Part 1, Week 1 - Angry, Awake, Confused

[aestivalis]

I'm not sure how well I'll manage to keep up with this over the course of a whole year, but right now I'm very enthusiastic to try and create... a custom Pokémon theme! I'm using art sourced from the Pokémon trading card game, which has a really wild array of styles represented throughout. I'm aiming to include Pokémon that typically don't get featured so much, and to try not to use the same Pokémon more than once. So no Pikachu here, I'm afraid!

So far I'm already having a lot of fun with it, and I'm excited to keep going forward /o/ I hope everyone else is having fun too!

: Angry, represented by Wigglytuff

: Awake, represented by Hippopotas

: Confused, represented by Inkay

Comments

[nanslice]

They're so cute!

[aestivalis]

Thank you! They make it easy for me, hahaha :>

[jellyfishlover]

These look so nice! What a fun idea to use pokemon card art!

[aestivalis]

Haha, thank you! I've made some icons from TCG art before and I'm always so impressed by the variety, so when this community came along it just seemed like a perfect chance to really put that to the test! :>

[deadfinch]

this is such a cute idea! i like the choice to round the corners.

[aestivalis]

Thank you! Rounded corners was a last-minute decision right before I posted, but I'm really glad I went for it as well! It just adds a whole extra dimension of softness and cuteness that really suits Pokémon, hahaha.

[spiralicious]

They are so cute!


Good luck!

[aestivalis]

Thank you!! I'm already excited to get started with week two, haha :>

[spiralicious]

:D

[soc_puppet]

Those are great! Honestly, the Pokémon TCG art is just so varied and overall delightful; it's a great choice to build a mood theme off of. (I tried briefly with the Pokémon Go stickers before I started this comm, but uh. They don't have nearly as varied expressions. Couldn't even get the base fifteen.)

And if you don't make it through this year, no worries! The prompts will always be here, and if things continue at this rate, I'll probably see about running this comm again next year, so you have plenty of time either way ✌

[aestivalis]

Aww, thank you! And now you've got me really curious about the Pokémon Go stickers, I don't think I've ever really looked at those before! Is that where your icon comes from? It's so friggen cute, hahaha!

[soc_puppet]

It is! You can see all of them so far right here; if you open the images in a new tab or download them, you'll be able to see them bigger than their thumbnails. Piplup is the one that made me want to steal them for icons and other purposes; there are some other great ones, and some I don't care for nearly as much 😂

[mouseboy]

Oh my goodness, I love this!! This is so pretty and fun.

[aestivalis]

Wah, thank you! I'm already having so much fun making them, hahaha :>

[toaster_hacker]

These are SO cute, I love that you're aiming to showcase less represented pokemon!! I'm OBSESSED with the awake hippopotas mood.

[aestivalis]

YES, I was really happy with how the Hippopotas one turned out, hahaha. He's not just Awake, he looks like he's had seventeen cups of coffee and might never be asleep again. I'm gonna have fun putting less represented Pokémon in the spotlight, but I can't promise a few of my more popular favourites might not slip through the cracks! (There is no way I'm not including a Snubbull at SOME point!)

[redsixwing]

ah so cute! It'll be fun seeing all your Pokemon pics through the year.