I think they were a great set of promos to add to the collection. All three having consecutive numbers also makes them display nicely in a binder collection. And having three jumbo versions of the cards is a *big* plus as well.
For me personally, hand-drawn artwork almost always wins over these CGI renders, but there are far worse examples of those.
But that’s just my opinion.
My biggest issue with the CGI cards is that they are so afraid of adding texture to fur, scales, skin and the shading is always below par that they all have the ‘just not done’ look. Luckily that’s something they kinda fixed with the Tag-Team cards.
Eevee has like a billion artworks, some variety is great for the tcg. I’m pretty sure that no one actually prefers 5ban graphics over what could have been several different artists creating unique artwork. Base Set Charizard > Hidden Fates Charizard on the art alone. I just feel like it’s very lazy to repeat the same rendered card and then copy it again as a secret rare and then again as a hyper rare. There’s still great art being used today, but I liked it better when the holos, or rares of the set, had super cool art as well.
(and this isn’t to say that 5ban hasn’t created some great art as well, but imo some of them supremely lack inspiration, detail, backgrounds, etc.)
Best Eevee card since… Komiya & Snorlax GX? Alright lets dig furt-Munch SM-P? …let’s go further oh what’s this? Shiny GX “Ghost White” SV41? Yeah. Eevee has been a boss of this generation, especially for collectors so much so that it’s causing a woooosh.
We don’t deserve such a treat from a crap product. I overlooked initially assuming said product contained those conventional three deck Eve GX’s, until I put 1+1 together. Equally exciting is the herbal and spicy reaction of such product from, everywhere.
@jakew1992 You somehow overlooked when making this thread of Eevee intentionally derpy since it’s a conventional shaped character turn unconventional while your profile is of the most shapeless, abstract designs inescapable of the derp? Not to get it twisted because it’s actually a win/win, I fucking love the Grimer line, it’s TCG art ‘career’ is one of consistent quality. I think you need to get a boarder collaging the evo line’s art ala the hoarde like that Power Plant episode.
@fourthstartcg , It’s unique regardless. Comparing to others actually peers what makes it’s original shine out more instead of a clone to the greats. I could emphasise that the Creation Trio TTGX example you used is blandly coloured and been repeated before in various poses to that office in Detective Pikachu but I digress because it is loosely original. Uniqueness is usually objective regardless of preference, from the illusturator Zorua/oark’s to the Ken Watanabe FA (easily the only worthwhile card in the set). Speaking of Ken for example I prefer Godzilla 1998 over 2010’s but thats another story, same logic.
If you don’t like it that’s okay, try to realise the reasons your views are actually correlate more in line with your justifications for as opposed to against them. Pokémon Center comissioned Yukio Higuchi’s anthropomorphic stance on everyones favourite as a merch campaign so the more unconventionality should always be commended. More power to them.
I love that they chose an artist outside of the regular TCG to do an artwork – makes me hopeful we can get Murakami to do one eventually
I would much rather have weird artwork than the standard boring 5ban graphics GXs (other than tag teams) got this era. I don’t think all CGI artwork is bad (I LOVE Planeta’s Genesect full art for example), but most of them are just uninspired, especially with this era’s secret rares. I’m rambling but the takeaway is: weird is good.