For the first time, "authentic" rescans of Ken Sugimori's iconic Pokemon art reveal the true, original vision for the Kanto and Johto-region Pokemon, and I'm shook. As YouTuber and Pokemon ...

For over 20 years, Pokémon fans have circulated poor-quality scans of the original watercolor artwork for the 251 monsters from the first two generations by renowned series artist Ken Sugimori.

The collection of designs includes better-looking versions of every Pokemon artist Ken Sugimori helped design, so all 251 from the first two generations. You can see below just how striking the ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Ken Sugimori’s original Pokemon artwork has finally made its way to the Internet ...

In the early days of the Pokemon series, much of the promotional art for the franchise was provided by Game Freak's designer and Pulseman manga artist Ken Sugimori. He is responsible for the ...

As broken down by YouTuber and Pokémon archivist Lewtwo on Twitter, they were sent, "accurate scans of the original 251 Ken Sugimori Pokemon artwork to archive in high quality." More like this ...

This style was utilized by the Pokemon franchise's longtime art lead, Ken Sugimori, during his time as the series' main character and monster designer. Using washed-out tones based on Sugimori's ...

For years, scans of Sugimori Ken's original watercolour artwork ... Blue, Gold & Silver Pokemon artwork from the Asset Archive, effective immediately. Lewtwo has shared scans for plenty of other ...

Apparently, however, long-time Pokémon artist Ken Sugimori designed Blaziken specifically to push the envelope and test whether audiences would accept a more humanoid looking Pokémon.

More interestingly, Ken Sugimori, the illustrator for the Pokémon game's original artwork, stated in an interview with Nintendo Dream in January 2011 (translated by Dr. Lava) that Audino was ...

The graphics, which had once seemed so dated, suddenly seemed stylish thanks to Ken Sugimori’s distinctive ... the first three generations of Pokemon are wonderful, distinct experiences all ...