#poketober2019

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#Poketober day 20 is Challenge! It's the home stretch! We dropped off our friends and it's time for the Lake of Rage. No red Gyarados this time-- I heard some other trainer took it out years ago!

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• Inktober Day 4: The Starters •

Ursage, Pupark, and Rivewe. The starters of the Vesmita region.

Ursage, the pickpocket Pokémon

Pupark, the kindling Pokémon

Rivewe, the river-ram Pokémon

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I have never tried desgining actual Pokémon creatures in my entire life so this was my most challenging day yet.

I based them off children’s folk tales/nursery rhymes. The Three Little Bears’ titular bears, Little Bo Peep’s sheep , and Little Red Riding Hood’s wolf. Though Pupark is far more puppy than wolf. Oh well, still cute.

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Day 2 “Mindless”. I’m using all Pokémon based themes for the prompts, Enjoy!! ❤️💛💙 . . . #inktober #inktober2019 #inktoberprompts #poketober2019 #pokemon #mindless #nintendo #penart #penandink #psyduck #drawing #doodle #sketch #travhavecreations #watercolorpainting #koiwatercolors #supportlivingartist #pigmamicron #artistsoninstagram #njartist #blackartist (at Pallet Town) https://www.instagram.com/p/B3LoI87D4g0/?igshid=1wa50vzvuuwl8

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Day 18 of #poketober is partners! Name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait.

Abby and Princess don’t take kindly to Pokemon thieves like Team Rocket! Could this be the beginning of a turnaround for Abby?

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• Inktober Day 6: The Player’s Parent •

Warner, A single dad and Pokémon photographer. Loves his kids. Love his oddish.

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Pokémon is kinda known for its single mom trope. Norman from Ruby, Sapphire, and Emrald being the sole dad shaped exception.

Warner and the player character moved to Vesmita about 10 years before the game. The oddish’s name is Nico in case you were wondering.

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I am DONE with #Poketober! Day 30 is Champion, Day 31 is Journey. I definitely screwed up the colors on the trophy, whoops!!

I thought it’d be more interesting if she didn’t become the champion this time--so she has room to grow, maybe next year!

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• Inktober Day 9: Gym Leader 3 •

Jasper, Dark type gym leader of Marisao City.

Owner and manager of the Marisao cafe. Will absolutely tell you about his Pokepuff recipes.

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I think it’s an unwritten rule that anyone designing a fan-Pokémon region, has to have a dark type gym leader. There has never been one in cannon and honestly by this point it’s starting to get ridiculous.

Also in the process of this particular drawing did I learn that gen 4/Sinnoh has no pure dark type Pokémon besides Darkrai. Jasper is from Sinnoh, should have mentioned that, that’s why this matters.

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Day 19 of #poketober is Surf! I couldn't figure out how to surf on a Poliwhirl, so a rental Lapras seemed appropriate! (And a NEW UNLIKELY FRIENDSHIP! saving someone from Team Rocket does a lot to endear you. Too bad Abby and Princess don’t like water. You wouldn’t either if your hair took that long to do)

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• Inktober Day 10: Gym Leader 4 •

Ada, Electric type gym leader of Enerosa City.

Cutting edge developer of Software and technology, including the Vesmita Pokédex.

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Ada is one of the earliest gym leaders I came up with for this region. I wanted an electric type celebrity tech developer so bad. To me it feels so obvious I’m surprised it hasn’t been done.

Luxray is also one of my all time favorite Pokémon. It’s both very cool, and very silly looking. Much like most of my favorite Pokémon

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y'all it was a LONG ROUGH DAY but guess who still found time for #poketober #poketober2019 #inktober #inktober2019 today is Pokemon Center!

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• Inktober Day 7: Gym Leader 1 •

Lang, the Fairy type gym leader of Columette City.

A theatrical stage manger by night, and slightly begrudging gym leader also by night.

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I love fairy type Pokémon. However most fairy type specialists are bright and pink, like the type itself, so I thought it was about time to invert that. Just for fun.

I also think a theater would be an amazing setting for a Pokémon gym. Pokémon musicals already exist so why not?

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Day 17 is VILLAINS! Team Rocket is probably the most iconic bad guy team in pop culture. My friend, Galen, is cameoing here with her favorite Pokemon, Typhlosion! I think it’s cool to have the villain have the fully evolved form of Kira’s starter. It’s like, “I’m you BUT STRONGER”.

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• Inktober Day 3: The Rivals •

Simone, a childhood friend full of engery and competitive egde. Always pushing herself and others to their very best.

Pierce, the new kid. Reserved and tactical, seemingly kind but somewhat of an enigma.

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Simone and Pierce, like most of the characters so far were developed some time back. Pierce has changed a lot from his first desgin. Simone has stayed allmost excatly the same.

I love rivals in pokemon so much. Especially ones directly tied into the plot. Which may be the case with these two. Maybe. Maybe.

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• Inktober Day 2: The Player Characters •

Trainer Orsen and Trainer Allie

Join these young trainers as they set out on their Pokémon journeys of discovery and adventure!

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Pokémon protagonists are purposefully ambiguous in age, but in general they are somewhere between tweens and young teenagers.

I knew that I wanted my duo to look and be a little older than that average. Mostly for story purposes, but also just out of personal taste. So I tired to make them a bit more fashionable than the existing player characters to show that. Hey I think cardigans are fashionable.

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Day 24 of #poketober is Friends! I am craving Japanese style crepes today. #inktober #poketober2019 #inktober2019

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forgot to post my day 1 poketober! Time to set out on our journey with Kira!