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Today’s Question:
QotD: What can an artist include in the background that instantly makes you enjoy a card?
Helpful Considerations: Another pokemon? Something dumb? Rainbows? Trainer?
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any type of plants, but especially flowers
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Monochromatic color schemes.
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Animals which are not Pokemon. It doesn’t happen now but in the early days of Pokemon, animals existed in the world too.
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Tropical environments, especially palm trees
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Galaxy or Cosmos holofoil. I´m pretty simple.
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I love when other Pokémons make a cameo in the background
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A reference to an older card
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Trainers especially Giovanni
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In general: realistic backgrounds. Pokémon in their natural environments have always been my favorites.
For FA cards, I like those with people in the background, since overall almost all FA cards are nice these days, and I collect FA Supporter/CHR cards and other FA cards with people in the artwork. 
Greetz,
Quuador
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Early Kagemaru Himeno is such a vibe
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This would make a good binder page 
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Birds and clouds.
Anything that creates depth.
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