I gotta love the arita stuff, that machoke is really nice, BUT FINALLY a shiny steelix that actually has that epic gold!
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I’ve been obsessed with this artwork for days. More proof vending series is an S tier set hands down.
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Does anyone know what painting technique Himeno used for these artworks? I would like to reproduce the art but I am not sure how to get the same texture for the background.
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Beware The Pencil Man, once you decide to do an artist collection of his works the soul of your wallet will be at risk. The 6th person on my top 5 (yes, it gets weird like that) this man is physically unable to make bad stuff. Purity.
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Really love these pack artworks, the primals don’t get enough love.
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@martin , she did watercolor for those particular works. She used a special textured stock canvas paper, high quality. It’s nearly impossible to tell exactly which, as there are hundreds of kinds of paper, but with practice and using rough textured canvas paper, you can get a similar look. But that look is created by a certain delicate stroke and spread (god is she a master) and consistency over this canvas paper. She varied the dilution to accommodate lighting or lens/subject flare and such. And she didn’t rely on a lot of water for spill. She created just the right mix on a fine hair brush and did her magic. That’s the thing about great artists… they create their own technique 
Here are examples
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Thanks for the info, Brendan! Super helpful. I did not realize that the canvas itself makes such a huge difference in the texture but now when I think about it, it makes complete sense 
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The toughest Baby Pokemon creating disco lights as he’s eating the transformer, badass Koike in his element:
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Hyogonosuke’s sleepy starters
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@koala, That charmander is so cozy!
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@koala wow I love how they provide both horizontal and vertical connections. The squirtle line is probably my favourite!
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Want. On. Card. 
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Nishida always outdoes herself, my favorite ludicolo artwork.
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Where are these from? They’re incredible.
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Hyogonosuke illustrates cards in the TCG. I love this Tyranitar. I think these are from his twitter. twitter.com/hyogonosuke
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Thanks for sharing. He mentioned today that he is going to draw all Pokémon. So excited!
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Nice, I know, he’s one of my favourite artists I was hoping these were postcards or something like that and I could get my hands on them.
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Some cards I enjoy from one of the illustrators I enjoy the least:
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There is a definite theme to those works… interesting choices.
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