Vaporeon · Unseen Forces (UF) #19

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   Ambassador

   (2 years ago)

   One of those happy occasions where the individual who designed the Pokémon is the person illustrating its artwork!
   https://twitter.com/atsuko_nishida/status/783643367523557376 || https://archive.ph/J8vkR

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     TwylisAmbassador

     (2 years ago)

     Also true for most the other Eeveelutions that Nishida’s designed — Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, and Sylveon. Leafeon is the only one without Nishida artwork, and the only Eeveelution in general without any Nishida artwork.

     Related, here’s a lovely interview on the design process of the Eeveelutions:
     https://lavacutcontent.com/ken-sugimori-eevee-origins/
     Of particular note is that for the first two gens, sprites were made *before* the concept artwork.

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       AmbassadorTwylis

       (2 years ago)

       It’s very tempting to say the modern state of monster design would be in a much better spot if they’d never stopped doing sprites before the concept artwork. I’ve considered for a while that the constraints of the sprite-first approach lent to a je ne sais quoi in monster design that later eras haven’t been able to recreate.

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         TwylisAmbassador

         (2 years ago)

         I think sprite-first is good for sprite-based games, but many of the older pokemon translate poorly to 3D models imo. I would consider gen 7 to be the franchise’s peak in terms of design, but preferences are obv highly varied :U

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