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vunderba • today at 3:33 AM • 1 reply • view on HN

I think it's more impressive that it managed so much coherence in a single image than anything else. Very few problems with each of the pokemon anatomically speaking. Mew's kind of a mess but the rest are pretty accurate.

That being said, the ukiyo-e artwork looks more like a standard colored pencil illustration, and it sort of tried to cheat by adding some vaguely Japanese natural scenery.

See this Kickstarter all the way back in 2013 for a great example of what Pokémon might actually look like as ukiyo-e woodblock prints.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1499165518/ukiyo-e-hero...

https://ricedigital.co.uk/this-japanese-ukiyo-e-pokemon-art-...


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mitchdoogle • today at 4:18 AM

I remember that Kickstarter. I follow the woodblock carver who worked with the artist. His name is David Bull and he has some great videos on woodblock carving on YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@seseragistudio

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