (he's addressing his Pikachu Thunderheart the whole time so whenever the word "you" comes up it means Thunderheart), though I'm not putting a voice on when I sing this, I'm just singing as myself, to lyrics I wrote that are from Orange's POV.

Hope you like it... I'm nervous about posting it but I wanted to post SOMETHING Orange related because I've been doing too much Trolls posting lately and I want everyone who follows me for Pokémon/PokéSpe/Orange content to know that I haven't forgotten about my boy, he still lives rent-free in my mind, I just get distracted by other special interests sometimes, as you can probably tell with all the Trolls posts I've been doing...I just tend to get hyperfocused on one special interest at a time and it's all I can think about for a while (how long the while is depends on how intense the hyperfocus is). Sometimes I can focus on more than one special interest at once but it makes it harder to manage...sometimes I wish I didn't have multiple special interests but I don't choose them, they choose me, so I've got three living rent-free in my mind 24/7 right now.

[pikatrainer99]

Yo

since every single pokespe!Sinnoh fan is automatically my friend, I couldn't help but get curious about your oc Orange(also I've been imagining drawing him some day but I just. forgot. again. and again.). I'm a bit lost in the tags as well,

so I was wondering if you could share something about his relationship with other dexholders??

infinite thankyous if you respond

(also would be great if you could maybe list his height(yes it is important(sorry if this sounds weird)))

Sure! I can give you some info!

Orange is a Child of Viridian Forest, so he was obviously born there in Kanto. He knows two of the Kanto Dexholders, Yellow and Red. He meets Yellow when he's three years old and sees her as a big sister figure. Their dynamic is very sweet and wholesome and Yellow cares for Orange so much. Yellow takes Orange to meet Red for the first time when Orange is six years old, and, while wary of him at first, he quickly comes to see Red as a big brother figure, making himself, Yellow, and Red a family in his eyes, and it's just wholesome and cute.

Then obviously, he moves to Sinnoh later on, when he's eight. He moves to Twinleaf Town, and makes friends with Diamond and Pearl pretty quickly, and they spend a lot of time hanging out together and having fun. They're his first and best human friends.

He meets Platinum later on too, and the four of them become a tight-knit friend group over time.

As for his height, he's probably around Pearl's height, give or take an inch...this is the first time I've actually thought about a height for him, all I had written down before was that he's "decently tall" 😅.

If you would like to get a better idea of Orange's personality and relationships with those around him, my fanfics might be able to help. Here is the link to my profile, I suggest you read the info about Orange there before diving into my fanfics themselves.

Thank you for showing interest in my OC Orange! It means a lot to me when people like my creative works, and if you do draw him, I'll definitely be looking forward to seeing how he looks in your art style!

[pikatrainer99]

I just posted the story about Orange meeting Tails!

Please feel free to check it out and give it a read! I hope you all enjoy it!