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Friends! What you see is the EARLIEST Pokémon illustration ever published we know of. GameFreak 93 New Year postcard by Ken Sugimori found and scanned by the awesome collector instagram.com/hapycakeoven A truly exciting discovery. There's probably a color version around ò.o7
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A sweet Cubone by Tomokazu Komiya from the 2001 Pokémon TCG set "Expedition"
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MINT appreciation post! Your average forgotten Pokémon female protagonist Mint by Kagemaru Himeno, from the 2001 game "Pokémon Card GB2". Show her some love, I dunno... petition to have her in Pokémon Masters XD
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Celebi sitting on the Ilex Forest Shrine and the GS Ball from the 2000 Pokémon Crystal set by Ken Sugimori.
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Happy New Year from the Pokémon gang! (by Kagemaru Himeno)
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Nidoking and his little Nidoran in this piece by Mina Nakai for the 2016 Pokémon Card expansion "Steam Siege"
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Happy Holidays! This is a winter Pikachu quiz by Kagemaru Himeno, published in Coro Coro Comic February 1998 issue. Can you find the exact snowboarding Pikachu pictured in the upper right corner?
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百ポケ夜行 "Hyaku Poke Yako" The parade of 100 spirits Pokémon version by the amazing Kawayoo! Part of a 2018 line of merch for the Pokémon Center (which I definitely need in my life)
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A classical 1998 Pokémon postcard by Kagemaru Himeno, Merry Christmas!
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Dark Golduck, drawn for the Team Rocket extension in 1997 by Mitsuhiro Arita. 😊
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Milo, his little brother, and Raihan from the Collector's Edition Pokémon Sword and Shield official guide
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Late 1999 art by Ken Sugimori, featuring Whitney, Gold, Pikachu, Chikorita and Totodile in the Ruins of Alph. Used on the 2000 New Year Card and twice on the splash page of the original Game Freak website! Enhanced by @loumilouminosus and @FLECKABEN
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Illustration by Atsuko Nishida from the promotional Jumbo Card "Pikachu's Summer Vacation" for the June 1998 issue of CoroCoro Comic.
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You asked for it... we teamed up with @FLECKABEN to restore this iconic 1997 piece by Ken Sugimori titled "雪祭り" (Snow Festival) featuring Red, Seel and Articuno playing with the snow... enjoooy!
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Are you going to get one?
Teddiursa by Kodama from the 2019 Pokémon trading card game expansion "Cosmic Eclipse"
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Couldn't get my hands on time on the English Pokémon Snap guide, so I'm just reposting this 1999 additional Benimaru Itoh art only featured in this guide archive.org/details/Ninten… . The hi-res versions will come as soon as I get the book :D
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Another exclusive card for the March 2021 issue of the magazine "Illustration" this time is a Suicune by artist Gemi.
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Mini gen 1 set by Ken Sugimori from the 1997 CD "Game Boy Pokemon Sound Complete Set", some of them also apperaed in the 1998 "Pokémon Journal" flyer and as assets in the original GF site, more sources in the thread.
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Rare Pichu and Shiny Pichu illustration from the Pokémon Crystal set Ken Sugimori did in 2000, scanned and enhanced by us, one more piece to re-build the Crystal set!
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We start this Monday with an iconic illustration of Feraligatr by Arita. Expect more enhancements from his work this week !
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Illustration of Kanako Eo for unique Pokémon cards, distributed at Pokémon Park in Nagoya in 2005.
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Beautiful 2021 illustration by artist Ikegami Yoriyuki for an imaginary Lotad card published in the magazine Illustration earlier this year, yeah this means this card doesn't actually exist, unfortunately...
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1996, Bugcatcher Pidgey by Mitsuhiro Arita, from the original Pokémon TCG base set Japanese booklet
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So... are you looking at the stars tonight? Stargazing Pokémon in this 2003 illustration by the legend Emiko Yoshino, for the book "ポケモン えいごであそぶモン!", an English course for Japanese kids.
HQ Pokémon art archive! making the PokéArt book we deserve! Also on Tumblr and Instagram, help translate the PokéTales ko-fi.com/hi_res_pokemon