The Art Style of *POKEMON*

[@ArtStylist]

UPDATE: I've already exported an alternate audio track with less sound effects, but I can't add it to the video until KZbin rolls out Multi-Track audio to all creators. Until the time comes, I'm pausing the comments section. Please be patient! ~~~ I heard you loud and clear: The SFX will be toned way down for the next video. No need to worry!

[@lotuskatto]

was that a dawn reference

[@idiot4always]

I almost wanna tell you to also take it easy on the small animations and transitions. Not because they're annoying, quite the opposite, but just so you don't overdo the workload on yourself, lol. But seriously, all the little visual aids, when explaining things such as the style of lines, coloring method or eye-shapes, they fantasticly did their jobs on keeping the eyes and ears in sync, to keep the attention and making everything clear and understandable straight away at a perfect to follow tempo. And struck a great ballance of not talking TOO technicall, so both experienced and beginner artists can understand everything that's being explained. Great example for presenting any kind of instruction or tutorial video, the way you put this one together.

[@pookyslickvoodoo9933]

Thank you for explaining wtf a tangent is. Solid vid, everything is explained concisely and to the point.

[@TheKoolCat-u8f]

Guide to the *LOUD HOUSE* Art Style

[@Xatumi]

the sfx aren't bad at all, people are trippin

[@MonoverseStudios]

Hi, I’m an artist that HATES drawing tutorials but loves to experiment in many art styles. I got recommended this and it’s EXACTLY what I need. I can handle body types and have a rough idea of facial features, it was just specifically the art style itself and showing which brushes work, which don’t, etc., and not that many people focus on specifically, it’s always bothered me. So I thank you so much for this, I while I mainly was focusing on the modern, learning, the other styles is a nice addition

[@KaiCyreus]

i can barely believe how well-put-together this video is never seen such a concise, perfectly paced tutorial video, ever

[@OrdinaryMarioBrosOfficial]

THE GRAND RETURN!!!

[@fmcneill]

This is the BEST art analysis video I've ever seen. You nailed the 3 most iconic Pokémon styles and also give us tips to do it our owns. Truly amazing!! Keep the good work. Maybe the next time could be Zelda's art style? ❤️🙌🏻

[@GibitoArt]

Love this type of video you do and the way you do it man! Learned a lot from it and very entertaining to watch. I had a great time watching both of your videos so far. If I may suggest some other art styles for you to cover I’d say the classic 2000 Cartoon Network artstyle, the Zelda franchise and dbz. I would love to see you break them down for me the way you did it here. Keep up the good work 🎉

[@ArtStylist]

The next art style has been decided, but suggest some more styles for future videos!

[@shruumy09]

would love to see a video on either gravity falls, amphibia or owl house

[@GabiTheTravelerRabbit]

What about the Kirby Artstyle?

[@nsei9077]

The Edmund art style maybe? (Creator of isaac)

[@ValhallaKingdom]

Kunio Kun art style

[@purplecyanblack3805]

I know it's a huge jump from Nintendo, but a video on the Guilty Gear styles would be so freaking cool!

[@Greeen_]

The trainer growing older and the Pokemon upgrading with every style is such a creative idea! I would really love to see a Sonic video next, covering the classic style like in Sonic 1, 2 and 3, the adventure style made by Yuji Uekawa in Sonic Adventure 1 and 2, and the Riders style used in the animations for Sonic Riders.

[@Slimeade]

Great video! I have a few tips for the modern style that I'm gonna drop here because there's a few different techniques that can actually help making it more convincing: - If you don't have your brush setting set up like this already, taper the lines, this helps with areas like the nose, gaps between fingers, corners of eyelids, etc etc - When shading, Ken Sugimori actually uses a dark blue on a clipping mask layer on a low opacity. It's noticeable a lot more in some of his more recent works. There's actually a video of Sugimori drawing new art of Pulseman in real time on KZbin, it's also fully subtitled too - There's many ways of doing the contour stroke. You can either do the shading on another layer with 100% opacity and then erase with a much lower opacity to get the effect, or build up on the shading to get a similar effect - The contour stroke itself doesn't have to be clean, it often fluctuates slightly in official art - In some artworks, contour strokes for highlights are actually somewhat hexagonal, this is noticeable in the official art for the modern official art for Hoppip and Conkeldurr, as examples - Outlines are typically black or very dark blue, with a few exceptions, Pokémon with 'gelatinous' or 'non solid' bodies, like Solosis, Palossand and Alcremie have coloured outlines. On that same note, all Gigantamax Pokémon have a pinkish-red outline, and all future Paradox Pokémon also use a similar technique with their glowing sections

[@calwakerz]

Nice vid. The modern style is a bit off to be honest, as someone that has deeply studied it in order to replicate it, I can tell that some concepts are nicely explained but not necessarily on spot with the actual design choices the official artist made. You're missing textures, secondary highlights and material highlights, like, the light reflects differently depending on the Pokémon or character fur/skin/clothes. Also there are secondary shadows and border highlights as well running next to the main lineart... in general a good approach, very simplified which is nice as an introduction to the style. Great job!

[@totoramao]

Oh yeah with the first style I wondered why he didn't mention the high contrast border colour around the highlight spots that come up during scanning

[@ElysetheEevee]

I did notice that the highlights for the fur/feathers didn't have that trademark super-thick brushstroke appearance. I found this to be a very good introduction piece, though. There are many technicalities for different styles that are really only learned through one's own research and practice, though. It's one of those things where you can explain it to beginners, but if they try to focus on those things right off the bat instead of on the basics, then it comes out very unbalanced (such as someone hyper-focusing on a highlight and then over-doing that one piece while the rest is just a vague representation of something). I don't believe this was meant to be a super in-depth rhetoric, despite the tone, though.

[@calwakerz]

@@ElysetheEevee yeah, I really went into the video thinking I would learn something new or that I might be doing wrong or something, but in fact I left it feeling relieved that my studies have proven that I have a better understanding of the official style than what I initially credited myself for.

[@EyeDonutz]

even as someone who may not draw in this particular style often, the conciseness yet plethora of information is really cool. so many little things i dont normally think about in terms of art thats making me understand it more. i highly encourage you to keep making more videos like these and am excited to see how far your teachings can go!

[@jeffdlr3056]

I usually hate tutorial videos because they are usually long and "drawn" out, but the way you did this video is masterful. the way you present the information is the way I usually think as I draw. I typically learn different styles by studying and reverse engineering the art and everything you said in this video is what I've learned by studying Ken Sugimori's art.

[@KremBotop]

When seeing the reference official art it definitely shows how the artstyle evolution didn't happen overnight. The gen 3 art still kept some of the watercolor shading and eye shape to an extent, and the modern style was eventually refined between gens 4 and 5. Meanwhile the anime style remained true to the original until gen 4, then tweaked / modernized aspects of it during gens 5 and 6, had that drastic detour in gen 7 and finally settled with a close take of the modern game artstyle in gen 8. And funny how the new retro art scans came just as the video was in production. It added an extra layer of information and left it more up to date. Not sure what can I request for a future video, but since you mentioned how most retro anime artstyles are similar color and linework wise yet differentiate one another via shapes / character designs, I think seeing more classic anime artstyles covered in this series (like that little example of Sailor Moon that was shown) should be interesting. Nicely done!

[@DanielNubeDN]

I love how the modern Pokemon style feels like a fusion of the other styles

[@BookshelfJunk]

I've wanted to draw in the Pokemon artstyle ever since I was little, and this tutorial can finally make that dream come true! Absolutely amazing info here, loved it!

[@Nixhil7]

This is perhaps the best tutorial I’ve ever seen. Easy to follow, very in depth, and fantastic results. Kudos! Great video!

[@Marikyuun]

Wonderfully edited video! I enjoyed it a lot 😊

[@katharsis101-]

This is INSANELY good. I hope it blows up like the mario one so we get more of these for other games/anime! Absolutely incredible

[@gime1945]

I read your comment about "toning it down on the SFX" but I personally feel like this style is just right. It felt engaging and kept me intrigued the whole way through. It made those 12 minutes go by quick. The amount of effort into this video also shows because of that, and that my friend is something not everyone has. Great video and breakdown! Really loved the breakdown of the first two styles since they hit home for me and give me that dose of nostalgia.

[@dannmcdan2185]

This is a good video and tutorial but bro please you dont need to add the *woosh* sound effect EVERY time something moves. Its like listening to Johnny Test with the whip crack sound effect. Its driving me crazy

[@ArtStylist]

You’re gonna love my Johnny Test art style video 😉

[@dannmcdan2185]

@@ArtStylist Oh god

[@realglitchlordplays351]

​@@dannmcdan2185😂😂

[@HKG4]

@@ArtStylistplease have mercy

[@cryptidkoi8418]

Honestly! It pisses me off like nothing else. It’s literally just jingling keys to keep your attention like you didn’t pick this video because you wanted to actually watch it.

[@ElysetheEevee]

I often wonder how much further I would've progressed with art if I'd had such concise tools as this video, and I didn't have to take so much time self-teaching. Most of this stuff I figured out on my own or by natural intuition when I was young. Some of it was formally taught (I can't tell you how many "Drawing/Art 101" classes I've taken over the last 30 years). Very good, well-rounded introduction to different Pokemon-style media. It's a difficult style to capture despite its simplicity. It's rare to see fans that can perfectly encompass the "vibe" of Pokemon art, especially the old variation. This was fun to watch. I'm a new sub with this video, and I'm curious to watch more of what you have!

[@Syiepherze]

One thing to keep in mind for the humans is that other artists are brought on to illustrate the key art for characters, e.g. Yusuke Ohmura for Gens 5, 6 and a few from SwSh; and the illustrator Take for the Aether Foundation, Galar Gym Leaders, PLA's Adaman & Irida, and SV's Perrin. So you can change up your style a bit from time to time if you want to! But the coloring should still remain somewhat consistent ig

[@Kirb-Side]

You really got me taking notes out here man, I really appreciate you sharing how you did that old school effect. The Last Airbender/My Adventures with Superman's style would be pretty cool for a future vid 🔥

[@devesaillustrations]

I have been drawing in the Pokémon style for a few years now, even doing it for a living, and i must say, im surprised by how good this video is. It goes into great detail for all the styles that pokemon goes and even differentiate between trainer art and pokemon. All explained in only 12 minutes. And the video editing is also very good and entretaining. You earned a sub, can't wait to see what else you have in stock.

[@ValhallaKingdom]

Another banger art tutorial video 👍

[@Aoi_Kamvas]

The production quality on this is actually phenomenal. No wonder uploads are spaced 9 months apart. All of this, by what it seems to be, a single individual's efforts. the quality alone is scary, but the skills, and marketing have also been honed to perfection. You're Beyond remarkable.

[@schaffs2]

I just naturally do that thing with the first art style where you round the corners of tangents and stuff when drawing my own Fakemon, I've been doing it for the same reason so I'm glad others do it too

[@timebubble8421]

the old school filter creation process was really cool to see and well done

[@canyoneternal]

this video is like, staggeringly high quality and so useful. thank you and great job :)

[@gwiyeo]

I love this I'm literally tearing up

[@dr.ericomatsushita6290]

You're an art genius!! I love this video, and the OCs you creates ended up looking like real characters that could've existed in the Pokémon universe. KZbin needs more amazing videos like this one! Bravo!

[@coralthehippo1247]

The music Segways into the different art styles are amazing and reflect the eras perfectly! This information is really really interesting!

[@drawingdragon]

This is so cool, thank you! I love Pokemon but have never been able to succesfully mimic the style myself. I really appreciate the breakdown!

[@jeni1297]

This video is so full of useful information. I hope it gets more views, it certainly gave a lot of insight for me, especially for the early gen styles

[@Bluelaserbeam]

One thing I like about your video is that in your celshading segment, you actually demonstrated how you'd turn softshading into hardshading. The biggest hurdle for me learning to celshade was that I didn't know what region of the shadows to turn into celshading due to the transitioning of soft-shading making it difficult for me to determine where to establish the flat shadows. Many tutorials on celshading don't elaborate on that aspect. I'd love for you to do a separate video on doing anime style in general where you go in depth on applying celshading and highlights!

[@SenatorBilkins]

Again, this is such a cool series! Really great presentation too, you've clearly put a lot of effort into making it flashy and streamlined. But this one felt a bit too fast-paced for me and I found myself wishing I had more time to stop and take in what you were saying. Obviously I could pause to do that, but just offering feedback. Overall another wonderful video, thanks so much!

[@FrostDrive]

The editing in this is CRAZY GOOD. I'm blown away O: You did an amazing job

[@bling0holic]

Great video! Something that will surely help me actually finishing a -tober list of Fakemons this month! Now that I see your breakdown, my style so far is the anime artstyle, with what you presented, I’ll try incorporating some of the missing elements I didn’t use for the newer pieces! Again, awesome video! 🤟

[@dainobu10]

I don't know what was better if the dissection of the different art styles or the editing. 100/10

[@FoxieTheWordCapitalizer]

This Episode Was Pretty Fun To Watch, This Is What I Need To Learn When Becoming An Animator! Hope There'll Be A Sonic Art Style Video Soon… :)

[@bauscheusse]

As someone wanting to start drawing their own Fakemon and trainers, this is exactly what I needed! thank you!

[@broonoart]

such an underrated channel, it's accurate for artists and informative for non-artists. I love how much work goes into the graphics, this is the channel that I wish existed ages ago when I began drawing. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@cemiller]

Very interesting. I've always been interested in that water color style of coloring so its neat to see how it can be achieved

[@chris9716]

This is the first art tutorial i've watched on youtube where I felt I actually learned something, and I've watched a lot!

[@ARDIZsq]

So happy to see a new episode in this series. I hope we can get a video on the Splatoon style in the future. The types of brushes and techniques for it are pretty unique from what I've seen/done, and I think it'd be a fun challenge.

[@makoto-samaru8004]

The filter section for old anime style was so helpful! Thanks!

[@random_user357]

The art styles are back!!!!

[@shionaquino]

I'm so glad to see this video in my recommendations. Been struggling to get the Pokemon Art style right and man, your video helped me out so much!! And even if you've already picked out the next art style, I'd love to see a guide to Sonic the Hedgehog art styles.

[@AragoPipu]

This is actually one of the most helpful pokemon style tutorials I've watched. You explained it very well and it was very easy to grasp. I learned a lot from this! Thank you!

[@prixtn]

currently got this video on my homepage. I don't know you nor have i seen any other video so far. but wow. this is some good quality right here. you got me hooked from the first second to the last bc of all these edits. good job

[@flookaraz]

This has to be the single most useful drawing tutorial I've seen on youtube

[@brunomvasco]

The wait was worth it

[@mobfilms2285]

My gosh my dude I randomly found your first video and I'm blown away by how good you are at copying these art styles.

[@ewoklord-726]

Thank you so much for explaining the CRT effect! I have not gotten it at all up to this point.

[@geekchicken6320]

I enjoyed how quick this video is but I was still able to understand it! And even though I knew most of the rules, I still felt like I learned a lot of new things!

[@TheMusicGirlsWorld]

The quality of this vid is off the charts!!

[@JustAWeirdo_123]

I like your choice of having the character and Pokemon grow and evolve with the art style. Cute and fun to see ^^ Seriously though,, this is such an in depth well thought out art observation and I'm absolutely using the animation style if I decide to do fake screenshot for fun XD

[@Anwah]

this is the best explanation for this style ive seen, thank you.

[@bronistevoni]

The return of the king

[@sdrfk021]

I hope you make more guides to different art styles, this one was a banger and really easy to grasp. Super well done analysis of all the styles.

[@BluePluto03]

this is my first video i've seen by you and i'm absolutely subscribing. you break everything down so well and make a point to quickly explain small terms that beginners like me might not know exactly what you're referencing. also as someone very early into their youtube career i'd like to say the way you animate these is absolute incredible and super impressive

[@babycatto173]

this is what iv been thinkin about and the editing of this video along with detailed way of explaining the concepts make this experience so entertaining and informative!!!

[@tempertenchi]

I've been really into drawing pokemon fanart lately, even drawing my own oc/avatar with them, so this has been VERY insightful for me thank you!!

[@corethebean]

YES. NOW I CAN FINALLY DESIGN FAKEMON IN THE CLASSIC WATERCOLOR ARTSYLE!!! for real tho, this tutorial was actually one of the most efficient ive seen on the platform. Thanks a bunch!

[@pixiehellpup1579]

This is super well put together! I love the editing! keeps my attention while cleanly giving me the information I need. 10/10!!

[@Anemone78pdl]

This is one of the best art analysis I've seen in a while. The way you break down the structure of the drawing is tremendously instructive. This is one of the videos I want to show to my non-drawing friends... Drawing is first and foremost a lot of observation. :) Then I saw your account has 2 videos only !? I had to comment and like and suscribe so the algorithm likes you enough to give you the success you deserve. Bravo sir !

[@MH-lr6ue]

I love this. Broken down into understandable chunks that I can actually go practice myself...subscribed!!! 😊

[@JesseDrops]

Thanks!

[@HappyGamerNick]

Wow, this video was amazing from beginning to end! 🙌🏻

[@OriginalnaPL]

this is so awesome, so glad i discovered you man, hope you get more recognition soon

[@MikeSiegert]

I don't think people realize how much work gets put into a video this good.

[@joseoh5856]

Your videos are amazing!!! Such a good ressource, even the editing is on point!!!!

[@jordentacoztm]

Welcome back! Your videos are super cool!

[@neri1220]

7:36 I was wondering if you'd mention this and you didn't dissapoint! Thank you for the chuckle.

[@alpha8here]

Please keep at this! It's so cool learning various art styles!

[@JakeDodge7]

This is actually one of the best youtube videos I've ever seen!

[@Popplioandprimarina]

Fhe dating is just so good may god bless you more than me❤

[@ardentROB]

This was stylish as hell *and* incredibly informative

[@jcbmusicpublishing9730]

much more concise and informative than the last video I watched! Awesome job and thank you. Personally I don't mind the sfx, it adds to the creativity :)

[@dynamicsketch]

That old school anime filter is something I have always wanted to try. Also I want a gryphon Pokemon.

[@ah_dan6572]

This is crazily good. Fantastically edited, well written, and thoughtfully explained. Thanks so much! Subscribing and looking forward to other style explorations :D

[@MajorMccboingboing]

Yes you are back I've been waiting for you

[@ZTimeGamingYT]

This video is absolutely amazing! I love the attention to detail and the amazing visual recreations!

[@joeangelomeriano1432]

This is the best art style breakdown I've ever seen! Not only is your video clear and concise, but you also nailed each style. I wonder if it would be possible to do a breakdown of the Octopath Traveler art style?

[@solomonmebane7942]

I needed this

[@G4mer64]

You need more recognition, this makes me wanna try draw now

[@adeptgirl3454]

Thanks for the video! This was surprisingly informative for its brevity and helped me pinpoint some quirks of my own style and where they came from.

[@BearUmbrella]

Can you do a tutorial on the old Hanna barbera Cartoon Network style?

[@ArtStylist]

A Cartoon Network video seems like a no brainer

[@BearUmbrella]

@@ArtStylist well, you can do other Hanna Barbera styles along with the style I mentioned maybe. I saw the art style in a video @lolwutburger did.

[@PokeBossku]

The best video for me trying to draw pokemon style

[@jakey2235]

With Pokémon illustration contest starting this is super helpful!

[@jakey2235]

Also ATLA style pls!

[@-The.Aimless.Stormtrooper-]

Dude your editing is insanely good

[@Itadakimasu]

Holy shit dude, the editing and presentation on this is absolutely insane.

[@christianr.5868]

Incredible stuff! I’ve been drawing some fakemon, but it’d be cool to try and emulate some of the older styles! The tip with the textured brushes is great too. I always use a smooth brush, I’ll see if textured brushes help my lineart

[@simonegiraudo3919]

first part is super usefull for me, thank yuo! i love that style with watercolour and i m studing to reach it

[@MoonDoggie]

woah, incredibly well crafted vid - i love your style, looking forward to seeing more!!

[@Assasain19]

I never comment on things but wow your art style analysis was so easy to understand that I just had to comment praises! Pls make more vids!

[@MoonChees06]

We all need more of this

[@leiward1871]

Hell yeah! i'm excited to see you back!!

[@a.block.of.tofu.]

These videos are so good! Thank you for all the work you put in

[@MacenW]

I was just thinking about you, good to see a second upload!

[@rakusoverthecoals861]

Great guide, and I love the gryphon pokemon design!