Aaron Margolin

We are nearing the release of some of the final items that I got to start development on during my time on the Pokémon team. There’s still a few left, but this really was one of the highlights to leave on!

For years this was a dream item for the team to develop. I can’t believe they’re finally here!

Congrats to the entire Pokémon team for (finally!) bringing the Squirtle Squad to plush form! Incredible job to all the designers (plush and packaging) involved!

Like what the hell is this

Polar Express is a Lynchian horror film.

nice!!! 👌👌

Since the holidays are here, I’ll share that I had the pleasure of composing the music for our 2024 Pokémon Deluxe Holiday Calendar!

This reminds me a lot of Redminus

The Berry Bun Brainrot Blind Boxes need to be made.

But when it comes to composing music for Pokémon, I’m *always* going to try and emulate some aspect of Shinji Miyazaki’s style

For the lead melody I took a “mallet forward” approach as heard on tracks like Miyazaki’s Route 29 arrangement (sans the iconic Miyazaki clarinet/flute combo)

Less obvious; the biggest inspiration for this track was Asuka Sakai’s brilliant rearrangement of ‘Katamari on the Rocks’ that she titled ‘Overture II’ for ‘We Love Katamari’

I’m a low-tier composer at best (especially with Jazz) but it was fun riding the inspiration on this.

While I didn’t leave the influence of Shinji Miyazaki entirely behind, for this year’s calendar jingle I decided to do a genre shift towards Jazz.

I specifically (obviously) tried to emulate the shuffles heard in Vince Guaraldi’s ‘Peanuts’ compositions.

Since the holidays are here, I’ll share that I had the pleasure of composing the music for our 2024 Pokémon Deluxe Holiday Calendar!

Morozoff Pikachu modeled in Blender. He's wearing a red and white gingham apron with rounded white frills, and has a little whipped cream and heart-shaped cherry on top of his head. Pikachu has stars in his eyes and is holding up a giant heart. He is a sweet boi I am sure

probably one of my favorite pikas!!

#pokemon #art #b3d

Been working pretty much nonstop on something for the past 2-ish months that I wish I could share. Really huge project that could define the next 5 years of my career.

That said, I’m exhausted after working over weekends 5 weeks in a row 😅

Charizard.

JSR: Gum 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰

Massive faux pas posting this on Energy Sword Sunday

Good Morning

Any time I feel down, I remember this photo of my girlfriend when she was a child and became an orange belt in Taekwondo.

You got me in!! Thank you for being the bridge-builder from that crummy other site.

I feel like you were instrumental in curating such a good vibe here as people were moving over.

Apologies for not posting more of the stuff I’ve been working on 😅

The TV commercials were a big project this year and I’m severely burnt out on what I’m workin on rn.

Environment stills from the latest Pokémon figure commercial that I co-wrote.

Over 150 Pokémon in their natural habitats were featured in this spot!

Congrats brotha!

Good Morning

Good Morning

No it’s still going strong! A new figure should set next month I think.

At Target

Environment stills from the latest Pokémon figure commercial that I co-wrote.

Over 150 Pokémon in their natural habitats were featured in this spot!

The latest “World Of Pokémon” figure commercial that I co-wrote is now airing!

This is the biggest, most detailed commercial I’ve ever worked on; with over 150 different figures shown.

Many different considerations go into the character selection process.

Popularity is definitely one of the factors, but relevancy to the games and shows are another. Since we’ve been making figures for so long, we also seek out to finish established evolution lines, and flush out regions and types

The latest “World Of Pokémon” figure commercial that I co-wrote is now airing!

This is the biggest, most detailed commercial I’ve ever worked on; with over 150 different figures shown.