Looking for evolution lines with the same artist to put into a pokedex collection. I know 151 had a lot but am looking for more.
I’ve seen the Narative Illustrations and Combined Illustrations lists but wondering if people know ones that aren’t on them like these Tentacool and Tentacruel cards.
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Good news: theres plenty of examples like this to collect
Bad news: there are easily hundres of examples of this (especially if you count early WOTC Sugimori art)
I absolutely love same artist evo lines, they are some of my favorite nuggets in the hobby. I’m not aware of any concrete list, I’d guess someone else on here probably does. But a good start would be narrowing down sets or eras your’e most interested in and ordering the cards based on pokedex number like you can on this page and look for similar art styles (does get tricky with cross-gen evo lines like slowpoke’s) EX Deoxys card list (International TCG) – TCG Collector
Picking even a top 20 might be torture for me so I’ll just throw out a couple that come to mind
Also, welcome to E4 and a great topic to open with!
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Using this as an excuse to look through my sets lol. I won’t post pictures because there’s too many.
Expedition
Gastly line
Pikachu line
Aquapolis
Growlithe line
Exeggcute line
Slowpoke line
Scyther line
Tentacool line
Skyridge
Gastly line
Staryu line
Diglett line
Voltorb line
ex Legend Maker
Sentret line
Voltorb line
Platinum
Chimchar line
Wurmple (ex Legend Maker) + Cascoon & Dustox
Noble Victories
Pansear line
Boundaries Crossed
Tepig line
Psyduck line
Snivy line
Oshawott line
These are just for sets I’ve looked through. You could easily piece together cards from different sets/eras, like Gligar (Legends Awakened) with Gliscor (Boundaries Crossed). You’re probably going to struggle with newer Gen mons because there are so many artists now.
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Expedition has a lot. Some as examples, in addition to the ones mentioned above: Pidgey line, Poliwag line, Machop line, Dratini line, Abra line, Krabby line, Koffing line, etc. The Hoppip line also has the same artist in Neo Genesis, Aquapolis, EX Team Rocket Returns, and HGSS (off the top of my head). These are just some from things I collect, so they were relatively easy to recollect.
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(Yuka Morii has a bunch more too!)
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This is a super fun idea for a binder project and I think there are a lot of cards to choose from! I wonder how much of the pokedex you could complete like this 
Since I am a huge fan of gen 3, I’ll have to put these here:
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The treecko line is so beautiful - I feel like it has the best art of each species except for maybe treecko gold star or treecko from ex dragon. (The sceptile is incredible imo)
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Straight from my favorite Pokémon designer / illustrator / musician / performer:
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There’s also options in terms of combining generations, layouts, holo-effects, typings, stamps, gimmicks etc. Sometimes there’s more than one illustration to choose from. A few examples:
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Slowpoke Line
I love slowpoke line illustrations! Let me know if I missed any other slowpoke line illustrators.
Tomokazu Komiya
Neo
Aya Kusube
Aquapolis
Yukiko Baba
Trainers Magazine
Midori Harada
Unseen Forces
Kagemaru Himeno
VS
Delta
Legends Promos
Sumiyoshi Kizuki
Legends
Ken Sugimori
Retro line
Modern line
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I was about to start a new topic about the same concept, but I’m glad I found an existing thread.
Here’s my pick for a line by the same artist in a single set. For the Caterpie line here I appreciate how it depicts National Park from HGSS. Caterpie begins crawling in the middle of the field. Metapod is then stood up against a lamp post. Finally, Butterfree is seen flying among the lights atop the lamp posts at night. It captures the passage of time well, a central theme to the Caterpie line and obviously Pokemon in general. Komiya’s style elevates the cards even more.
Next up here’s a line done by the same artist across different sets. Hajime Kusajima does the Elektrike line justice in these cards. Both Pokemon are shown covered in electricity and feel dangerous. The Manectric in particular is one of my favorite cards from EX Deoxys.
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Tokiya.
Gold & Silver
And a devolution? Firs the Ancient Origins Gyarados
Magikarp Crimson Invasion
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Really interesting topic! I really like this concept, and I’m planning to collect with this concept in the future as well. I found your Reddit post and this thread, and decided to create an account here so I could contribute. Personally, I prefer the cards to be from the same set so they share the same overall design and set logo.
Here’s the list for my favorite Pokémon, Mudkip and Gyarados, along with their evolution lines:
Mudkip - Marshtomp - Swampert (4 sets)
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EX Ruby & Sapphire 59, 40, 13 - Mitsuhiro Arita
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EX Ruby & Sapphire 60, 41, 23 - Ken Sugimori
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EX Emerald 56, 36, 11 - Atsuko Nishida
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EX Crystal Guardians 57, 38, 27 - Hisao Nakamura
Magikarp – Gyarados (14 sets)
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Base Set 35, 6 - Mitsuhiro Arita
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Base Set 2 50, 7 (Base Set reprint) - Mitsuhiro Arita
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Team Rocket 47, 8 - Kagemaru Himeno
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Legendary Collection 52, 12 (Base Set reprint) - Mitsuhiro Arita
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Gym Challenge 73, 5 (Giovanni’s) - Ken Sugimori
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Gym Challenge 88, 13 (Misty’s) - Ken Sugimori
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Neo Revelation 66, 65 - Ken Sugimori
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EX Dragon 60, 97 - Kouki Saitou
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EX Deoxys 64, 8 - Hisao Nakamura
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HeartGold & SoulSilver 72, 4 - Mitsuhiro Arita
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Call of Legends 61, 7 - Mitsuhiro Arita
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Dragons Exalted 23, 24 - Mizue
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Evolutions 33, 34 (Base Set reprint) - Mitsuhiro Arita
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151 129, 130 - Kouki Saitou
I noticed someone already included Mudkip in this thread, but I just wanted to share a few more options. Also, all pictures were taken from BinderForge since that’s the tool I used to plan the binder layout.
My favorite from the Mudkip line is the one from EX Emerald, I love the bright yellow background that contrasts nicely with Mudkip. As for the Gyarados line, my favorite is from Dragons Exalted.
I might be missing some sets since I’m still pretty new to the hobby, but I’m looking forward to discovering more Pokémon with this same concept, especially from the Hoenn region, since that’s the one I’m most familiar with.
(I just noticed that since I’m a new user, I can’t post more than five pictures, even though I had already added all of them before. So, I only included two each for Mudkip and Gyarados.)
(Edit 2: add Mudkip evolution line pictures, but accidentally click “Save Edit” haha)
(Edit 3: add Gyarados evolution line pictures)
Cheers,
Adhi
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Very nice how the building in the background connects for that magikarp and gyarados 
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Yes! It’s already linked in the OP for the narrative illustration, but I wanted to share it here for reference as well. 
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