Alright, so I got this idea to mess around with drawing some Pokemon human characters, just for kicks. It sounded fun, right? I’ve always been a fan of the Pokemon anime, and I figured, why not try to draw some of the human characters?
So, I started by watching some of my favorite episodes. I watched a bunch of them to see the different characters and stuff. I mean, there are so many trainers and characters in Pokemon, it’s kinda crazy. I remembered Ash and Pikachu, obviously, but there are loads of others, like that Paul guy, and the whole crew from Alola, which I’ve recently been rewatching. A lot of people think that Alola season is pretty good because it has so many different characters all together.
After I watched a bunch of episodes, I started sketching. I’m no professional artist or anything, but I like to draw for fun.
- First, I just did some rough sketches, just to get a feel for their basic shapes and features. I mean, drawing a human is way different from drawing a Pikachu, you know?
- Then, I started adding more details, like their clothes and hair and their faces and stuff like that. That was actually pretty tricky. Some of these characters have some really wild hairstyles!
- And after that, I started playing around with colors. I tried to match the colors from the anime, but I also wanted to add my own little twist to it. I wanted them to look like the characters, but also kinda unique, in my own style.
I ended up drawing a few of the main characters. I did Ash, of course, and then I drew a couple of the Alola crew. I gotta say, I’m pretty happy with how they turned out. They’re not perfect, but they’re definitely recognizable.
It was a cool little project, and it definitely made me appreciate the character designs in Pokemon even more. There is a lot of people saying that they get popular not just because of how they are drawn, but also because of their personalities and how they care about their Pokemons, which I think is really cool.
It was way more challenging than I thought it would be, honestly. But it was also a lot of fun. Maybe I’ll try drawing some more Pokemon characters in the future. Or maybe I’ll try drawing some actual Pokemon next time. We’ll see!