If you've ever felt the very specific desire to examine the insides of the cute, cuddly monsters from the Pokémon world, this gallery is absolutely for you.
Instagram artist Quincy Robinson, a toy developer from South Florida, has been working on an almighty Pokémon skeleton project, drawing up one monster a day entirely reimagined. All of the original 151 Pokémon have now been completed and posted to his account, with one new drawing popping up each and every day.
For each Pokémon, an image of the imagined skeleton fused with the designs we know and love is presented, with a separate post showing a timelapse video of how the skeleton was created. Let's use Charizard as an example.
There are some cracking (and also pretty creepy) takes on the Pokédex buried in this collection of images. Here are a few examples:
Some of our favourites actually ditch the skeleton idea in favour of other things; after all, not all Pokémon seem like they'd have a usual bone structure inside. Take a look at the likes of Gengar, Staryu, and the particularly interesting Ditto, which features 18 different organs to represent all the different Pokémon types it can transform into.
Speaking to Nintendo Life, Robinson says that all of the drawings were created on an iPad Pro using digital illustration app, Procreate. Apparently, Dugtrio was the most complex of all of the designs, and we can certainly see why.
We'd urge you head on over to @limbpaw on Instagram to see the entire collection and explore the thought process behind each design. Robinson tells us that he'll be kicking off a new collection of the second generation of Pokémon from 1st July, so make sure to give him a follow and keep an eye out for that.
Also, if you missed it, we recently shared another gallery of Pokémon x Super Mario crossover designs. Make sure to check that out, too!
What do you think? Have you now had enough nightmare fuel for one day? Share your thoughts on these designs with us in the comments below.
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Actually it is NOT terrifying. It is amazing.
Definitely looks fantastic. Some a bit creepy, but still very nicely made and interesting to see.
That’s freaky! And fantastic! I hope future Pokémon live action films let us see some Pokémon skeletons in a museum or a laboratory or something (I don’t remember if Detective Pikachu did or not).
Equal parts interesting, creepy and terrifying.
@Zuljaras Oh, it's absolutely amazing yeah. But also pretty creepy in my view - that Ditto makes me shudder!
That Dugtrio is the stuff of nightmares.
Staryu, Gengar, and Ditto look the most interesting out of this line up. The fact that he was able to create a body for Dugtrio and Diglett is pretty cool too.
This is downright BRILLIANT
This is spot on for Pokemon anatomy students! I legit find these cool.
The only thing is that (just from looking at the pictures in the article) I'm not quite sure Pikachu's tail would look that way. I mean it can practucally be used as a spring and that looks a little rigid. But maybe I'm looking at it wrong 😅 I don't know much about anatomy honestly. Other than that these are all super awesome and show a lot of talent! 😄 I wish I could draw stuff like this.
Very cool, but lots of basic anatomy flaws. Blastoise in particular - the shell is part of the skeleton in turtles and should be fused to the ribs and spine. And ear bones...?
Ah nice... now do it without the skin
Saw some of these back when he made a post in the NL Artists Thread. I said they were awesome back then I can say that again. He's done really great job.
I guess it's terrifying if you are 3 but for the rest of us it's kind of fascinating.
Beautiful! I'd pay to see actual skeletal figures in a museum.
Ugh.... 😒
I don't like it.
Beautiful artwork! You must need a great imagination to draw something like that!
@Tyranexx are Pokemon anatomy students a thing? Which colleges offer those courses lol
...sleep is overrated anyway.
Some of my favorite art I have seen this month
@ryancraddock Ryan, I can't thank you enough for sharing these. It's really been amazing to get all this positive feedback.
Pretty nice work, but as @Ikana64 said, I have a bone to pick with the anatomy, specifically Charizard's. Obviously Dragons are fictional so it's ultimately down to interpretation, but IMO dragon wings are closer to a bat's than a bird's, which means the fingers on Charizard's wings should extend down the width. Here's an example:
https://s.hswstatic.com/gif/bat-wing.gif
@Finlderp You're 100% right! That Pikachu tail ended up being revised after the Detective Pikachu trailers started showing up. ...It was clear that the bone was actually more narrow. ...Those revisions show up on my YouTube feed.
@Ikana64 You're right. - The logic with the shell omission was that I had to make a choice on what to show the viewer. In the case of Blastoise it was more important that the viewer saw the inner workings.
@Late Thank you! - It's so cool for NL to feature them.
@Rafke Heck yeah!!! ....Dugtrio might be the most evil of Gen1 Pokemon. ...When we see him, he's always in his final strokes of crawling up from Hell.
@Ulysses There was a bit of soul searching I had to go through before taking that single rib approach on his wings. ...Essentially I couldn't find proof in any of the official art or animation that proved he had a rib there. It's wing were always very thin and look like they folded like thick sheets of leather. ...There are Pokemon that I illustrated as you have described them, but it didn't work for what I could find on Charizard. ....It was people asking about this sort of thing that sparked me including a 'Design Notes' section on the Instagram posts to help people understand my approach.
@Chipo Thank you! I've been very fortunate to work with a number of anatomy focused products and that has really helped. ...But this project went pretty fast thanks to the official Nintendo art overlays, It's easier to these sorts of things when your boundaries are clearly defined.
@Quincy I understand your design choice, and respect that it's your call to make since it's your work. In my opinion, I just don't think that Charizard's wing would point out at that middle point without a finger to control that point. If it's like leather as you say, then it would just flap about pointlessly, like Decidueye's unfortunate "wings." To my eyes, Charizard's middle point appears just like the finger point of bat wings.
Well that was interesting.
@JamesJose7 Probably not IRL, but definitely at Pokemon Nursing School in the anime. XD
I'm not sure that would apply in the games though. Everything is automated for the Nurse Joys of the Pokèverse.
@Quincy neat stuff!! Are you on Twitter? If you are, I'll give you a follow!
What is the terrifying part?
Just show me how Zoroark's skeleton works. Ever since release I have wondered about it.
@Heavyarms55 Really? What's been bugging you?
I wanna see Delphox, with that obscenely long neck, haha.
That Gengar looks boss.
@Kalmaro Its waist and body is so narrow I don't know how it supports itself, let alone has room for any internal organs. lol
Don't get me wrong, I like Zoroark, it is just that ever since its release, I have wondered where it has room for a stomach, or a liver, or lungs, etc...
@Heavyarms55 You mean like lucario, with its 2 inch stomach? That guy is a mystery.
Gyarados looks cool.
@Kalmaro I feel like Lucario is a bit more proportional than Zoroark, but it does kinda suffer from the same issue. Perhaps its organs are in its fat upper legs! lol
@Ulysses Yeah, I do agree with your take... But all of my approaches were based only on what I could find via official sources. No matter how nonsensical it might appear to be. ...For instance: You might have spotted as well that the only teeth that I would include are the teeth detailed in the official art or animation.
@Kungfunaomi Thank you! - I am (@Limbpaw). It's mostly reposts at moment, but it's definitely a fast and reliable way to reach me.
@Heavyarms55 I just lloked up some animated gifs of Zoroark. ...I'm still a ways away from getting to him in the Skeleton Pokedex, but he's looking pretty straight forward. ...Kind of a hybrid between a wolf and a standing bear. ...I might put him in a special Halloween collection where I skip ahead and cover some of the Pokemon before I would actually get to them normally. He's cool looking.
@Heavyarms55 The official animation stuff I found makes it look like they thickened his waist a little.
@Kalmaro Thank you! ...Gengar was a big fan favorite on the Instagram feed. ...That's where you can see the logic I was using to detail his interior.
@Quincy I love all things ghost so seeing your interpretation of how it looks inside was a nice suprise. Keep up the good work! I'm still making models of Pokémon on the outside, haven't gone that deep yet, haha.
@Heavyarms55 I kinda wonder how Zor's arms are connects to its body. It has pencil arms!
@Quincy Oh you're doing this all on your own, please do things as you enjoy them! Thanks for taking the time to respond to my excessively specific comment! lol
The Dugtrio skeletons are high octane nightmare fuel.
Not scary imo
Its very beautiful art actually
Fascinating not scary at all. Love the idea
Some are cool looking, others a bit terrifying especially ditto & dugtrio lol.
@Quincy Never thought that one of the artists would reply to my comment. Your art is absolutely great! I would never have been able to do that! Keep it up, you've got some amazing talent right there bro!
Ninetales actually looks good!
Disturbing, but cool.
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