I was not ready
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So, IDK if this is the right place to share this…
When I can’t sleep, I work on these. Just a bit at a time. This one turned out really smooth, and I swear, it’s making me like Himeno even more… There’s just… something… about it…
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Kasujima is one of those artists that can have significantly varied styles. Love his stuff!
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The only one to rival Arita, Masago and Himeno in my book, it’s insane how many god tier artworks he’s made. And like you say, very varied. His portion of Aquapolis easily ranks as one of the grandest bodies of work in the entire hobby:
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Couldn’t agree more. Someone should seriously start a Kusajima binder already 
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I recently nabbed a collection of mostly kusajima arts from Aquapolis, and they are amazaing!
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Unfortunately Kusajima peaked really early, I think I love the E-series the most! Past EX-series their art doesn’t do much for me (during and before I think Kusajima is probably on par with Arita). It’s also interesting how Kusajima doesn’t really have a defined artstyle, but there are similarities among cards from the same era. But I’ll take the opportunity to share more amazing examples of their art!
The soft and organic lines in this art totally work with the underwater composition, this artwork pulls me into the world of Pokémon - imho the best tentacruel card out there.
For my namesake set, the Alakazam! The yellow and purple of the card and the art make this card pop. The near-symmetry, and calm demeanor of Alakazam make it really stand out. It works so well with the soft shading/highlighting and the subtle holo.
Also:
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S9a Battle Region
Tomokazu Komiya
aoki
sowsow
Yuka Morii
Shinji Kanda
KIYOTAKA OSHIYAMA
GIDORA
Souichiro Gunjima
AKIRA EGAWA
Ligton
Hataya
Saya Tsuruta
Atsushi Furusawa
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Honestly, I would’ve completely overlooked that Ralts art by Hataya, but it’s beautiful close-up. Loving the Aoki Heracross too
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Completely agreed. It’s funny, some arts in my collection I totally ignored, but now that I’m filming them all in ultra HD, I 'm finding gems that I’d never noticed before.
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The head is a little weird, the whole thing looks a bit compressed…but shiny Heatran with blue flames is really cool!
Also, one of my favorite 8th gen pokes is starting out strong with this power illustration:
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After they did that Bronzong/Jasmine Alternate art he is one of my favorite illustrators already (their non-Pokémon art work is amazing as well). I’m glad, we get the first non-metal type with Ralts.
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EX Deoxys is of course famous for the Gold Stars (and with good reason) but the set also shines in the regular holo department.
This incredible Crawdaunt is sadly one of only three (!) artworks ever provided by Wakai:
The Gyarados is simply stunning, one of my favorite Gyarados arts:
It took some time for me to fully appreciate this Shedinja in all its Baba glory, but I got there eventually:
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4 cards in total, only one of them good…what the fuck, Pokemon? As if 32 base speed with Shell Smash isn’t insulting enough. This Cretaceous paragon of great Unova design deserves better!
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Okay that’s it, I’m starting a Hataya binder.
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New Japanese playmats
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