An artist known only as Charles A has created some incredible Pokémon artwork, with a twist - it's designed in the style of Indigenous Canadian art.
Charles is an Indigenous artist living in Ontario, Canada, and although he doesn't yet have social media accounts of his own, or a shop to sell his artwork, his friend posted his painting of the final evolutions of the Gen 1 starter Pokémon to Reddit (with permission).
The fusion of native art with nerdy appreciation has received a lot of love on the Pokémon subreddit, which has 3.3 million members. According to his friend, user "tossawayanotherday69" (nice), Charles has been "really surprised by all the love" and is considering starting social media accounts to do art commissions.
What do you think about Charles' Indigenous Pokémon art? Does you want to see an entire Pokémon game themed around this style? Let us know in the comments.
[source reddit.com]
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Wow, now that’s a cool bit of art. I really love the unique stylings First Nations art has though, this in particular looks to me like it’s inspired by Norval Morrisseau‘s work.
that artwork is badass.
Hey im from ontario, cool!
That looks pretty awesome, love the artwork.
Nintendo Life should just rename itself Dogwhistle Life in honour of its wonderful community.
So as a grown man, I'm not wearing a Pokémon shirt in public (sorry if that's your jam). HOWEVER... I'd gladly wear something with these on it. Would love to see more stuff like this on the market... sort of more subtle fandom stuff.
Neat, I like it! Cool art style, definitely flows with the natural influences of the character designs.
Holy cow, these are cool! I'd legit love wall art or prints of these.
Let's focus on the art instead of trying to start a debate, thanks.
@Eel in Canada we love to focus on and highlight indigenous art while simultaneously sweeping away any focus on anything else that might be...unpleasant. It’s greatly convenient.
He should start selling those on the side, I could see many people buying printed artwork, for this or other pokemon. I would definitely buy some if I was still interested in pokemon.
@NinChocolate As it should be. The story here is this gentleman and his very creative art. I think it looks really cool.
@KateGray O daughter of Loughborough, can we consider you a foreign correspondent?
@Eel Since @NinChocolate is openly defying a moderator, does that mean we get to respond, even at the risk of "debate"? I have a genuine question for this individual.
Which one is Pokémon Ontario, and which Québec?
@COVIDberry let's not. We can leave their comment as a statement of the obvious and move on.
@Eel I don't think that's cool at all. I will respect your wishes, though.
@Eel Also, when you edit comments, can you adjust the grammar so that it doesn't make the writer look like a [redacted] moron? There are accepted methods for doing that. If you hire a copy editor they'd be able to do it for you.
@JimmySpades it's funnier that way. Anyway, you fixed it yourself.
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@COVIDberry @EVIL-C My removed brief initial comment was superlative of the art, with brief general mention of the fact of the challenge of cultural survival in indigenous Canada.
@NinChocolate As per the mod's wishes, I am not responding, though I have to plenty to say. Good day.
@COVIDberry
I assumed he was alluding to the problems they create for themselves
@COVIDberry Are you FN?
@nessisonett I love the irony of how perfect that suggestion is.
That is really cool art!
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