I Love Vulpix And Ninetales! I Dithered For A Long Time Over The Flames, Whether They Should Be Red (like

I love Vulpix and Ninetales! I dithered for a long time over the flames, whether they should be red (like in the anime) or blue (because ‘foxfire’ is usually blue), but in the end I couldn’t resist the more mystical-looking blue flames. These two gave me so much trouble by the way, from sketch to ink to painting! Why are all my favourites so difficult? Perhaps my standards are higher because I like them so much. These are both available to buy in my online shop!

Oh gaw, Pikachu! So much pressure! It’s the mascot of the whole franchise! Raichu was much more relaxing by comparison, even though I needed to give it a re-design to make it look sensible. Poor Raichu, its official model doesn’t even have fingers! I tried to make it look cooler since it’s always been one of my favourites. These little ‘electric mice’ are now up in my shop with the others!

The first fairy types! Not that Clefairy and Clefable were fairy types back in gen 1, it didn’t exist back then. They’re also the first nocturnal pokémon in this challenge! I have vivid memories of spending hours wandering Mt. Moon looking for a Clefairy, and then having to just throw pokéballs at it without weakening it at all because I’d over-trained my other pokémon. I got it in the end though! Did you know Clefable can walk on water? These two rare pokémon are now up in my shop with the others! (Except Metapod who has gone to a new home already!)

Ahh, Spearow and Fearow, the scruffier and more aggressive end of the gen 1 bird types. Fearow was harder than I expected, but a lot of fun once I found the right reference for the wings (I went with a vulture).

The originals are available in my shop!

Paras and Parasect are two of my favourites from gen 1, it broke my heart that they're so weak. I still catch one anyway, look how cool and creepy they are!

Anyone remember that really awful late-night sketch of the vrega doctor from 2014′s Inktober? Well I finally did a decent one! Although I did just realise I forgot the horrible scar I gave him on his right shoulder. The doctor is also a priest (of Khukh), and is usually addressed as ‘grandfather’ as a sign of respect. He never, ever raises his voice. General consensus is that he’s probably seething with rage underneath, and the scariest thing the crew have ever seen was him taking a deep breath through his nose and saying ‘...you are trying my patience.’ (They’re completely wrong about this by the way, if he ever actually ran out of patience he’d probably just go and sit quietly in his room for an hour, but he finds it convenient to let the mistake persist.)