Pokémon water colours | The Spriters Resource | Page 1

ionic stump Apr 11, 2024, 1:44 PM

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My attempts at recreating Ken Sugimori's old art style. While there's a lot to improve on, I think I made some decent progress.

pine mural Apr 11, 2024, 2:08 PM

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Very cool!

tame salmon Apr 11, 2024, 4:40 PM

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Yoooooooooooo

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while the lineart isn't perfect, it's still fairly solid. you definitely nailed the watercolor technique holy moly

ionic stump Apr 11, 2024, 4:44 PM

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Thank you. I use a G-pen for Dratini and Pikachu and for the rest a regular pen. I'll stick to the former though, as I think it leaves a stronger impact.

ionic stump Apr 12, 2024, 11:10 AM

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ionic stump May 4, 2024, 9:52 PM

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zenith rain May 10, 2024, 8:37 PM

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Holy shit what r these. That watercolor remind me gameboy pokemon art they look so good

glossy eagle May 12, 2024, 3:22 PM

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ionic stump My attempts at recreating Ken Sugimori's old art style. While there's a lot to i...

for a second I genuinely thought these were legit Sugimori pieces

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good job dude, you've won

ionic stump Jun 5, 2024, 10:22 PM

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Well the line work could be improved, but it's good to see you like those pictures anyway.

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pine mural Jun 5, 2024, 10:56 PM

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holy shit this is ink and water-colour?

ionic stump Jun 6, 2024, 3:33 AM

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Yes, with all it's limits regarding corrections.

ionic stump Jun 9, 2024, 9:39 PM

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First time drawing Sprigatito.

ionic stump Jun 13, 2024, 9:15 PM

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A slightly off model Venusaur, but it should still be fine here.

ionic stump Jul 5, 2024, 9:24 PM

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It was part of a contest, where I even made the second place.

ionic stump Jul 27, 2024, 8:26 AM

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Don't worry, the office Kakuna is an inside joke.

ionic stump Jul 28, 2024, 2:33 PM

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tame salmon Jul 29, 2024, 2:44 PM

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dang this is pretty on point

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My only critique is that looks very MS PGothic. You may want to look for an FOT/Fontworks font that suits your needs

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this is just me splitting hairs, but when i see those default fonts it's super obvious it's like using Arial lol

ionic stump Jul 29, 2024, 2:47 PM

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Which font should I use instead?

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Looking through it there are many options.

tame salmon Jul 29, 2024, 3:29 PM

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Yea I was gonna suggest like UD Kakugo 80C or another type of gothic bold font

bleak sigil Jul 30, 2024, 1:22 AM

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Dude wanna pop in to say these are super freaking accurate omg

ionic stump Jul 30, 2024, 10:43 AM

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Thank you very much. It took some practice to get the water colours right, but I have to work at the line art more.

ionic stump Jul 30, 2024, 9:58 PM

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ionic stump Aug 8, 2024, 11:17 PM

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ionic stump Oct 13, 2024, 10:03 PM

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What do you think of my complete Diglett? A cursed potato? I was just experimenting.

glossy eagle Oct 24, 2024, 2:26 PM

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ionic stump What do you think of my complete Diglett? A cursed potato? I was just experiment...

the incomprehensible horrors of diglett above ground

ionic stump Oct 24, 2024, 2:34 PM

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Truly the scariest Pokémon design to exist.

bleak sigil Oct 24, 2024, 2:35 PM

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I also always liked to assume they were stubby little mole adjacent creatures

ionic stump Oct 24, 2024, 2:52 PM

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Originally I wanted to give it smaller claws similar to Sandshrew, but given how simple it's design already is I thought that larger claws might leave a stronger impact.

ionic stump Nov 18, 2024, 7:28 PM

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While a bit more red than intended, I think it still looks decent.

glossy eagle Nov 18, 2024, 8:23 PM

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lookin fire as always, nice job dude

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god, I wish I could replicate the style digitally

ionic stump Nov 18, 2024, 8:25 PM

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Thank you very much. While I personally prefer to paint with actual watercolours, there are multiple ways to replicate the wet on wet gradient digitally. Krita and Magma are free art programs with such possibilities.

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If you want I can start a session in Magma right now and show you how I do it.

bleak sigil Nov 18, 2024, 8:35 PM

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ionic stump Thank you very much. While I personally prefer to paint with actual watercolours...

Oh I love Krita!

ionic stump Nov 18, 2024, 8:35 PM

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It's very good for free software.

glossy eagle Nov 18, 2024, 11:02 PM

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I bought clip studio and it's served me well

ionic stump Nov 19, 2024, 12:12 AM

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Clip Studio is a powerful software. You can use the soft watercolour brush to achieve those gradients.

ionic stump Nov 30, 2024, 10:49 PM

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My first commission. While it was challenging to draw at such a small size, I still had a lot of fun.

ionic stump Dec 1, 2024, 12:47 AM

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I got a new quill and I think my line art improved a bit.

pine mural Dec 1, 2024, 1:07 AM

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i remember seeing some people talking avout the sugimori style and they mentioned how he apparently used alcohol in his works for the colours

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and how there's black spots from where the alcohol dripped

ionic stump Dec 1, 2024, 1:09 AM

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Alcohol? I heard about some alcohol markers, but that's new to me.

pine mural Dec 1, 2024, 1:33 AM

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Alcohol and watercolours iirc

ionic stump Dec 1, 2024, 1:35 AM

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I could give it a shot, even if it feels a bit weird.

ionic stump Apr 15, 2025, 7:54 PM

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Slowpoke tails are considered to be a delicacy.

pliant hawk Apr 16, 2025, 12:31 AM

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This is SO cool, depending on the price I would absolutely love to buy a commission

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I legit thought these were real for a second tbh

ionic stump Apr 16, 2025, 12:52 AM

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Thank you very much Richy. I would be happy if you'd commission me. The price will depend on the complexity of the Pokémon design, the amount of characters and if you want a background. We can talk about the details via DM.

pliant hawk Apr 16, 2025, 12:54 AM

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Awesome! Are you okay with me sending a DM then?

ionic stump Apr 16, 2025, 12:56 AM

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Absolutely. Shipping is available too, but it can take a while and there's always a risk it gets damaged on the way.

glossy eagle Apr 19, 2025, 8:13 PM

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do you take paypal for commissions? this stuff is genuinely so cool and I'd kill to get art in this style

ionic stump Apr 19, 2025, 9:07 PM

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Thank you very much. Paypal is fine, we can handle the details via DM.

glossy eagle Apr 22, 2025, 3:03 AM

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Noted, I'll contact you once I have a solid art idea

ionic stump Apr 28, 2025, 9:05 PM

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It's Cubone again, this time with a sprite.

ionic canopy Apr 29, 2025, 2:47 PM

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A change of pace, I see.

Fun fact. Some of the gen 1 Pokémon were created in pixel art first before getting watercolour art.

ionic stump Apr 29, 2025, 5:18 PM

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I did it the other way around, but maybe I should try pixel art before watercolours as well.

ionic canopy Apr 30, 2025, 4:33 AM

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I think an example of this is that one of the very early mangas drew diglett with a mouth because there was no official art available outside of the red/green sprites.

ionic stump May 23, 2025, 12:21 PM

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My entry for the Chikorita collaboration.

glossy eagle May 25, 2025, 7:12 PM

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hell yeaaa

ionic stump Jun 29, 2025, 11:47 AM

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And a Mew for June.

ionic stump Jul 12, 2025, 7:09 PM

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A childhood favourite: Charizard painted with ink and watercolors. A loose recreation of Arita's iconic depiction with several Sugimori drawings as additional inspiration. As a little extra a sprite within the limitations of the original Pokémon games.

glossy eagle Jul 13, 2025, 3:47 AM

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for a second I thought that was a legit gen 1 sprite

fooled again I have been

pine mural Jul 21, 2025, 3:20 AM

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nice lizardon

tame salmon Jul 28, 2025, 12:36 AM

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haven't been in here in a while

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and I am STILL impressed

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(the mew is super pretty)

ionic stump Aug 11, 2025, 5:06 PM

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Thanks for your responses, I have been working on a custom GBA sprite for Cubone. And as a bonus a rushed watercolour illustration.

ionic canopy Aug 12, 2025, 3:46 PM

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What a chunky lad.

drifting narwhal Aug 25, 2025, 4:39 PM

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These are fantastic!!! Love the commitment to the medium a lot.

ionic stump Aug 25, 2025, 4:40 PM

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Thank you very much. While ink and watercolours don't allow many mistakes, I think the results are worth the hassle.

drifting narwhal Aug 25, 2025, 4:43 PM

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I can't do tradtional anymore but try to commit to mistakes regardless. Seeing your improvements from the first post to now is admirable and I hope to see mroe in te future, these are super good. I thought the Golduck one was one of those official cards even.

ionic stump Aug 25, 2025, 4:44 PM

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Today I'll show you some digital art, even if it's not entirely true to the threads title. To accompany the GBA sprite of Cubone, I redrew it digitally and while I was at it, Mega Victreebel was announced, so I had to draw it as well.

ionic stump Aug 25, 2025, 4:46 PM

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drifting narwhal I can't do tradtional anymore but try to commit to mistakes regardless. Seeing y...

You think so? Thank you very much, that means a lot to me!

ionic stump Nov 2, 2025, 3:55 PM

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Does it look like crystal Onix to you? Maybe I should have used a different type of blue.

ionic stump Jan 29, 2026, 6:31 PM

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Charizard is a repost, but it would look odd to just have the first two stages on it's own, right?

glossy eagle Jan 30, 2026, 1:31 PM

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Bro you gotta stop cooking we can't eat this much all at once

ionic stump Jan 30, 2026, 3:50 PM

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Sounds like you need to make room for a second course.

glossy eagle Feb 2, 2026, 1:42 PM

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I gotta invest in a second stomach at this rate man

willow knoll Feb 2, 2026, 3:22 PM

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Damn, these actually look official, tf

ionic stump Feb 2, 2026, 9:05 PM

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I think my line work differs, but i try to improve it with each drawing.

glossy eagle Feb 3, 2026, 3:23 AM

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honestly had I not known that you do these and I saw them in low enough quality (much like the official renders before they all got released) I could've been fooled xp

ionic stump Feb 27, 2026, 6:21 PM

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Happy Pokémon Day!