In the event I work for the Pokemon company, I would like to work with the drawings that would have Sugimori sensei approve of.

Ken and pokemon are the reason I became an artist. I love you Ken!

why is your shit all ai art

This is an example of the Law Of Attraction. Nothing is coincidence. Everything happens for a reason.

I really like the watercolour art from Generation 1 and 2 a lot, I think Generation 3 is on the edge of me not liking it. After Emerald I really do not like the art that much. I wish they could go back to that style. I think I treally went off the rails around gen V. Sometimes I can't even tell a character is from pokemon or another generic anime thing in Alpha Omega Ruby Sapphire and Let's go Pickachu, or sword and shield and scarlet and violet.

so cool!

Pokémon cards had his designs and they are beautiful. Mr. Ken Sugimori and Mr. Atsuko Nishida’s art style is my favorite. Shout out to the Pokémon card makers for putting the artists names on the corner of the cards 🤛

4:13 Paradox Rhydon IN 1996

It's pretty evident that "modern/recent" Pokemon do not go through that original rigorous criteria that Ken originally created. And I'm not trying to be some "Gen 1-2 or bust, get off my lawn" type, but the newer Pokemon just do not fall into his OG design rules at all. Wish Pokemon had gone down a different path more aligned with Ken's original art.

lovely video, and he seems a lovely soul

04:55

What an odd guy. He made the best designs in human history but it's almost like he isn't really proud of it... I definitely expected way more passion from him, I would had thought he l loved nothing more than drawing monsters.

Are you ok? you haven’t posted anything and it’s 2024

He has shaped millions of childhoods and should be proud of his work/legacy. Incredible man! 👍

Cool video! My favorite TCG artists are Mitsuhiro Arita (their earlier works in particular really capture that magic of early Pokemon) and Keiji Kinebuchi (who does a similar thing but with a “vintage” CGI look that screams 90s and early 2000s in a way that I love)

Great Job and Video!

Anybody now the website with the stock photos by chance?

the fact that some of the designs were pixel art *before* ken had to make them look artistically coherent drives me nuts-- given how, (ok, actually pretty normal for gb rpg standards), gonk some of the original 151 designs were, that man was really GRINDING away at official art

living picasso

Really good information video well done

those early water colored illustrations by Ken are still top tier creature design for me to this day

Today I learned I share a birthday with Ken Sugimori.

It's awesome to have videos that commend this legendary character. It's baffling how little he is talked about but then again, Nishida too and Arita (even though he is more active on socials) suffer the same fate. That said, the conclusion of the video felt a bit reductive to me, as Sugimori always seemed like someone who feels trapped in his work and working in the shadow of others rather than being a star like the manga artists he wanted to be like, at first. Granted, maybe his way of seeing his carreer is just due to his own character and one should actually just look at the efforts and results which definitely are huge and monumental, respectively, his character not concerning us after all. However, I cannot help but relate to this feeling of being in constant struggle with my artistic carreer and second guessing my work's value all the time. I think something is to be said about the struggle of being an artist and I actually would have prefered not to have rose tinted glasses for so long about the profession. At the same time, you need to have goals and aspirations, so, arguably, that drive is actually needed like it was for me in fueling my relentless practice. But that's the thing actually worth musing over, to be honest, the fine line between motivation and vain hopes. I guess, in this case, it is more of a success story so we can focus on that take-away more than the grim reality of being an artist. Although, I think it is quite characteristic of Ken Sugimori to be this figure of regret too, in a way (no offence) engulfed by the monster which spawned from his own hand and that blew out of proportions uncontrolably, so I think it's worth mentioning too.

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This was awesome, thanks. Nostalgic lately for the old pokemon designs, and I had to look up more about the artist. I just remembered that they allowed the white to show through as the highlights and thought that was interesting.

5:23 sad that now every design principle he set was throw in the garbage

Great video! His art is pure nostalgia. Our childhoods owe him massively !

I love how humble he is

Mr. Sugimori inspired my own art style.

Poor guy, he’ll only be remembered as the artist for the biggest grossing franchise in the entire fucking world… that must really suck

I enjoyed the video, thanks for making it. And now with the generic pleasantness out of the way, extra respect for bringing attention to the fact at least half of all pocket monsters were not designed by him.

8:48 And I honestly agree with him; early Pokemon artworks have a certain charm to them unseen in the later generations.

You forgot about Bushi Seiryuuden.

ayoooo Jan 27th birthdays whassup!

Excellent video bro❤️

4:43 So there's a chance that Ken Sugimori was taking inspiration from some fans' fakemon and fan art from social media although some of the Pokemon could be coincidental.

I miss the old style. Whether the more agressive and square designs of gen 1 -2 or the more rounded and detailed gen 3 - 5. Maybe it's me, but the simplification of pokemon designs have gotten so bad for me I genuinely can't tell what some of them are supposed to be in violet and scarlet. Like Shroodle. When I first saw it I thought "Oh it's a bug! Since it has no neck, torso and looks very beetle-like", turns out it's a mouse. There's simple and then there's so simple it's abstract art. I'm worried pokemon will simplify their designs so much they'll be floating shapes rather than creatures. What happened to the detailed designs? Groudon and Shroodle look so different, it's like night and day.

These are among my favourite cards.

Awesome video! I clicked on it because Asako Ito and Yuka Morii are my favorite artists! You had a ton of great information thank you!

Thats why new pokemon games series or movies are nothing Pokemon lost the naturallity

His Pokémon are so characteristic! The last ones are just not the same

Well done!

does anyone happen to know the name of ken's first manga? I cannot seem to find that, or almost any of his mangas by searching on google as mostly just pokemon stuff appears😅 I have searched for the volume of jump shown in the video and, from what I can find, he doesn't seem to be one of the mangakas featured. perhaps he had an alternate pen name? or maybe I am just bad at research? anyway, any help on this subject would be much apricated. Thank you :)

Naoki saito does the best pokemon illustrations imo, a video on him would be awesome :)

Thanks for this informative video. You deserve way more views! I almost cried when seeing his original pokemon watercolor/marker drawings... :´)

Thanks for doing this. I agree, I wish finding out info on the artists is difficult. I collect cards by this artist, as well as sowsow and Komiya cards. They look great together in a binder!

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You did such a great job highlighting all of his works! Can't wait to see what you do next!

Great video. Better than most stuff I've seen from a lot of 100k+ KZbinrs. Keep it up and you'll be goin places. If you don't mind, I thought maybe I'd just offer a couple tiny pieces of advice. The first thing's just to find a good font for on-screen text that you like and stick with it for consistency. For example I like to use a bold version of Delfino (a knock-off of the Mario Sunshine font lol). Only other thing I'd say is when you use fan art from RacieBeep or scans from HiResPokemon, it's a good idea to credit them in the bottom corner of the screen. Those folks'll be a valuable resource if you keep making these kinds of videos, and if they see your videos, I'm sure they'll appreciate the courtesy. Good luck mate :)