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Sugimori Art Evolutionby *CrystalClair

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I noticed that Ken Sugimori's art has evolved into quite a few different forms over the years. I decided to draw 4 that I thought summed up his style's evolution.

Current Sugimori art doesn't even look Sugimori anymore.

I like - 1st> 2nd and 3rd>4th
I don't like the overall structure of the second one but I like the narrow eyes. I'm okay everything but the large eyes in the third one.

I kinda wish Sugimori never made his eyes big. Partly because I like his narrow unique style and partially because my art style has big eyes and Pokemon seems to be looking more and more like my style and it makes me look like I'm copying from Pokemon when I'm not.
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~yoshiboy64 Dec 31, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

i love his first style it looked more like a comic book back then ^_^

~rosemarypiros Nov 3, 2012 Hobbyist Artist

i want misty back DX i should draw her

but it might come out bad xD

~sidetrack1 Oct 4, 2012

VERY keen observations!

.Quoting Bulbapedia

"Sugimori's change of style over the years has been noticeable. Initially, he used a stiff, lightly shaded style that was very reminiscent of the early works of Akira Toriyama. However, in recent years, his drawings of people and creatures have had more muscle definition, shading, and more natural and fluid poses."

Any more deviations like this showing and explaining an artist's developments over time?.

~Smitting Jul 25, 2012

thats not sugimori's art though, its a different artist for generation 5

~Chocorroles Jan 16, 2012

The last face you used looks like Bel's game art face. That artwork wasn't by Sugimori but by Ohmura Yusuke.

All the trainer art in Black & White was done by Ohmura Yusuke except Juniper, N, Ghetsis, Hilda and Hilbert. Those are by Sugimori. Sugimori isn't the main artist of Pokémon since Generation IV.

Ohmura indeed tries to follow Sugimori style like everyone has been doing till now, but there are indeed notable differences in his character proportions, coloring, linework, shading,etc.

*CrystalClair Jan 16, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Wow! That explains the stark style differences! I'm also disappointed that my favorite BW characters weren't drawn by Sugimori, like Cheren, Shauntal, Lenora, Dento, Iris and Skylar.
*It just seems too wrong to spell it Skyla

I'll have to correct the picture then.

~Chocorroles Jan 16, 2012

He is still the designer and director of all main series games except for HeartGold & SoulSilver, but it's obvious that Ohmura added his touch to the Black & White characters

the first thing I noticed was the variety of body types and Sugimori normally only limits to a few ones, lol.

~IronHardRebellion Jul 15, 2011

nah, everything's pretty much like his gen 4 artwork nowadays. some characters aren't actually his designs

his old styles kick ass, though

=zerudez Jun 20, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

The newer art isn't by Sugimori. [link] [link] [link]

*CrystalClair Jan 16, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Sorry, caught =K-zumi's comment before I saw yours even though you posted half a year earlier, though the first post I saw had the characters who were actually done by Sugimori. That said, I'm glad Sugimori hasn't changed much from HGSS.

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