Pokémon as Muse, or This is Just Effing Brilliant

There’s some amazing Pokémon fan art out there, but this collection might just be my favorite.

deviantART user CasteelArt has mashed up the style of the hand drawn field guide with his love of pocket monsters to create some incredible art, including the following which offers an examination of the temperaments of the simian Pokémon…

I can’t mention any Pokémon art with out giving a nod to Maré Odomo’s wonderful Letters To An Absent Father…

And since for some silly & awesome reason I’m playing “Red” on a GBC right now (yes, I did buy the Magikarp — the little guy needed a better home) and have not received HM 01, I can’t help but think of this by deviantART user RNZZZ…

- Andy

(spotted on Kotaku)