Lewtwo

recently restored Ken Sugimori's Japanese watercolor art of Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow!!
[downscaled for bluesky]

this has nothing to do with an eye texture though

messing with pokemon stadium animations and why doesnt Octillery do this anymore wtf

honestly Mega Magearna is the best DLC Pokemon just from how sick its animations are

a while ago we also restored Ken Sugimori's artwork of Ho-Oh from throughout Pokémon GSC's development.
insane to see how his style developed in just three years

its so over man

does this site have 4k image uploading yet because if not it might be over man. no place to share hq art actually spells the end of a lotta shit until the website is done.

so whatd i miss

both the last two seem to be 2023 specifically lol

worth mentioning that the last two are very specific and I have no idea when/where they took place

was sent some Pokémon GO/Niantic staff confirmations from Worlds 2025 that I should probably document before I forget

Craig Kitzmann • Shaymin Environment (GO Fest 2022)
Aubrey Kim • Beach Environment
Alex Turbyfield • Halloween Environment

YouTube video by Lewtwo The Savior of Modern Pokemon

Full Video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFoo...

Pokemon Legends ZA has the most promising development for a modern game in the series, and I've spent the last few months on a video dissecting why.

🟣 The Savior of Modern Pokémon 🟣⬇️

see u again in three years (goes public in a couple days)

knowing the ZA video was written months ago but everything I wrote about it came true in later previews and trailers

the first time we've ever seen Zygarde be a part of the Pokemon ZA story and it fucking jumps the player

If you're at Pokémon Worlds or know someone who is, help us preserve the Legends ZA demo build by recording as MUCH as possible!!

Now that I can finally do archival again, here's a high quality scan of Ken Sugimori's Encyclopedia art from a year after Pokémon's release!!!

one thing I've seen nobody mention is Pokemon Legends ZA seems to have a real photo mode for the first time in the series

really miss when pokemon games had speed tied to your critical hit chance. they made certain guys completely centered around that concept and it fucking rules

The new Pokémon TCG Pocket Immersive Ho-Oh artwork appears to be traced from 2021 fan-art by lanjiujiu.

Entire perspective, wing shape and overall feather size are largely identical.

Holy shit, turns out the Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire scenario art (with white hair Brendan) wasn't drawn by Ken Sugimori, but Hironobu Yoshida instead.

nope, but we can do it in the future!

What feels dishonest about these answers?

Lewtwo on X: "Arven from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet won the 2022 Famitsu Award for Best Character. Director Shigeru Ohmori talks about the character drew from his own experience of losing his parents when he was younger. https://t.co/WsNxyOXrH4" / X Arven from Pokemon Scarlet & Violet won the 2022 Famitsu Award for Best Character. Director Shigeru Ohmori talks about the character drew from his own experience of losing his parents when he was younger. https://t.co/WsNxyOXrH4

For SV we only know about the inspiration of the story— based on how Arven drew from Ohmori's own experience of losing his parents when he was younger.

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full interview can be found here!!
lewtwo.net/index.php/CG...

We've translated a 7,000-word interview on the heruclean development behind the models of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Just a single Pokémon can require up to 60 unique animations alone.

nah that's a misquote

the interview where that comes from is just Ishihara saying he thought that was gonna be his last game working on the series— plans for RS date back to before Crystal's release

Still astounded that Sugimori effortlessly made the perfect Pokemon protagonist designs nearly 25 years ago.

completely unique animation for Captain Pikachu from the latest pokemon arcade game is adorable wtf