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Going forward I'm probably going to have to switch to making longer posts on desktop because holy shit why did the formatting break so much on my previous post. Hell world. It should be fixed now grrrrr

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It is time. To make a post.

Introducing: two of my Pokemon OCs, Malo Buckley and Hayate Matsubura!!

These two are members of the International Police, that organization that Looker is from that never gets any worldbuilding. Which makes it perfect for me to throw in all my own little quirks about how it all functions and essentially make a brand new canon; I won't get into said canon here, I'll likely make a separate post for that, but it is worth mentioning here because I do get in the weeds with these characters a bit.

So! Hayate, pictured on the top, is a member of the Criminal Investigation branch of Interpol, is of Johtohan descent, and is in his mid to late twenties. He is sharp, distant, and generally carries himself with a clear drive and purpose. He despises those who are indecisive and lives his life with minimal regrets, seeing each decision he makes as the best possible one he could have made in the moment. He takes setbacks in stride, and off work is generally pleasant, if rather stuffy and polite. His team consists of a Growlithe and Gliscor, both lacking nicknames.

Malo, pictured on the bottom, is a member of the Mythical and Legendary Disturbance branch of Interpol, is of Galarian (Irish) descent, and is in his early to mid thirties. He's flighty and passionate, jumping eagerly into his next mission or task with excitement for discovery and learning. He's a workaholic and a perfectionist, and generally values his research and scientific progress over his own wellbeing. Both at work and out of work he speaks rather informally, and has a habit of speaking over people without realizing he's doing so. His expertise in the field alienates him from some of his peers, having a 'know it all' attitude when it comes to the topic of Mythical and Legendary Pokemon. His team consists of a Herdier, nicknamed Fitz, and a Corviknight, nicknamed Ciara (KEER-rah).

Wip shots under the cut

This was a rare case of me not really cleaning up my lineart or sketch and instead doing the lineart entirely in IbisX. I quite like how it turned out, all things considered, the way the dip bleed pen in IbisX looks is very nice to me. The process of lining it separately versus cleaning the stray pixels took about the same amount of time, so neither process is inherently better, which means I'll likely continue to do both processes interchangeably. No shading was done for these pictures as these are intended to be reference material going forward, and shadows would interfere with colour picking.