soc_puppet: Dreamsheep on the Pokemon GO location background (Pokesheep Go)
I spent the past two days going more-or-less all out for Go Fest, and honestly I had a blast. I did a bunch of raids, got two shiny Zamazenta (one with the special background) and five shiny Zacian (no special backgrounds on any of these, alas), and am honestly pretty pleased with my shiny hoard overall. In addition to those, I got one of my longtime shiny wants: A shiny Pachirisu!

It's also been as hot and humid as a frog's armpit the past week or so, which made all that walking around... interesting. I did my best to stay hydrated and cool off as needed, and chugged more Gatorade than I initially anticipated, but I've come out the other side more-or-less fine. I did end up with more chafing than I expected, most of it in the usual places (only some of which I thought to apply preventative measures to, alas), and at least one surprise new place (my right underarm, just a little past my armpit region). I expect I'll need to keep those in mind for next year, alas. On the plus side, none of the chafing spots have blisters, which I am tentatively crediting my anti-sweat medication for.

Anyway, all that out of the way, I would like to announce that I've come up with the perfect nicknames for shiny versions of this weekend's legendaries:

Zamagenta and Zacyan.
soc_puppet: The Pokémon Ditto against a purple background (Ditto)
Pokémon Go Hoenn Tour was this weekend! I requested both Saturday and Sunday off for the occasion, and was granted them.

Day one was kinda lackluster for me; I caught one event shiny, a Rainy Day Castform. I also hatched a shiny Bronzor (not featured in the event) and caught a shiny Beldum after the day's event ended 😂 I did manage to complete the event Special Research, though!

I had much better shiny luck today. I caught a shiny Minun to start the day, then got two back-to-back shiny Groudon. I later caught a shiny Clamperl, Sunny Day Castform, another Minun, two Shuppets from research, and a Cacnea. I also hatched a shiny Tropius, which is my favorite Pokémon ♥ I finished out the day by finding a shiny Latias in the wild; a perk of shiny legendaries is that they don't run away ever, so I just kept pelting it with Pokéballs of various strengths until I caught it 😂

I also hatched two Relicanths, the one 'mon I was missing from the Hoenn 'dex, and got enough Primal Energy to revert two Groudon and an additional two Kyogre. Oh, and I helped a friend complete their own Special Research task!

I will say that I was pretty surprised at the changed format from the Kanto and Johto tours, with no "Catch every 'mon newly introduced in Hoenn!" for this event. It did mean I was slightly disappointed at the lack of Relicanth raids, but I got mine in the end, so I suppose it's fine.

And now, rest, as I am back to work tomorrow.
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Poke-strawberry)
I think I'm going to restart my Pokémon Scarlet game. I've beaten two gyms, one Titan, and one Team Star base, and I'm just... not feeling inspired to play it.

Part of it is that my team-building was disrupted early. I had a whole team planned out, and then got kinda sidetracked by an offer that'd let me end up with all three starters, and, well. I haven't really been as interested in most of my team as a result. Though I will fully admit that it could also be the game mechanics, which is where my actual strategy for my next playthrough attempt comes in: I'll start with my preferred starter and have the other two on the backburner, so to speak. Since there's three main storyline paths, I'll take one starter through each, with a new team for each branch. I'll probably start with Victory Road, then go for Path of Legends, and do Starfall Street last, but wait to take on the Elite Four until I've beaten all three main plots.

Dunno if it'll work, but if it'll help me actually play and enjoy this whole new "sorta open-world" approach to the franchise, I'm willing to give it a shot! Now I just gotta arrange some trades 😂
soc_puppet: Words "Creative Process" in purple (Creative Process)
And here's today's Lurker Day treat! For everyone hanging around this journal, it's just a little something to say "thanks for being here". Whether you want to talk or not, I'm glad you're reading/watching/whatever.

Lineart of Diancie and two Carbink about to throw down with Dragonite, Dratini, and Dragonair

Title: "Clear Body"

Inspired by an exchange I had on Tumblr. I had a lot of fun drawing this, and while I would also really love to share the "making of" pics I have of it, having work today left me with less free time to organize that than I'd like 😅 Still, if coloring pages or Pokémon are things you like, I hope this was a good treat for you and that you have a very good Lurker Day!
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Pokemon treats)
Just saw the trailer for the next Pokémon core games, set to come out late this year (probably right on time for Xmas shopping, because Capitalism).

First impression: Dear sweet mercy, Nintendo staff, please unionize. A game a year cannot be healthy! (And honestly, considering Sword and Shield/the Diamond and Pearl remakes? Probably isn't that fantastic for quality, either.)

Second impression: Cut for minor spoilers )

Anyway, I'll be interested to see where the starters end up going, design-wise!
soc_puppet: Adorable art of the Pokémon Piplup; its flippers are clutched close to its chin, its eyes are dewy, and it is blushing, while light pink hearts and bubbles float around it. Originally a sticker for Pokémon Go. (Love Piplup)
Gratuitous Icon Post! I don't have much brainpower for a more complicated entry, so here's an adorable icon of the Pokémon Piplup that was originally a sticker for Pokémon Go.
soc_puppet: Words "Baseless Opinion" in orange (Baseless Opinion)
Reasons Cubone should be mixed Ghost/Ground type instead of pure Ground:

1) It's originally found in Lavender Tower, the ghostiest place in Gen I

2) It fits thematically, what with the skulls and bones and all, as well as the lore surrounding it

3) It would have added a much needed second Ghost line to Gen I, helping to better counter the Psychic powerhouses and fill out types

4) It would have added a new Ghost line in general, where the franchise had only two total Ghost type lines prior to Gen III (the Ghastly line and Misdreavus)

5) Alolan Marowak would make more sense as an evolution, not being a 200% type change (from pure Ground to Fire/Ghost, the most dramatic evolutionary type change in the series)


Tune in next time, where I'll argue that either Butterfree or Venomoth should be part Psychic, or that the Drowzee line should be a mixed Dark type!
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Poke-strawberry)
I'm sure I've mentioned here before that I feel like Sword and Shield put the final boss and the post-game boss in the wrong order. I think I might have a more comprehensive fixed storyline for that now:

Spoilers for Pokémon Sword and Shield (if you didn't already guess) )

Anyway, opinions on Pokémon storytelling, I haz them.
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Poke-strawberry)
Rowlet resting on Sylveon's head

Not the best quality in the world, but whatever, it'll probably print fine. And there's always computer coloring!

Drawn for [profile] foiledmars's holiday_wishes entry.
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Poke-strawberry)
What in hell's name am I supposed to do with nearly eight hundred pieces of Dynamx Candy? Legitimate question, since apparently I can't sell it! Or throw any of it away, now that I check. At least Exp candy is good for money...

(grumble grumble gripe)
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Poke-strawberry)
Having beaten the game and finished the Isle of Armor story content, I gotta say: Main game story spoilers )
soc_puppet: Marceline the Vampire Queen [Adventure Time] drinks red from a dreamsheep (Dreamsheep Drinking Game)
I entirely blame [tumblr.com profile] followthebluebell, whose tags those are.

Okay. I haven't collected Pokémon cards in a good, long time, but I've picked up bits and pieces from serebii.net, so this shouldn't be completely off.

- The energy types are associated with different types of real world problems. Do I know how to divide them up? Nope! More common energy types should be associated with more common problems, though. Or maybe problem-solving or solutions? IDK.

- Pokémon cards. By which I mean the ones with the individual 'mon on them that battle one another. Maybe they show how you should approach the problem? The types of attacks and effects directly relate to that. And the evolutionary stage relates to what stage you're dealing with in the problem? Or maybe how big of a problem it is? Or maybe they're the problems themselves, and the attacks are how they're attacking you?

- There should be something significant about Starter Pokémon, I think; and something else significant about Legendaries/Mythicals/etc. Nooooo idea how to fit Mega Evolution into anything.

- Abilities, flavor text, and Pokémon lore should definitely have something to do with how individual cards are read.

- I'm torn on whether there should be three different deck types (Pokémon, Items, and Energy), or if they should all be shuffled together in one big deck. The advantage of the former is that you can always get the same number of each type of card; the advantage of the latter is maybe you don't want to do that and/or it isn't helpful?

- A fun option might be to have specific "every card type" decks dedicated to different elements, and thus different problems. An entirely Grass themed deck for, uh, IDK, personal growth?

- Energy cards. If three different decks, then the types you get are the areas you need to focus on. If elemental decks, the number you get is how much you need to focus on things.

- Items would be good for suggesting alternate methods for dealing with problems, maybe.

- Urgh. The other problem with this idea is that, while Tarot cards are generally accepted to have a set number that is already complete, new Pokémon cards are continually coming out. You don't have to worry about deck building with Tarot, but it's definitely an issue with Pokémon cards! Even if there's just one card for each Pokémon, that's still a shitload of cards at this point, and that's not even getting into any other card types.


Welp! That's as much as I'm apparently going to allow myself to think about this nonsense! ADHD was just interested enough to contemplate the particulars and not anywhere near interested enough to go out and research the available cards in more depth. Thank goodness! Anyone who wants to take this particular mess and run with it, you have my blessing.
soc_puppet: Dreamsheep as Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time (Default)
I haven't gone to sleep yet, so that means this still counts as Friday, right? Right.

Anyway, I permitted myself a trip to the grocery store. I don't think Mom or Dad went anywhere (aside from dog walks)? But I spent most of the day other than the aforementioned trip in my room, so.

Current time filler: I managed to Catch Them All: Swish Edition, so I'm working on the challenges for Pokémon HOME. I'm not likely to get the full Pokédex any time soon—I'm missing exactly two mythical Pokémon who were each given out in a one month time span a good year before Swish was released, when I was super burnt out on Pokémon console stuff and not feeling up to talking to a Gamestop employee just to get a couple of 'dex-fillers who don't count towards the Shiny Charm anyway (Marshadow and Zeraora are who I'm missing, for those playing at home)—but I should be able to get a lot of the rest. GTS stuff might be a chore, since apparently the app doesn't count stuff you deposit(? WTF?), but I'm making good progress on "deposit 30 Pokémon in [x special] balls".
soc_puppet: Pixelated Habitica avatar decked out in full Mushroom Druid wear, riding a Dusk Badger mount through a forest with a pet Base Snake (Meme Warrior)
Ah yes, the most difficult part of Pokémon Swish: Deciding which Alcremie form to go with.
soc_puppet: Dreamsheep as Lumpy Space Princess from Adventure Time (Default)
I kinda felt like I was spamming yesterday, so here's a couple more belatedly:

The Pokemon Chandelure

Chandelure (I don't have a good title for this one)

Guess who finally figured out a good Pokemon color match for the Nonbinary Pride flag? This person!

Now a shirt! Whoops, no it's not.

Gardevoir, Milotic, and Chandelure say that Trans is Beautiful

Trans Is Beautiful Trio

Updated from the first version, which only had Gardevoir and Milotic. (I absolutely cheated on sizing for Chandelure; I'll probably tweak it a bit for the final version that'll go up on TeePublic, but this works better for coloring, IMO.) I always planned to go back and include the Nonbinary Pride colors as soon as I could figure out a good match for them, it just took a bit longer than I expected - plus there was the Redbubble merge, and I was a bit paranoid about that, so. Anyway, finalized TeePublic art is forthcoming! In the mean time, feel free to print and color :Db

Edit: Shirt now available! It turned out really fantastic too, OMG ♥ Not anymore, alas.
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Strawberry)
At last, the culmination of months of sporadic work: The Pokemon Ragtime Show!

Ragtime-themed Totodile

First is Totodile, originally drawn for Pokemon GO's Totodile Community Day.

Ragtime trio Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile

Here's the whole trio together, all ready for the show. It feels like something's missing, though...

Ragtime-themed Pichu

That's it! That's what we need! We need one more Pokemon to make this...

Ragtime pokemon quartet Chikorita, Cyndaquil, Totodile, and Pichu

...A Pokemart Quartet! Appearing soon at the radio station in Goldenrod City!

Bonus:

Pichu running for a hug

The Pichu I had to draw first so I could get the hat right :P
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Strawberry)
I decided to go through and simplify my first batch of Pokemon coloring pages, removing the concentric lines to make them easier to color. I've got a few more to post after this, including the conclusion(?) of the Ragtime Pokemon set, but some of them still need some editing, and I don't want to do an absolutely huge image dump right off the bat.

Here we go! Click on the thumbnails for nice, big, printable versions of the coloring pages.

Gastly spooks Cyndaquil
"Astonish (Simple)"

Bulbasaur smiling at some cherry blossoms
"Petal Dance (Simple)"

Spinda plays the tambourine
"Own Tempo (Simple)"

Piplup looking up at some bubbles
"Calm Mind (Simple)"

Bellsprout looks up at Solrock
"Solar Beam (Simple)"

Butterfree sniffing a Floette's flower
"Sweet Scent (Simple)"
soc_puppet: Computer drawingo of a strawberry dipped half-way in white chocolate, with a dark chocolate line along the middle, so the whole thing looks like a Pokeball (Strawberry)
Woo, got these all finished and scanned!

Ditto meets Mimikyu

"Mimic"

What happens when a look-a-like meets a look-a-liker? Instant cute, that's what! Ditto is mid-transformation so it's easier to tell which one it is. I... really couldn't think of any better ideas to display Ditto in all of its Ditto-ness.

Lineart of Cyndaquil, Quilava, and Typhlosion

"Cyndaquil Family Portrait"

Companion piece to the Chikorita Family Portrait, because why not. Starters are popular, and I really liked the way the first one turned out, so I figured I'd continue the theme. Also inspired by next weekend's PoGo Community Day. We'll see how people like it :) (I really did want to do something similar for last month's CD, but it turns out that Beldum is pretty hard to draw!)

Lineart of Cyndaquil with a straw hat and cane

"Hello My Cindi"

Part two of the four(?) part Pokemart Trio set! Another companion piece to a previous Chikorita page. I'm really pleased with how this one turned out; I was really unsure how I was going to pose Cyndaquil before I drew it, but it looks super cute, and a lot more confident than I initially expected. Totodile will be next to round out the set. and then I plan to smoosh them all together into one image for the full effect.

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