Art Series Shows What Pokémon Creatures Would Look Like in Real Life
Artist Joshua Dunlop has created a little series of art that shows us what a few of the Pokémon creatures would look like if they existed in the real world. He calls the series Pokémon Zoology, and he described his process in creating the art saying:
"I originally sketched out some rough ideas in Photoshop, using real life animals as reference. Once I was happy, I used a 3D program called 3D-Coat to build and texture the model. I then brought the model into a rendering program called KeyShot which allowed me to get realistic lighting and effects,” he said. “Finally I brought everything into Photoshop and built the images using a combination of photo-manipulation and digital painting. It takes a while but it’s a lot of fun when you see the finished product.”
So far he's created art of Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle. It's kind of cool and interesting to see these characters in this real world kind of light. It's kind of a shame that Pokemon aren't really real.