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What if abilities changed the appearance of a Pokemon?

A master post of all the ability forms drawings I've done! It's been such a fun series to work on and it makes me so happy that it's brought you all so much joy!

I regret not starting the little additional descriptions earlier and I thought of fixing that but I desperately need a nap so nope.

I did fix the one that ruffled the most feathers though - quite literally! The Skarmory saga is finally complete!

Other Ability Forms posts!

Find me and my art elsewhere!  

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hooray for blue charmander!

somehow I've done another Chartodile family moment

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Pokemon Flora Posters made by DilliciousArt

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theres too many pokemon games where you play as a kid whos full of life and full of potential. there needs to be a pokemon game where you play as a college dropout who lives in a shitty apartment

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Braixen -- Ligton

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BORB

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Galarian Ponyta / Rapidash combined with Blitzle / Zebstrika 

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Commission of Galarian Rapidash ✨

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Eleven eevees, all with the same resting/curled up pose and lineart save for changes to diversify their fur textures and color palettes. The image begins with Ultra Moon's dex entry for eevee: Its genes are easily influenced by its surroundings. Even its face starts to look like that of its Trainer. All following eevees, regardless of their pelt color, are depicted with a light colored mane and tail tip. Eevee 1, Standard Coloration and Fur: Wild eevee. If we end up under the care of another wild pokemon, we may take on features that resemble them instead! We've disappointed a lot of trainers who thought they'd found a pokefusion :( Eevee 2: Silky straight black fur and blue eyes. "My trainer has Type 1 black hair and blue eyes." Eevee 3: Wavy blonde fur and one visible blue eye. "My trainer has Type 2 blonde hair and heterochromia." It is implied that the closed eye is of a different color. Eevee 4: Curly dark brown fur and green eyes. "My trainer has Type 3 brown hair and green eyes." Eevee 5: Dark red with tight curls and brown eyes. "My trainer has Type 4 ginger hair and dark brown eyes." Eevee 6: Wavy dirty blonde fur that pales at their spine and their forehead, as well as one of their ears. Lighter spots of pigment can be found on the inside of their ear and on their nose. Their eye is blue. Eevee 7: Curly brown fur that pales at their spine and their forehead, as well as one of their ears. Lighter spots of pigment can be found on the inside of their ear and on their nose. Their eye is green. It is stated that both Eevee 6 and Eevee 7's trainers have vitiligo. Eevees 8 and 9: Both eevees have red eyes, pink noses, and pale white fur. Eevee 8 has straight fur while Eevee 9 has tight curls. Text states "Both of our trainers are albino. But we're not natural albinos, ourselves. Eevees like us do not become true albinos, but take on pigments that mimic our trainers' appearances, although true albino eevees do exist." Eevee 10: Wavy curls, gradient blend of green and purple, brown eyes and dark brown nose. "My trainer dyes their hair every week and my fur can barely keep up." Eevee 11: Curly sparkly silver fur, purple eyes, dark gray nose. "Shiny eevees will take on the hair texture of their trainer, but eye and fur colors are completely unpredictable. They can be wildly different from their trainer, or their own colors just might not change at all."

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(thoughts/other stuff below)

OKAY so for those of you who have been with me for a while: yes. Yes, this is absolutely meant as a revamp/revisit/spiritual successor to the first time I tried to explore my headcanons surrounding the Ultra Moon dex entry.

I tried to cover a wide general range this time. Yes I am well aware that each hair type has an A - C range, but I simplified things to keep us from being stuck here all day and to save my wrist some extra strain. I hope that's not a problem.

I've been wanting to redo this idea for a while. Mostly because I know a lot more about proper terminology now than I did when I first made that other doodle. It's kinda embarrassing that as a black woman, I didn't already know these proper terms and I don't like that the previous take could have made other POC uncomfortable. Hopefully this one will be a lot more acceptable.

Secondly however, I've been wanting to do this because people are still giving the old one a lot of love and reblogs, and tbh I'd rather that it stop getting so much attention. When I first uploaded it onto Tumblr it actually got some confrontational backlash and while I was able to talk things out with the people in question, I still feel a twinge of anxiety to this day every time I see this stupid thing pop up in my notifs. Please, feel free to ignore it now this one is SO MUCH BETTER LOL

Anyway, I'm considering making these linearts a buyable PSD bundle so if you're interested in that, do let me know. People seemed to be really interested in that the first time around so, figured I should put the idea out there.

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Pokemon mining! This was one of my favorite mini games in Diamond/Pearl. 

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In the Pokemon fandom, every once in a while you stumble upon a ‘Pokeballs are $200′ joke. In reference to how Pokeballs cost 200 of the in-game currency:

What a lot of fans, especially more casual ones, don’t seem to realize is that the currency in the Pokemon games it based on the Japanese yen. The symbol for the currency in the games even resembles the yen symbol:

In fact, according to Bulbapedia, the ‘Poke dollar’ symbol was specifically created for the English translations of the games, and the original Japanese versions use the yen symbol.

Now, for perspective, although the exact exchange rate naturally varies, a US dollar is equivalent to about 120 Japanese yen. So, 200 yen is about $1.67. 

A Pokeball in the Pokemon games actually cost less then two bucks. 

There’s a REASON we see so many young kids training Pokemon, especially early in the games. The cost of investing into a Pokeball to try catching their own Pokemon easily falls into the range of a typical kid’s allowance. A Potion for healing after battles is 300 (or about $2.50), but since Pokemon Centers offer their healing services for free, that’s a moot point.

Youngsters in the early game only give within a range from 50-150 of the currency, which is about equivalent to $0.40-$1.25. The first Gym Leader in Hoenn Region, Roxanne, give 1,680 in Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, equivalent to about $14. Which is about right for the equivalent of a middle or high school honors student. A later Gym Leader, Winona, gives 4,200, or about $35. The Champion, Steven, gives 11600, or $96.67.

The winnings from enemy Trainers varies, but Ace Trainers seem to give out about 1500 or $14 on average, give or take. Swimmers (especially common later in ORAS), award a range from 400-800, or $3.33-$6.67.

Vitamins (such as Calcium, Iron, and HP UP), cost 9,800 or $81.67 each. An Ultra Ball cost 1,200, or $10. A Paralyze Heal costs the same as a Pokeball, while an Awakening is half that. A Revive is 1,500, or $12.50.

What’s the point of doing this? Well, for one, to get a better sense of the in-game economics, which can be hard to grasp if one doesn’t realize the in-game ‘Poke dollars’ are based on the Japanese yen. And a look at said economics reveals some interesting details.

First, it shows basic Pokemon training and raising is well within the affordability of a ten-year old, or older. Which makes sense as Pokemon is aimed at younger kids, and the develops would want them to have the sense that going on a Pokemon journey is something they could do if they somehow ended up in the Pokemon world.

On the other hand, it also shows there’s really not that much money to be made in Pokemon raising and training, unless you battle frequently and regularly against higher-level opponents regularly and and win. Which is…very much in line with how professional sports work in real-life. Pokemon battling gets compared to a sporting event a lot for a reason. The initial 3-D games were even called Pokemon *Stadium.* Parallels are frequently drawn between the Pokemon League tournaments and the Olympics in the anime. The low money output is probably also why we often see Gym Leaders and the like working other jobs.

Just something interesting I decided to look into. I’m a Pokemon fan first, before any other fandom, and always will be. It’s shocking that I haven’t written any meta on it yet.

Hope you enjoyed!

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I'm obsessed with pokemon doing just. weird animal things. A chatot trying to fight itself in the mirror. Flygon being a large weird lizard. Absol getting its scythe/horn stuck in things and needing to be rescued. Holding a torchic and moving it, seeing its head do the chicken thing. Furret being an absolute menace to society and stealing your socks to nest. Mr. Mime putting barriers around its food as a form of food guarding. Ninetales sleeping with its head tucked under its tails. Zigzagoon snuffling through the trash.

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Pokemon Artwork made by Tsukimusha 

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Hisuian Zorua marshmallow fluffs! Nothing like a mug of hot cocoa to soothe even the most spiteful fox marshmallow ☕

Here's a process video of how I piped these marshmallow tricksters!

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おそろい❀

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リメイクおめでとうざいます。

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Everyday life of Pokemon

Animation by おしるこ | IG