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POKEDDEX: YOUR CHOICE! VOL 2  has officially begun! During January 2019 I will draw one Pokémon each day based on the suggestions that you guys have sent me. Each Pokémon has been chosen with a poll so all the power is in your hands. Also by your request I will be submitting each painting individually. Usually I just post them as a single dump but I decided to try something different. Let's see how this works! I might still post a compilation of all paintings when they're done.

The Normal type of your choice is Arceus! The most normal Pokémon of them all! Arceus is something I would like to spent more time on, do a bigger and more detailed piece of it. But due to the fast paced nature of this challenge I have to keep these relatively quick. My first ideas were to either go with an insectoid or a mammalian creature. Due to the quite obvious qilin inspirations I decided to go with the mammalian approach. An insectoid might have more varied and creepy characteristics which would be fitting but maybe some other time. I mixed a vast range of animals such as deer, rhino, giraffe, horse, you name it. I did the armor and the weird folds in a similar manner to my Solgaleo design from a few years back. I'm probably going to come back to this design at some point and think some things through and make a much bigger piece! An A5 sized paper isn't quite sufficient to capture the majesty of this beast.


Media  Watercolours | Pentel pocket brush pen
Time taken -

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Comments: 21

SilverSugar [2019-03-16 22:22:03 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, that face is so majestic. And it looks pettable too. Really love this interpretation. A much friendlier Godmon.

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ShadeofShinon In reply to SilverSugar [2019-03-24 10:35:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Nova-Izumo [2019-02-08 15:22:58 +0000 UTC]

Must.
Ride.
That.
Horse.

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LionheartedPhoenix [2019-01-20 08:55:49 +0000 UTC]

Interesting Arceus!! =o I love how you drew this <3

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ShadeofShinon In reply to LionheartedPhoenix [2019-01-20 19:36:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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HighRollerHydra [2019-01-17 17:22:54 +0000 UTC]

The greatest of them all.

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Agonizing-Lachrymose [2019-01-14 18:38:03 +0000 UTC]

Once again, you create a masterpiece!

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ShadeofShinon In reply to Agonizing-Lachrymose [2019-01-17 17:52:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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TigerGames13 [2019-01-14 06:29:58 +0000 UTC]

10/10 perfection

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HitorazeKaiju [2019-01-14 01:52:58 +0000 UTC]

At first I thought it WAS insectoid inspiration, Turns out I was just looking at the muzzle wrong XD (insect kinda works for me with arceaus as weird as that may sound. Considering that insect can really adapt so that gives them a magic quality, and giratina is meant to has have roots in a dragon eating centipede, think twinmold from zelda)


Putting traits of both rhino, giraffe, and qilin is really cool and really adds to the mystical quality

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ShadeofShinon In reply to HitorazeKaiju [2019-01-17 17:54:16 +0000 UTC]

I would really like to try an insectoid interpretation of Arceus because I could do so much with it. I'm actually kinda glad to hear you first thought this was an insectoid, haha!
Anyway, thanks!

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MopMaster [2019-01-14 01:39:28 +0000 UTC]

My first thought upon seeing this was "pickaxe mecha-horse". My second thought was "That's a good name for a band".

I like where this one is going, it's certainly majestic and striking. I could totally see some king or general riding this ceremonially.

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ShadeofShinon In reply to MopMaster [2019-01-17 17:55:09 +0000 UTC]

Omg yes. I think the name could use one more word, something like "Pickaxe Mecha-Horse Annihilation".
Thanks tho!

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Ryua [2019-01-13 21:46:31 +0000 UTC]

My first thought was, "Wait, is he a llama? That is epic"

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Meglind [2019-01-13 20:17:17 +0000 UTC]

the most powerfull llama

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zyuna [2019-01-13 19:55:41 +0000 UTC]

Oh hell yes!! That mish-mash of animals is exactly what a realistic Arceus is probably like. This is already looking fantastic, I'd love to see a more refined, detailed version. I understand the frustration of not being able to thoroughly work on a piece/add as much details as you wished due to time constraints; I'm sure that in the near future you'd be able to sit down and focus on that detailed piece you wanted.

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ShadeofShinon In reply to zyuna [2019-01-17 17:55:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm definitely thinking about making a full Arceus illustration at some point. (:

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MangekkoJones [2019-01-13 19:51:45 +0000 UTC]

The combo makes sense since he's suppose to create the universe 
I get an otherwordly horse vide here. Though I would've put cosmic but thats kinda generic.

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Absbor-Phamtusin [2019-01-13 19:39:27 +0000 UTC]

Nice 

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TerriblyJadedGamer [2019-01-13 19:35:37 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job! Retains Arceus' creepy god-like vibe while still being fairly realistic. Very good!

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ShadeofShinon In reply to TerriblyJadedGamer [2019-01-17 17:55:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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