Summary
APokemonfan has shared a stunning piece of art of Mega Charizard X. The impressivePokemonartwork bears a strong resemblance to Japanese and Chinese-style watercolor paintings, and has drawn plenty of attention from fans.
The artistic portion of thePokemonfandom never stops finding ways to celebrate their favorite creatures. Fans have createdPokemonart out of glass, metal, plastic, digitally, physically, and through multiple mediums, like 3D printed designs. Of course, painting is a classic art discipline, and there’s plenty of offerings in thePokemoncommunity utilizing it.
Reddit user and artist 5centipersecond, aka Abbbbbbk, shared their design of Mega Charizard X in a digital watercolor style. The vertical orientation of the image gives the impression of a scroll, with the art primarily using gray, black, and blue to bring Charizard to life. Mega Charizard X is flying downwards with blue flames emenating from its mouth, tail, and body. Katakana, a Japanese writing system, runs down the right side with Mega Charizard X’s name in the language, “メガリザードンX”, or “Mega Lizardon X.” The image is a follow-up tothe artist’s prior painting of Mega Charizard Yin the same style.
Classical Style Pokemon Painting Impresses Fans
Fellow fans of Charizard andPokemonin general have shared how impressed they are with the work. One player noted that since 5centipersecond had shared their Mega Charizard Y painting, they had used it as their wallpaper, and would now be adding the Mega Charizard X to their lock screen to complement it. Fans inquired about the availability of the work, to which the artist noted that they aren’t offering prints yet, but hope to in the future. In the meantime, fans can download a full-resolution version of the image without a watermark from their Patreon account.
The traditionally-inspired watercolor art here and in other fans' works makes a lot of sense, especially givenPokemon’s focus on the history of the world in recent times.Pokemon Legends: Arceustook players to the ancient past, when humans working alongside Pokemon was just beginning to resemble what would later become the standard catching, training, and battling cycle of the modern-era games. It’s not all too difficult to imagine this kind of art actually appearing in aPokemongame, should the series return to the era.
Pokemonhas never fallen out of popularity since its introduction to the world, and fan creations are likely to be made for as long as that continues. With The Pokemon Company hoping tokeep producingPokemongames for a hundred yearsor more, it will be interesting to see how the series' fan artwork continues to evolve alonsgide it.
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