The Giant Art Thread

[smpratte]

It’s from the Pokemon concept art “Capsule Monsters”:

[rtas]

Here’s a bulbapedia article showing some of the concept artwork. Gamefreak considered buying/selling your pokemon to shops, an interesting idea but glad they scrapped it

[Rattlesnake]

Clean. Colorful. Nostalgic.

[thsigma]

i need more of these banners!

[handschoen]

It would make more sense compared to sending it to your professor through a computer though

[xileets]

@rtas

Gamefreak considered buying/selling your pokemon

@handschoen

would make more sense compared to sending it through a computer

My dream of joining Team Rocket was almost a reality!

[Llyrwenne]

Komiya fans are feasting today;

[niece]

I can hardly express my excitement! They are beautiful!

[koala]

Scream Komiya (Baxcalibur)

[kromaticlanturn]

Okay, okay, okay…I think it’s finally time I start a Komiya binder. It’s to the point that Komiya is making me feel things I didn’t expect, and see things I didn’t know I needed to see. A journey through the mind of Komiya from career start to now is warranted.

My dad introduced me to Frank Zappa as a kid. The first time I saw the album art for Cheap Thrills (album art by Calvin “Cal” Schenkel) while listening to Zomby Woof, I was absolutely captivated. Every time I left and came back to the cover, I would see and feel something different. The distortion, the chaos, the colors, just blew my mind. Komiya hits me the same exact way, and also delivers a blend of musical nostalgia along with art that I didn’t think possible. Crazy.

[xileets]

@kromaticlanturn

The distortion, the chaos, the colors, just blew my mind.

I was not a big komiya fan, BUT once I did my komiya binder, I think that it may be my favorite thing. It doesn’t have the nostalgia that my Arita binder does (I’ve been working on that my whole collecting life, but I might like the artist spirit in the Komiya binder better.).

[expedition]

Is it just me or does the Arctibax surroundings look like the anatomy of skin?

[brendantheclayboy]

I wouldn’t expect anything less from you than to draw an allusion to Zappa in the frame of Komiya.

While floating down the rivers of Komiya time I often feel I am reminiscing in the zappa vehicle. I wonder if Komiya has ever heard Zappa? Surely.

Here’s two for you that I feel are perfect getting lost in their works (and excellent name drop because the first happens to suit just this fancy with the cover)

Frank Zappa - Inca Roads (Visualizer)

Zoot Allures

[kromaticlanturn]

Wish I could like this post 500 times. 2 min mark of Inca Roads hits deep. Zoot Allures just has that classic captive feel. Dayum

[koala]

As I eagerly await their Art Rare counterparts:

Yuu Nishida

GIDORA

kantaro

Naoyo Kimura

Mitsuhiro Arita

[muk]

Holy smokes, Arita did not hold anything back for the Kadabra comeback!

[Rattlesnake]

Stefanie Spaziani - Comic book artist. Great link to his page which shows the progression in drawing from scratch to the final product.

[xileets]

The arita abra chain is making me cry… or maybe it’s the massive headache I have. Either way, it’s something I’ve wanted for a LONG time!

edit: I honestly think, the PkMn 151 collection might be the first set I aim to complete in years.

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I also noticed this Magikarp from SV. We’ve had a lineup of under-water cards lately, and this is a really fresh setting for cards, I think.

[Rattlesnake]

Gengar

Starters

Snorlax (Jaws)

Torterra

[thsigma]

Stumbled upon these beauties by Suwama Chiaki. Its pretty rare to have a single artist do an entire evolution line, let alone twice!