The Giant Art Thread

Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere, or is old news, but I had never seen so thought I’d share here.

Someone found the stock images for the background to loads of the early Pokémon sets…

www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/03/random_someone_tracked_down_the_background_artwork_featured_on_the_original_pokemon_cards

I knew most were stock Sugimori art over generic backgrounds, but really interesting to see how they actually came together. I for one never saw the Jungle Scyther background as being a canopy photo!

Also an interesting contrast to some of the amazing modern hand-drawn art we’re getting at the moment; Komiya, sowsow etc.

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